The North Face Endurance Challenge – San Francisco 50 miles (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of my race report, which goes over the race itself. Part 2 (here) has thoughts and reflections about my training, nutrition and performance. In the days before the race I had been feeling fairly good about the race. That’s mostly because I wasn’t having any pain in my achilles. Between the…
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9:33
I have to admit, I’m really psyched about how today went! I finished at least a half hour than my expected best case scenario. And I felt great doing it – no pain, no stomach issues, never hit a wall or bonked, never had any rough mental periods. All in all, it went great. The…
Read MoreAnd We’re Off!
I thought I got up early for the Ironman. With a 5am start to this madness, it’s an especially early morning here in San Francisco! I’m excited to do this thing! I know I’m in for a really long day, but I don’t have anything else that I need to get done today. Thanks for…
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San Fran via Vegas
After flying home from New York on Tuesday, I packed again last night for my trip to San Francisco for the North Face 50 on Saturday morning. First though, we took a little detour to Las Vegas for the night. (That crappy/artsy picture is the view from our very cool room at the Encore Hotel.)…
Read MoreMonthly Summary – November 2009
Here’s November: Swim: 25,011 yardsCycling (outdoors): 0.0 milesCycling (indoors): 5:35 (hours)Run: 62.40 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 5 sessions Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 28:30 hours Weight: 169.5 pounds This was another month that proved you have to roll with the punches. I had lots of training and racing plans for November. In the end, it was a…
Read MoreSelf Control
I’m finding out an extra challenge of scheduling an “A” race so close to Thanksgiving: trying to maintain disciplined eating over the Thanksgiving weekend. Going to my in-laws on Long Island hasn’t made things any easier. With my taper in full force, I’m already feeling pretty fat and lazy. And I’m surrounded by temptation –…
Read MoreAnd now it’s just a week
One week from today. It’s funny how the last six weeks have affected the way I feel about this race – in good ways and bad. I didn’t plan on having a six week taper and I’ve been thinking so much about my stupid legs that I haven’t really been able to focus my energy…
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Two Week Countdown
Today was the 47th running of the JFK 50 in Hagerstown, Maryland. The JFK 50 was my first (and so far, only) ultramarathon. I had a great time training for and racing the JFK 50. It was a beautiful day, I had great support from Elizabeth, Assaf and my in-laws and ran a great race….
Read MoreUps and Downs and a Decision
Emotionally, it’s been a roller coaster of a week, with a low point on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning when I just about talked myself into giving up on even planning on running the Northface 50. Physically, though, it’s been pretty much all good. I’ll take it. The Northface 50 is sold out. On Tuesday…
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