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2009 Healthy Kidney 10K Video

9, Jun 2009

This year’s Healthy Kidney 10K video is finally up on YouTube, check it out…

You can also find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7MZVfINCQ

Yours truly makes a dramatic appearance, somewhere between 41.5 and 41.7 seconds into the video (mostly because i started off a little too close to the lead pack)…

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Looking forward to racing in Central Park twice in the next 3 weeks, with Wednesday’s Corporate Challenge and the June 28th Hope & Possibility 5-miler.

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J

Whoa, 1:23 Half Requires Serious Training

23, May 2009

First things first, some of the Healthy Kidney 10k pictures from Brightroom are up on their site. http://www.brightroom.com/view_event.asp?EVENTID=47214. Here are mine. So far, the only thing I’ve been able to deduce from viewing various race photos, is that I was in excruciating pain throughout the entire race…

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I ran about 8 miles this morning, with the middle four at a quicker pace (just under 7min pace) and the bookends at around 9 min. By 11am, it was just plain hot out, probably mid-70’s but it felt hotter because of the sun, which made for less than favorable conditions. Still, a good run while I’m getting back into the swing of things.

I just did a little research into what it would take to pull off a NY Marathon qualifying half on Aug 16th (13.1 miles in 1hr 23min)…

Healthy Kidney 10k: Race Wrap-up 2009

16, May 2009

2009 Healthy Kidney 10k – Race Wrap up

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Getting There. Got off to a great start this morning. I wouldn’t say I slept like a baby last night, but I got a decent night’s sleep. Waking up at 7am, we gave ourselves about an hour to get dressed and fed, before heading out the door a little after eight.

Saw quite a few fellow Healthy Kidney runners on the 2,3 train and upon exiting at columbus circle, noticed the entire southwest corner of the park was overtaken by us. The 2,3 train goes local on weekends, so the commute from the financial district took entirely too long, but we made it into the park by 8:40am, with enough time to hit the port-a-potties and hop into the starting corral just in time to see…

  • the introduction of the elite runners
  • a brief statement by the NYRR’s Mary Wittenberg,
  • a briefer statement by some representative of Dubai
  • the singing of the national anthem
  • and the “runner’s on your mark… [air-horn blast]“

I had excellent starting position, per usual. Maybe a few rows ahead of my talent level, as this is a competitive club points race, but not by much… and whatever this was an important race for me. Right at about the time the horn sounded, a faint drizzle broke out.

I did a pretty good job at resisting the urge to go out too fast. I went a little fast, but I don’t feel guilty about it, clocking a 6:12 first mile when I was shooting for 6:30-ish. About a half mile later, the drizzle turned into a light rain. I passed the 2nd mile marker at about 12:36, which makes my second mile split at 6:24, much closer to my “early race” goal pace and also a nice average split of 6:18. Then the rain picked up quite a bit…


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