Posts Tagged ‘marathon’

Gasparilla Marathon Photos (Official & Unofficial)

22, Mar 2010

Here are my photos from the Gasparilla Marathon 2010!

Official Gasparilla Marathon Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47967354@N07/sets/72157623671260902/

Unofficial Gasparilla Marathon Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47967354@N07/sets/72157623671264856/

P.S. – I haven’t run a mile since February 28th… something funny going on with my left achilles/calf muscle. I’m unofficially running the Colon Cancer 4 miler in Central Park next week… let’s see how that goes!

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J

Overwhelmingly Detailed Gasparilla Marathon Weekend Recap (Part II)

3, Mar 2010

Before I went to bed, I set the alarm clock for 4am. In order to be on time for a 6am race located almost an hour away, I figured that might be cutting it kind of close, but on the same token, I also couldn’t fathom waking up at an hour with the digit ‘3′ in front of it. So 4am it was.

I slept remarkably well considering I’m not used to going to bed at 8:30pm. Didn’t really have any pre-race anxiety, and although I woke up briefly a couple times, all I did was glance at the clock and go right back to sleep. Finally at about 3:20am, I woke up and was feeling anxious enough that going back to sleep wasn’t an option. I laid there for 20 minutes soaking up my last few moments of rest before engaging in my pre-race rituals.

Since everything was neatly laid out from the night before, I didn’t have to waste much bandwidth in getting out the door. I chugged a 36oz Gatorade while popping an assortment of vitamins and ibuprofen, chasing them down with bites from a dry blueberry bagel. The Gatorade went down quickly and it would be the last thing I drank prior to the race, which was still 2hrs away. No over-hydration like I’ve done in past marathons (I thought)… In both NYC marathons I’ve been forced to stop and pee against the wall of the Verrazano bridge immediately after completing the 1st mile. Of course I ended up stopping to pee mid-race anyway, and in keeping with tradition, found a nice overpass to urinate on.

But I digress. After finishing my food/beverage/vitamin intake, I took a hot shower. As I’ve mentioned before, the pre-long run hot shower is my ace in the hole. Wakes me up, warms up the muscles. I dried off and tried on my race clothes, which at this point had been downgraded to just a long sleeve tech shirt and running shorts (down from a tank top, 2 long sleeves, a pair of Asics tights and a pair of shorts). I had to remind myself, even though Florida has experienced a particularly cold winter, it’s still Florida, so why was I even considering dressing like it was nyc. Then I went outside to check out the temps and confirmed my choice in garb. Then it was out the door and off to Tampa…

J

WSJ Article on Boston Marathon

21, Apr 2009

Here’s a Boston Marathon article appearing in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that’s causing controversy in the marathon community. As a marathoner training to run Boston, I have to say I’m a little insulted. I did a quick search on www.Athlinks.com and uncovered that the author Matthew Futterman has run the NY Marathon twice, once in 1996 and 1997. He posted a respectable 3:34:59 in the ‘96 race and slowed to a 4:05:18 in ‘97. Maybe he’s just jealous that he never BQ’d…

Boston Marathon Is a Downhill Battle

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN

It may be the world’s most famous and historic endurance race, but there’s a little-known secret about the Boston Marathon that everyone who has braved Heartbreak Hill might not want to hear: It’s downhill. Not only that, since the 26.2 mile race scheduled for Monday travels largely in one direction, runners occasionally enjoy the sort of tailwind that can make the course feel like one of those moving walkways at the airport.

In fact, the slope (how much the race drops in elevation from start to finish) and the separation (the distance, as the crow flies, between the start line and the finish line) are so severe that runners can’t set official world or U.S. records during it. The Road Running Technical Council has determined that Boston drops 3.2 meters for every kilometer and has a 91% separation between its start and finish. This means the course goes nearly in one direction as it makes its way from Hopkinton, elevation 125 meters, to sea level in downtown Boston…

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Read More Here: http://tinyurl.com/NYCin310

Here are the rebuttals in the comments section. I would speak my piece on wsj.com as well, but you have to registser to leave a comment and I’m lazy…

Boston Marathon 2009 Feed – LIVE

20, Apr 2009

If you aren’t watching this years Boston Marathon right now… why aren’t you?!

http://tinyurl.com/d96clw

Rooting for Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher, let’s see 2 American victories!

J

Welcome to NYC in 310

25, Mar 2009

My name is Jason and I am a runner. In fact, over the last few years, I’ve become a half decent runner. With two NY Marathon’s under my belt, I’ve been toying with the idea of running a Boston Qualifier for some time now. I am ready.
In the past, my enthusiasm for running has been plagued by poor bio-mechanics and taking on too much, too quickly. This time will be different. This time, I will give myself 18 months to get into marathon shape. For the first 12 months, I will focus on the fundamentals: 5k’s, 10k’s and half-marathons. Then, in Spring of 2010 I will begin full-fledged marathon training. In Novemeber ‘10, I will run the NY Marathon in less than 3hrs 10min. I will qualify for Boston.

NYCin310.com will chronicle the peaks and valleys of my training program. In addition to serving as a personal runner’s log, I hope that my unique experiences as a long distance runner living in New York City will be useful to other runner’s who are currently trying to step their game up to the next level.

“He was always willing to go down in flames to beat the guy in front of him and that’s what makes a competitor.”


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