Prior to finding Barry Heyden, Former Director of Fitness and Conditioning for the New York Mets and founder of Full Spectrum New York, I thought the Alter-G treadmills were only for the pros and if there were any available it would be wildly expensive. I was able to run a 5:20 mile pace, something I have never done on land. It felt like I was running really fast on the track. I was light on my feet yet felt the full extension of my legs and the balls of my feet hitting the ground and pawing back.
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Day 55 of Stress Fracture Rehab
Posted in NYRR, marathon training, running, tagged boston marathon, Hilary Lorenz, New York city marathon, NYC marathon, Pete Pfitzinger, Rehab., running, Running Injury Prevention, stress fracture on July 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am very happy when I hear from people who are running after 5 or 6 weeks of their stress fractures. The short times saves oneself from accumulating adipose tissue while simultaneously losing their mind. I am on week 8 and suffering from both. In all fairness I did start running; rehab running with the [...]
No more grinning
Posted in 1, NYRR, marathon training, running, tagged Dr. Greg Rock, Front runners, Hilary Lorenz, New York city marathon, NYC marathon, Pfitzinger, running, stress fracture on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I put off updating my blog because I did not want to admit that I ran myself into the ground and have been given a forced leave of absence. One thing I have never really worried about is stress fractures. I am not sure why I did not worry, a huge number of my [...]
New Race, New PR!
Posted in NYRR, adventure travel, marathon training, running, tagged & more, Front runners, Hilary Lorenz, Kristen Dieffenbach, Marathons, Marathons & More, Mountains, New York city marathon, NYC marathon, running on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pouring rain, 46º and over 7,000 runners. I do not know the total because the results are not posted. I raced today in New York City’s Central Park for the Scotland 10K. It was a giant mud bath in the baggage area and pretty darn cold, but overall a fun day.
A lot happened in the [...]
Big Races, Fast Times
Posted in 1, NYRR, marathon training, new york city artists, running on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last Sunday it was a beautiful 45º day with the winds a mild 7 mph. I was in Central Park running the 4-mile race, Run for the Parks. There were a total of 5751 people in this race, 2919 men and 2832 women, 267 of which were in my age group, 40-44. My previous best [...]
Racing Extravaganza
Posted in NYRR, marathon training, running on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend there were two NYRR races, a 4 miler and 15K. Early in the year, January 1st I signed up for as many open races as possible since this year NYRR is put a cap of 5,000 people in each race. Most of the races filled a couple weeks before the race, but all [...]
Back at It
Posted in NYRR, marathon training, running on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, not a pretty picture! This is the finish of New York Road Runner’s Coogan’s 5k. It is a very hilly out and back 5k, and on this day it was barely 30 degrees. I still do not think it was 30 as reported with 10 mph winds. I think it was about 15. [...]



