My last post was about meaningless numbers. Today’s meaningless numbers are .39 and 2. The .39 (seconds) is how much faster I need to run to break 27 minutes, 2 is the place I got at the 2011 Ed Erichson 5 miler. I have not had the chance to run this race in years. It …
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Johnny’s Running of the Green (5 mile race, Rochester, NY)
Since Josh will soon make a post about his own 5 miler and steal my thunder, I need to attempt to take the limelight for now. Yesterday was Johnny’s 5 mile race in downtown Rochester, which serves as the unofficial beginning of the road racing season in town. Last year I ran a huge PR …
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Meaningless Numbers
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 …
Annapolis, MD
It is a bittersweet reality: The next five months of running and racing in Rochester will be my last. Since October, I have been working very hard not only on the roads, trails, and track, but also on my butt in front of my computer. As this is the final year of my Ph.D. program, …