Posts Tagged ‘run as one’

iPods and Competitive Racing

24, Apr 2009

Last Sunday at the Run As One 4-Miler, I stood up front in the first starting line corral waiting for the gun to go off. I went through my normal pre-race rituals…

  • Continued stretching, a challenge in the confinement of a corral.
  • Made sure my sneakers were tied tight, but not cutting off blood flow.
  • Re-tied my shorts, tucked my shirt, pulled up my socks.
  • Convinced myself I didn’t have to pee, which made me have to pee more.

And I tooled with my iPod incessantly, checking to see if I chose the right playlist. Making sure the volume was loud enough, but not headache loud. Testing my ability to start the stopwatch and playlist simultaneously. Then I looked around. Is anyone else even wearing an iPod (besides this guy)?

Run As One 4-Miler = 24:40

19, Apr 2009

I decided to run this morning’s NYRR race in Central Park, the Run as One 4 Miler, an excellent choice on my part. The threat of poor weather was an idle one, as the temperatures were ideal for racing and the wind was barely noticeable. With 11,000 runners I’m glad I chose to start at the very front of the pack. I heard that it took up to 15 minutes for some people to make it to the starting line after the gun went off.

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It’s On…

19, Apr 2009

Weather is fantastic and I woke up feeling pretty damn good (a little sore from yesterday’s bike). Results for the Central Park “Run as One” 4 miler to follow…

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Speedwork Friday – Manhattan Loop Saturday – Race Day Sunday?

17, Apr 2009

4-mile-run-as-one-central-park2 Interval Friday went down a little easier than I expected considering I was out fairly late last night and had nearly a half dozen delicious Rogue Dry Hopped Ales. And a Newcastle. And a Texas Style Cheeseburger. With a generous heap of spicy curly fries. And 4 Waffles for breakfast, with extra syrup. I did six 800M splits averaging 10.4 mph (or roughly 5:45 in full mile). The pace felt just right, I normally push myself a little faster on the intervals, but that normally puts me in rough shape when it comes time to do my next run.

Tomorrow is Saturday and I’m planning on a Manhattan Perimeter Loop bike ride to take the place of my long run (I know, I’ll explain how ot do it soon). I think while I’m training for the shorter distance races, I’ll save myself some injury risk by limiting long runs to every other week and trying to sub in some 4 hour bikes to take the place.

Which brings me to Sunday. I’d like to run the Seventh Annual Run as One, Presented by JP Morgan Chase. It’s a 4 Miler in Central Park and for me it’s all contingent upon the weather. This is kind of a last second decision, and a 4 miler isn’t such a common race distance so I’m not making any attempt to set a PR (though I’m not sure I have any 4 milers in my back catalog of races so in that sense, maybe I will). I checked about 2 hours ago and there was a 30% chance of rain begining at 7am. Now I just checked again and that’s dropped down to 20%, which might just be the threshold for me to compete. If you haven’t registered for the race yet, you can do so here: http://www.nyrr.org/races/2009/r0419×00.asp


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