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Okay, Hamptons, no more questions for you! But I’ll answer the ones you have posed. And if anyone (else) has more you have until the end of today (Friday) to get ’em in. Monday: How tall are you? How long have you been running? Next planned trip to Western Canada? Your question actually prompted me […] C’mon folks, you can do better than these questions! But here are the answers so far. If anyone has more questions, you have until Friday to get ’em in. Tom: Hey Derek, Riddle me this: I’m a fellow reporter and I’d like to know how you landed your current job. How many yrs experience did […] marathon tune up Originally uploaded by derek7272. The big day is just two weeks away. I am going to run conservatively this time and not blow my wad in the first 12 miles. […] Drove up with Flygirl and did the Flyers’ Croton Reservoir Fall Foliage run this morning. 3:03 for 19.9 miles, or just over 9 minute pace. Very scenic with all these leaves just starting to turn. Gave me a good shot of confidence approaching the taper for NYCM. I didn’t train totally hard but feel … […] So I remember when I did the NYRR’s long training run #2 last year, I started out in a too-ambitious pace group and ended up dying at the end. (A frequent problem for me, I can be a total rabbit). Or maybe it was just the fact that I was out boozing the night before. […] Cleaning my closet today … this is my collection of race T-shirts. It must go back to about 1996. We have the Union Leader Millyard Classic 5K, the 1999 New Bedford (Mass.) Half-Marathon, the 2003 NYC Marathon Tune-Up, the 2001 Federation of Italian-American Organizations of Queens 5K Run, the 2005 Queens Half-Marathon, the 1996 Sapienza […] The recent heat really did a number on my running, I must say. Or maybe I’ve just been focused on other things. As recently as the spring I was setting all sorts of PRs! Anyway, Saturday was my first long run in awhile, just 12 miles, but I got it in. 1:50 for two loops, […] Sorry I’ve been such a sucky blogger. Been busy with work and secret projects. I did want to say I had a very bloggy weekend. Met Curly Su on Friday, finally, and I took her for her first run in Central Park. On our way there we ran into Chelle walking down 10th Ave., by […] running in the park Originally uploaded by derek7272. I guess even as a kid, I liked running in the park! 41:20 in the Healthy Kidney 10K this morning. Went out a bit too hard — did the first half in 19:51. That’s not a total bonk, but it’s not a smart race either. Looking at the results of the runners who ran a minute to 90 seconds faster than me, an awful lot of […] Gina Kolata on why lactic acid is good for you. queens2006-0 Originally uploaded by derek7272. Toward the finish. After the jump, you can see how the woman the orange top and black shorts almost nipped me at the end. […] Latest Rundown, up and running. Okay, I registered for the NYC Marathon with about 15 minutes to go. Still might choose to do a different marathon; we’ll see. Monday I covered David Blaine instead of the immigrants (But we had many reporters at the marches and rallies). Blaine is spending the next week in this eight-foot water-filled sphere before […] Great Boston Globe story about running at night: At an hour when lampposts carve shadows over empty streets, when geese outnumber people on the Esplanade, skunks troll through Brookline, and rats prowl around Beacon Hill, Tom Goulet is out sweating, his muscles burning, his mind far from shutting down. Which for most people, given the […] So 1:35:12 (1:35:25 “gun”) at the Queens half-marathon this morning … 7:16 pace. Better than my 1:35:54 in Brooklyn, but I have to admit I’m not that happy as two of the Flyers I beat in Brooklyn trounced me today. One of them, a guy from N.J. I have beaten four times this year (I […] It’s up and running, check it out. What makes someone feel strong before a race, I wonder? Three weeks ago I felt great a day or two before the Scotland Run. I basically knew I was going to PR, and had to hold myself back running the day before the race. At the adidas Run for the Parks four-miler today, no such […] Another triple-loop yesterday. The first loop was in 50:29 (8:22 pace) and the second two in 1:47:09 (8:53 pace). Overall the 18.08 miles were run in 2:37:38, or 8:43 pace. I waited until 5 p.m. to run, after the Red Sox game. Afterwards I was exhausted, naturally, but still tried to go directly to the […] Okay, if it’s a rainy Friday, that can only mean I’ve been tinkering with my running playlist. The latest changes: […] |
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