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Roosevelt Island 5K Recap and a New PR!
About a month ago, some Prospect Park Track Club friends started talking about the Roosevelt Island 5K and 10K at the end of December, part of the NYC Runs Hot Chocolate Winter Running Series. It had...
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A Surprise PR at the Al Gordon 4-Miler
On Saturday morning, I dragged myself out of my nice warm bed to head to Prospect Park for a 4-mile race. All week, I had been on the fence about running this race because my right Achilles tendon had...
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A Surprise 5K PR on a Wednesday Night
On Wednesday night I headed to Prospect Park after work for the first of Prospect Park Track Club’s Al Goldstein 5K Summer Speed Series. I had signed up to support my running group and because a lot of...
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My First Track Meet
Last Saturday morning I jogged to the East River Park Track for my first-ever track meet, hosted by the Dashing Whippets, a local NYC running team. One of my Prospect Park Track Club teammates wanted...
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NYRR Team Championships 5-Miler Race Recap
On Saturday morning I ran the NYRR Team Championships 5 mile race in Central Park. In order to participate, you have to be a registered member of a New York Road Runners-recognized running team. It was...
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Rock n’ Roll Brooklyn Half Recap
Sometimes, despite all odds, everything comes together and you have a great race day. Saturday was one of those days. On Friday afternoon after work, my coworkers and I headed to Greenpoint to pick up...
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Cheering for the NYC and Brooklyn Marathons
November has been the month of marathon spectating! On November 1st, I cheered for my friends running the NYC Marathon, and two weeks later on November 15th I cheered for the Brooklyn Marathon. I...
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Back to Winter Running
Happy New Year! I rang in the New Year with friends at a pink, black and white-themed “Flamingo Formal” at Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club in Brooklyn, and watched the fireworks in Prospect Park at...
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It’s the Final Countdown (Ottawa Marathon Training Wk T-1)
This is it – the final week of marathon training! It is definitely starting to feel real and scary and I’m feeling the effects of the taper. I’m moody and antsy and nervous, and my legs feel jumpy...
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NYRR Team Championships 5-Miler Recap
On Saturday morning I headed to Central Park for my last NYRR race before moving to London in September: the Team Championships 5-miler! I haven’t been running that much since the Ottawa Marathon in...
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