All tagged Running

Red Hook Crit 5k

Bec
Race Reports, running
The Red Hook Crit. This was the craziest sporting event I've ever been to and probably the craziest I've ever participated in. The main event, the bike race, consisted of 22 lap criterium on a technical course around the docks in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It was pouring rain. It was dark. People were racing fixed gear bikes, with NO BRAKES.

Athlete Moms: Sarah Shares her Big, Big Goal

Sarah

Going For It

You know those big, big goals…the kind you’re afraid to share or even say out loud because they’re such a stretch that you aren’t even sure you’ll come anywhere close to making them happen? Maybe it’s finishing an Ironman or nabbing a BQ in the marathon. Or running your first 5K or winning your age-group in a tri. Well, I’ve got a huge goal, and as much as I’d like to keep it bottled up inside my brain, I’m just going to put it out there:

Athlete Moms: A Year of Running

Sarah
Happy New Year! Hard to believe that a year ago, Bec and I were just about to welcome our little girls into the world. So much has happened over the course of those 300-something days, and aside from the obvious thrills of raising a baby, the past year has been a flurry of adventures and new experiences. Especially when it has to do with running.

Athlete Moms: Post-Baby 5k PR

Sarah
Race Reports

I normally wouldn’t be happy with running a 5k over three minutes slower than my best time, but crossing the line in 19 minutes, 55 seconds at yesterday’s New Paltz Challenge called for a celebration.

Going into the race, I had what I thought was the realistic expectation to break 21 minutes. At this stage in my run training, all signs pointed to a 20-plus minute 5k.

Athlete Moms: The Top Ten Things I've Learned...10 Weeks In

Sarah
10 weeks after having a baby and things are rocking and rolling...It's definitely not easy, but we're inching back to some sort of normalcy around here, and I'm close to hitting my stride, so to speak, with a running routine. As I reflect on the past 10 weeks, here are 10 lessons I've picked up along the comeback trail. --Sarah 

Nike+ Half-Marathon/Ironman NY Run Course

Bec

This morning a group of us met at the NYC Ironman transition area in Palisades Park for a freezing 13.1 mile training run. This was my first time checking out the River Road course on foot.  I’ve ridden my bike there a million times, but that proved to be no indication of HARD of a run course this is.  It is Quassy Rev3 hard. The only other course I can think of to compare it to is the Bermuda Triathlon, but that was only a 10k.  We ran the first half of the course, a two-lap out and back section on River Road.  This section is really pretty and will be shaded in August. The part of the course we didn’t see appears to be easier, although that section includes a big hill up to the GW Bridge.