Preparation H

Saturday – 7.34 miles/1:03:49 Up at 7:30. Ate a banana and headed out. Started running at 8:10. I’m really surprised how many people are already out at this time of day. As I wrote before, I have two technical shirts. The first is a Zorrel that is great and is made by communist slaves. The [...]

Achilles tendon is still a little irritated, but not nearly as bad as the beginning of the week. Trying to incorporate more stretching into my routine. I promise. I really, really promise. Here’s something I’ve been putting off. I think I have to consider wearing a headband. For sweat absorption, the baseball cap isn’t cuttin’ [...]

Very hot and humid for the next few days here, so I decided I’d do something that I don’t do unless it’s race day; I ran in the morning. I probably waited too long and headed out at 11:00. Only 3 miles, but it makes me remember why I run in the evening, just before [...]

Saturday – 6.6 miles/58:22 The high humidity does a number on my head lately. Gives me sinus headaches. The good thing is that as soon as I’m 5 minutes into the run, I feel great. Stop running, the pain comes back. Solution? I might have to switch locations for these long runs. It’d be a [...]

Finished three consecutive days of running. 3 miles on Tues, 4 on Wed, 3 on Thurs. Not so bad, but very tired last night. 6 mile scheduled for Saturday. “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” came up on the playlist during last night’s run, which reminded me of two things. First of all, my goal is just [...]

Thunderstorms most of the day here, but finally headed out around 6:30.  5.3 miles/45:36.  Very humid.  Week 1 begins at midnight, so let’s check with Hal.  Whadda you know?  Monday = Day of rest!  So far this is wicked easy! You know, when I’m running I think about all these insightful things that I could write about.  A few hours later I [...]

Ran along the water again this evening.  Until we moved last August, I had only trained in Prospect Park.  Lots of trees and shade.  The waterfront route is a lot different.  No shade, much louder (traffic noise), and it seems like there’s always a nasty headwind.  Anyway, 4 miles, 8:30 pace tonight, which is fantastic for me.  I’ll do a longer [...]

During my run on Shore Road Park, I was treated to an air show over the Verrazano Bridge.  Very cool.  Stopped a few times to snap some pictures, but ended up with an under 9 minute pace (4 mile run).  Here are a couple of pics.

My wife will kill me when she finds out I’ve started a blog. “That’s for young people and prisoners,” she’ll say. But I’m told that I should keep a record of my progress or lack thereof, so here goes.  I’ll be running the NYC Marathon on Nov. 2 of this year.  This will be my [...]