A2K Running Club

I ran a round in Central Park this afternoon. It's almost exactly six miles long, and took me 79 minutes to complete. This Sunday I'm supposed to run a Half Marathon (13.1 miles), and the finish line will be closing after three hours flat. Talk about a close shave. Also, my quadriceps is sore after those itty bitty 6 miles. Now I'm wondering if I'd be better off volunteering on Sunday. Decisions, decisions ....

that sounds like a lot of running in a verra short time.



is someone chasing you?

I never got that far. But.. discretion is the better part of valor. You are doing generally well and are in it for the long run. There are other races.

I said that in part that you've accelerated re group lately, or so it seems.
Calmo', Pacco would say.

Only the 12/31/2009 version of myself with his stupid New Year's resolutions.


I guess I'll decide it on my commuter train to Penn Station. It's a close decision.

I got one of them, but he don't run so much.

kinda hobbles and shuffles mostly...


take it easy on yourself, Boida seems to like seeing you now and again.

No running for me for a while. Might be a day to start a lil walking again; I just wish it wasn't so damned cold.

muggers, prolly...

I spent last work week confined to a meeting room working on a project to
improve repair turn-arounds from the Widget Factory's UK group. We had
very short lunch breaks, so no running from work. We had breakfast pastries,
free lunches, and afternoon snacks (huge cookies, mostly), plus we took the
visiting Brits out to eat one night at The Cheesecake Factory so lots of insane
eating. I'm a mess.

I went for a slow four-miler on Sunday. That was my mileage for the week.

Ack.

Started back the running today. By running i mean slowly shuffling my feet in a semi quick motion. Slight pain in my ribs but not bad bad. Legs feel dead, gotta keep them moving

I did the Half-Marathon on Sunday. Not having run any farther than an eight mile lately (actually back in December and on nice, flat, dry Florida roadways.) I knew I should just take it easy which is exactly what I did. I kept my pace at a little over 10 minute miles and took my time at two water (Gatorade) stops. 2:15:39 finishing waaaay back in the pack, but feeling good and strong.

My goal now is to run another four half s this year, each one faster than the last. (Kind of like when my brother wanted to win most improved bowler in his league--- he bowled the first week like he had never SEEN a bowling alley. Such improvement!!!)

Joe(still behind the bunny)Nation

did a slow jog up to and around the reservoir yesterday ( ~ 2 miles), my first time out in almost 3 months.

my better half and i followed that up last night with a 3-mile walk, so hopefully not too much soreness to follow...

bookmarking quietly yet with hope

So far, so good. And I think it was 3.75 miles or so (I know what 3 MPH feels like, and we took 1 hr 15 mins, so ....).

No running for me for a while. More healing must happen first.

managed a 5k jog (2 reservoir laps) yesterday.
hadda stop a minute for a sharp pain in the left heel.
but it went away as fast as it arose, so i plodded on.

my goal right now is 3 laps by mid-april.
i figure if i can do 3, then 2 should be a breeze...

Managed 3 miles yesterday. Got done in about 25 minutes. I need more water. Hydration is key

Updated
2010 Boston area 5Ks

If just the month is listed, the date isn't up yet. Of course we're not going to all of them, but this is an idea. Oh and feel free to add as you find events. I limited these to events that can be reached via T or Commuter Rail. Events are listed here: http://www.baevents.com/ and here: http://www.3craceproductions.com/

March
Sunday 3/14/10 St. Patrick's Day Road Race & Walk - 70th Running (South Boston)
Sunday 3/14/10 Ras Na Heireann (Somerville)
Saturday 3/20/10 St Pats 5K (Providence, RI)

April
Saturday 4/17/10 Artesani Park 5K Race Against Extinction (Earth Day benefit) $25
Sunday 4/18/10 Luv 2 Run (Brighton) $16
Monday 4/19/10 Boston Marathon (of course this isn't a 5K; this is just an FYI)

May
May 2010 Hyannis Road Races (Hyannis); Get Yer Ya Ya's Out on the Charles River (Cambridge) http://www.baevents.com/
Saturday 5/1/10 Run Like You Give a Damn - Artesani Park 5K (Benefit Architecture for Humanity)
Sunday 5/2/10 Cox Rhode Races (Providence, RI)
Sunday 5/9/10 Mary O'Brien Memorial 5K Run/Walk for Cancer (Somerville)
Sunday 5/16/10 Urban Dare Boston (Boston) (this is not a 5K but I bet it's a blast)
Sunday 5/23/10 Paul St. Martin 5K (Newton)

June
June 2010 Charles River Run (Cambridge); Reggae Ramble & Music Festival (Cambridge) http://www.baevents.com/
Saturday 6/12/10 Run of Hope 5K - Starts at Hatch Shell
Monday 6/28/10 New Charles River Run: http://www.newcharlesriverrun.com Starts/ends in Cambridge, but goes around by Artesani Park in Brighton. You can do either a 5K or a 7.5 mile run. $23 in advance, $25 on the day of.

July
July 2010 Jerry Garcia Memorial Run (Cambridge) http://www.baevents.com/
Sunday 7/17/10 Artesani Park (Brighton) $16

August
August 2010 Twist and Shout on the Charles River (Cambridge) http://www.baevents.com/
Sunday 8/21/10 Cape Shore Foundation (Brighton)

September
September 2010 Under a Boston Red Sky (Cambridge) http://www.baevents.com/
Monday 9/6/10 Bad Habit 5K (Brighton) $16

October
Saturday 10/2/10 Run for Someone Else's Life 5K - Artesani Park (benefit: Good Samaritans) $20 Let's do this one for Joanne Dorel
Sunday 10/24/10 5K for Life (Cambridge)
Sunday 10/31/10 Superhero 5K Run/Walk (Cambridge) $25 *costume optional*

November
Sunday 11/7/10 Luv 2 Run (Brighton) $16

December
December 2010 Somerville Jingle Bell Run (Somerville) http://www.baevents.com/

Alright!

Have you and Mr. Philbis signed up for one yet?

Not quite there yet (I'm actually still in recovery mode -- running seems, erm, too bouncy for me right now).

Recovery from what? Did you break a leg and I missed it?