7 more miles, 1 less day

I did another 7 miles today. I took it nice and slow. Its windy, cold, and rainy, but the run felt good. I'm having an issue with my right Vomero though. Its giving me what feels like a bruise on my right foot. I compared it to an old pair and they don't look or feel any different even with the insole out. I was going to run the Knickerbocker in this new pair, but I don't think I'm going to be able to. I might have to ditch these and grab a new pair.

9 miler and a stint at the gym

I had a great 9 miler tonight. It was one of those runs where I had to consciously make myself slow down. I don't need to be running hard, but tonight's run was effortless. I did a decent job of staying slow, but still averaged well under 8 minute miles.

Before the run, I did a quick bicep workout. Normally, I'd pair that with back, but I'm a little sore from rock climbing in the Gunks yesterday. The weather was perfect for climbing and we are planning a return trip in 2 weeks if everything holds out.

LOTS of marathon stuff going on this week. I will be quite busy after tomorrow. 5 days until my first NYC Marathon!

MCM post on Inside Nike Running

I threw together this post for the Marine Corps Marathon.

I haven't been running much lately, but I need to get in some mileage. Only 8 days from the NYC Marathon.

Long Run

after taking most of the week off, I got out and did a 20 miler today. Its probably too soon for that kind of mileage, but I got out and felt good so I kept going. I needed it. I probably should have stopped at 18, when my legs started feeling completely dead, but I went ahead and jogged back home.

I need to get my Chicago Race report done.

Post-Chicago

I will do an official race report, but a little now for now.

I've been avoiding making phone calls to many because, as most of you probably already know, I'm quite disappointed with the result of sunday's race. The weather was a little warm and I fell apart at mile 19. Just a couple miles before I was feeling phenomenal and thought I was going to blow away my goal. Stomach issues and the heat ended my attempt just after mile 19.

Time: 03:22:48
Overall place: 1476
Top 7%

Lazy marathon eve

I went for a 20 minute run this morning with Derek and Lauren that we capped off with a few striders. All that's left is hydrating and eating. I'm doing very little else.

The weather is a little warmer than I was hoping for but its not too terrible. Tomorrow is the big day.

Waiting for pasta

I made it in to chicago ok after a delay at newark. I'm sitting at the bar waiting on a large bowl of pasta to arrive. Derek and I ran for about half an hour along the lakefront a little while ago.

I got seriously hooked up with apparel today. I ended up with a full-zip sweatshirt, two pair of shorts, 4 marathon-related tshirts, and one long sleeve technical shirt.

Departure

I'm currently sitting on a NJ transit train on the way to newark airport. My flight leaves at 9 a.m. for Chicago. Last night I had a little freak out, not feeling prepared at all for this race. I left at about 11 p.m. for a slow, easy 6 miler. While running I envisioned the course, reminded myself that I 'accidentally' ran a 3:15 in may, and only thought of my good runs. I came back feeling much better about the race.

Nike Blog - Chicago Marathon

Read it here.

Kevin and I collaborated. Stay tuned for one on the Marine Corps Marathon as well.

oh, and last night I did a little over 3 miles.

Nice fall night

Fall found its way to NYC sometime while I was in Texas. It hasn't been warm since I've been back. It feels like football weather. It feels like running weather. I got a late start tonight, but still managed to get in about 3.5 miles. The cold night felt amazing. If I wasn't tapering for the marathon this weekend, I probably would have stayed out for a couple hours. Six short days left...

Chicago Runner Tracking

If you want to track my progress in Chicago, here's the link:

http://www.doitsports.com/results/MSG-signup.tcl?sub_event_id=2161

my goal is to qualify for Boston, so I need to run a 3:10:59 or faster. You can track my progress via email or text message on Sunday if you are interested.

Last 10

sunday morning was my last 10 miler. now its just a few 5-6 mile runs and then race day. The last 10 went really good. We ran at a modest pace down to the Runners' Station, but then stopped talking and picked up the pace for the second 5 miles. Coming back down 57th street, I felt like I was effortlessly gliding.

All the work is done, all I can do is go run as best I can on sunday...

Bloody toe, last track workout

Clipped a toenail too close, now its a bloody mess.

Just finished my last track workout. Fairly easy pace. 3 X 1000, 400m recovery. I was shooting for 10K pace. I was a little fast on the first two and came in right on target for the last.

4:02
4:03
4:11

none of them were hard. I actually had to consciously slow myself down to keep pace. Tapering is great, but its not always easy. Ross met me at the track and did the workout with me. If it felt easy to me, it had to have been REALLY easy for him.

I took yesterday off, ran an easy 4.3 on Monday. I'm hoping to mix in a swim on friday.