This Sunday I’m running the Ed Erichson 5 miler in my old home town of Poughkeepsie, NY. Back in November I ran my 5 mile PR of 27:06 at in that same town, and I hope to better it by 7 seconds this weekend to run 26:59. All I have to do is run this …
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Freezeroo #6 10K in the snow
After all my worrying and complaining, the weather turned out to be not so bad. At race time the temps were right around 20 degrees and there was a melted patch cleared down most of the center of the road. I was impressed by the turnout of about 200 people for this the last in …
so much for zen and dealing with snow.
It was just a month or so ago when I was proclaiming how nice it was to just let winter wash over me and embrace it as it part of running in Western NY. Well now it is the end of February and my good will toward the snow is gone. Last week Lisa reproached …
Upping the Distance
For the past 2 years, despite having run a few half marathons I have been primarily concerned with shorter races such as the mile and the 5K. I’ve avoid doing many long races besides the 3 half marathons in that time but all that is about to change. I have been heartened by my recent …