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H. passed this along to me — the independent picture “The Spirit of Marathon” will be shown in 450 theaters at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 _ next Thursday _ including the Union Square Stadium 14 and the AMC Empire 25 near Times Square. (I can’t seem to buy online tickets for the Times […] Went to the NYRR’s “Thursday Night at the Races” event last night at the Armory 200m indoor track in Washington Heights. I had never done it before and always wanted to. It’s a very nice facility. Slightly intimidating as there were lots of really great, college-age runners and not so many, er, more mediocre runners. […] So I am getting a jump start on the Goals for 2008. I have decided to label this week -1 and next week week 0, so as to start 2008 on week 1. (However I want full credit for everything I accomplish in the waning days of 2007!) Here is my progress so far. 1. […] In past years I have not been one for New Year’s resolutions. But I have three for 2008 and I am going to post them here. 1. Amassing a score of at least 285 out of 300 on the Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test. To do this I would have to average 19 (strict) pullups […] me and H Originally uploaded by derek7272 I have tended to post pictures of me and Flygirl after Flyer events just because she is someone who is also known in the blogoland. However this time I thought I would mix it up a little and post a picture of the very fabulous H. Hello […] Just an addendum to my post about running not making you thin. The other day I saw this photo of D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty in USA Today. And I was like, damn he looks like a serious runner. And in fact he is — recently running a 6:49 pace for an 8K, a marathon as […] If you have not been reading very much about racing on the blog, well, that is ’cause I’ve been more focused on Crossfit than running. But I am still very much a runner. Did the Hot Chocolate 15K in Central Park this morning. 1:11:27, good for a 7:40 pace. Splits: 7:45, 7:18, 7:53, 7:58, 7:45, […] I am hangin’ with Dylan here in the Venice Beach section of sunny Los Angeles. It is very dry, cool and beautiful here. I’d only been to L.A. once before, for a weekend. Yesterday Dylan, his wife Phoebe and I went for a very long run through Will Rogers and Temescal state parks — along […] The Times has an interesting story by Gina Kolata about women supposedly getting faster as they get older: Men, as might be expected, get slower as they age. At a recent five-kilometer race in Pine Beach, N.J., which drew nearly 1,000 runners, the fastest man was 24 years old and the men’s times increased with […] Have been busy packing. This will be the fifth apartment I’ve lived in since coming to New York in October 2000, which is a little crazy, but I’m v. excited about living with C., the apartment, and just being in a good relationship. (It was a long, long search). Some various stuff: I have decided […] So the New York Road Runners are abolishing the “permanent bibs” runners have used for years after this weekend’s 8000K run. I have a better idea: let’s abolish running bibs entirely. For you non-runners out there: the bibs are what we call those numbers runners attach to their chest at races. For years they were […] Okay, I am all for women’s racing, women’s races, etc. etc. I don’t really mind the female-only races like the Mini 10K, the More Marathon, the More Half-Marathon or the Junior League Mother’s Day 10-miler. But why must EVERY YEAR the men get up an hour earlier than the women for the Al Gordon Snowflake […] So I think I mentioned in passing awhile back that my left knee had been hurty … since about mid-December? Only when I run. It was kinda scary as this is the knee I had arthroscopic surgery on in 2002, so I treated it gingerly as I worried I might have to give up running […] So my running team, the Flyers, competes in the NYRR “B” division among the open men. And after 10 races this year we are tied with the damn Polacks for first place. Yes both the Flyers and the Polish Running Club have 133 points total with just one more race to go, the Joe Kleinerman […] This one must be with only a couple miles to go. So there’s a lot of annoyed women running bloggers noting how that men “invaded” the women’s orange F-start in the NYC marathon last Sunday. As if we had kooties! I was actually one of those guys. But it was actually inadvertent: by the time I got out of the porta potty people were already moving […] It’s back! This edition of the Rundown tries to capture that moment when runners “hit the wall” in the 2006 NYC Marathon. (The Rundown is like this blog-carnival roundup I started last year, then got bored with and gave up). Flygirl writes about how she fought to come in under four hours. Back in my […] Before the race it was a little chilly. Nothing too bad, but few of us were dressed for it, and even 40-degree temperature can really be a drag if you’re outside for long enough. S.J. and I ended up huddling by these portable generators with some other runners for warmth. People gave us odd looks, […] NYRR Alert Service brought to you by Road Runner High Speed Online Event: ING New York City Marathon Runner: Derek Rose […] NYRR Alert Service brought to you by Road Runner High Speed Online Event: ING New York City Marathon Runner: Derek Rose […] |
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