This past weekend, we traveled upstate to visit our cousins Doug and Kathy and their kids for a couple of days. Our cousins invited us a couple of months back for the Kingston Shamrock Run, which was Sunday. I immediately said yes because I knew we’d have an awesome weekend. I didn’t even bother looking up the …
The Race that Wasn’t – With a Heaping Side of Italian Food Read More »
Back when I was training for the NYC marathon in 2010, there came a time when the thought of yet another lap of Prospect Park was almost too much for me to bear. I had used my GPS watch to come up with new twists and turns through the park, so I wasn’t always just …
I hope everyone had a fun weekend! Saturday morning I ran the NYRR Al Gordon Classic 4 mile race, in my own backyard! (Well, Prospect Park, but it’s pretty close). I’m so used to working out the MTA’s chaotic weekend schedule and trying to get to random start lines in Central Park for early morning …
I’ve been thinking recently about motivation and how hard it is to kick-start a fitness routine. Once you really get going, working out just becomes part of your lifestyle, but it’s the beginning stages of an exercise plan that can be tough. I get it – if exercise isn’t part of your life right now, …
If a pack of zombies was chasing you, you’d run, right? Read More »
