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Friday Picture Wrap-Up: The Nerdy Birder
Not much running news lately. I really need to be getting ready for the Brooklyn Half Marathon that will be taking place in a couple of weeks, but I've been easing back into running after taking a...
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On Getting Healthy: Beats for your Beets
I went for a little run yesterday and another one today. It wasn't anything too serious; today's run included lots of stopping for some grass rolling (by Oscar, not myself). I found myself looking at...
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The Bee's Knees
The bee's knees. What does that mean??Today I started my run home from the office in the rain, which seems to be more common than not lately, and after a couple of blocks my left knee protested very...
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Race Report: The first 5.38 miles of the Brooklyn Half
Today I experienced the firsts for two things: 1) The first time I didn't complete a race and 2) The first time I got called a "fucker" by another runner.I decided yesterday that I was going to run the...
View ArticleRace Report: The Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series
Spoiler alert: Nobody called me a "Fucker" during this race. Summers in NYC are crazy hot, sometimes gross and hot. But two things happen here during the summer that make me happy to be living here:...
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Friday Picture Wrap-Up
This Friday Picture Wrap-Up is dedicated to sometimes-just-wanting-to-look-at-something-pretty. It comes with a very special soundtrack, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeny singing "Only Someone...
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Race Report: Portugal Day Race
Several months ago some of my coworkers and I decided to run the Portugal Day Race together since Portugal currently sits on the UN Security Council. I've run with colleagues before, Shamala after work...
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Race Report: The Al Goldstein 5k Summer Speed Series
Yesterday was the first official day of summer and the 3rd 5k race in the summer speed series in Prospect Park. It was too darn hot to try to break any personal records. The last I checked before the...
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Race Report: Underwear Run
These colors run - FaustYesterday was a fairly typical day. I took Oscar to offleash hours in the morning, went to work, ate stuff, and ran in Central Park in my underwear.Every year there is an...
View ArticleTrainin' and Bloggin'
"Congratulations! Â You have been selected to run the 2013 Tokyo Marathon."Oh boy-oh boy-oh boy! I found out last night that I got one of the coveted spots in the Tokyo Marathon for February (over...
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I Just Spent all my Money at the Vet Potato and Leek Soup
Last week I pulled something (a good guess would be a muscle) on the inside of my thigh. Not from running or doing a funky interpretive dance in my living room or something else fun, but from walking...
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Friday Picture Wrap-Up
If you live in Brooklyn then you're familiar with the habit of people leaving their unwanted books out on the sidewalk. This past summer I started to take pictures of these orphaned books whenever I...
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Race Report: Grete's Great Gallop (Half Marathon)
Hold on Meb Keflezighi, I'm gonna let you finnish, but Grete Waitz is the best NYC marathon runner of all time. Today I ran in Grete's Great Gallop, a half marathon named after the greatest NYC...
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Recap of my day volunteering in Staten Island
I considered today my first day of training for the Kyoto Marathon, which will be four months from now on March 10th. I didn't go for a long run through Prospect Park, but I did go running through...
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Redemption: Race Report of the Turkey Trot
Happy Thanksgiving! Here is a brief post on today's Turkey Trot, organized by NYC Runs and Prospect Park Track Club. This morning I ran in the Turkey Trot in Prospect Park, a 5 miler which consisted of...
View ArticleFor I am a Rain Dog, Too
It seems like it rains all the time in NYC now. Luckily, I love running in the rain. I've run two marathons in the rain, the Two Oceans and the Napa Valley, and they were both really great. Today was...
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Friday Picture Wrap-Up
Hey, it's Friday Picture Wrap-Up!* Today is a very special day, not just because it's Friday and everybody's working for the weekend, but also because it's my brother's birthday and I'm really glad he...
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Friday Picture Wrap-Up
It's another Friday Picture Wrap-Up. This week's wrap-up is dedicated to believing in signs. Sometimes the message is obvious: "I love what you've done with your hair!" And sometimes you really have to...
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No Fancy Dress
Forty-six days to go until the Kyoto Marathon! There isn't a lot of information available online about this race. I know that it's March 10th and there will be about 15,000 runners. I know that the...
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The truth is out there.
BrrrrrrrrIt was another cold 10 mile run after work today. I switched to a heavier pair of gloves from the ones I wore Tuesday, an old pair of snowboarding mittens pulled from the back of my closet....
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