Category: Training

Week Ten

I’m a little too worn out after today’s hot and humid 11-mile run to write very coherently about it. Suffice it to say, we all finished, but that’s about it. I was soaked straight through with sweat. It’s quite rare that my entire shirt is drenched, but today was one of those days of 80% …

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Week Nine

I wasn’t so great about waking up early this week to run, and somehow only managed to do a 5-mile run on Tuesday morning and a 4.5-mile run on Friday evening. I’m frustrated that I wasn’t able to get it together to do my speed work, but will try harder to fit it in next …

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Week Seven

I just completed a successful seventh (fitting in with the theme of sevens) week of training for the NYC Half Marathon, with a very hot and humid (mid-90’s) 8-mile run. Suzanne and I ran through Park Slope, into Boerum Hill, over to Brooklyn Heights, up and over the Brooklyn Bridge.  There we met Cari and …

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Week Four

I managed to nail all of my training goals this past week: I was up and at ’em three mornings in a row during the work week (which would not have happened without Suzanne as a running partner — thanks!) , including a speed workout on Thursday morning. Since I don’t have access to a …

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