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2017 TCS New York City Marathon: race week events!

2017 TCS New York City Marathon: race week events!

  I will be updating this every day. If you have anything to be added, just forward it to me. So, recheck every day! updated 10/27 7 am And don’t forget to re-read the New York City Marathon Tips, Course Strategy, and Info! post Sunday, October 29th

TCS New York City Marathon Pavilion Grand Opening

When: 8 am to 10 am

Where: TCS New York City Marathon Pavilion – Central Park at West 67th Street

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2016 TCS New York City Marathon: race week events!

2016 TCS New York City Marathon: race week events!

  I will be updating this every day, I’ll add a lot more events later tonight or tomorrow. If you have any to be added, just forward it to me. So, recheck often! updated 10/24 10 am And don’t forget to re-read the New York City Marathon Tips, Course Strategy and Info! post Monday, October 24th Summit Series Launch Party with American Alpine Club Join The North Face as they launch our Fall 2016…

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Track Thursday

Continuing my exploration into the world of Yasso 800s. Taking suggestions from last week, I did 2 more than last week and jogged my rest intervals instead of walking them (the last 2 were more like a slow shuffle, but anyway!) Splits: 5:06, 5:08, 5:05, 5:03, 5:01, 4:51 -- overall slower than last week, but right on target for time. 

Unfortunately my stomach was pretty distressed afterwards and I still feel queasy (right on the edge of nausea and hungry, fun!). I know I’m not feeling right because I don’t want to have any more coffee -- the horror! I’m thinking I need to eat more than just a Gu or a couple of Shot Bloks before I start running (as opposed to a shorter run when I wouldn’t eat) but I also don’t want to get up any earlier than I have to (this morning: alarm off at 4:30, start button at 4:49). Possibly I was also dehydrated because it was crazy humid (and eventually thunderstorming). I was able to manage some cold brew coffee and milk as well as a banana. Bleh. 

[94monkeys]

Track Twednesday

This morning I tackled the famous workout known as "Yasso 800s," According to legend (really just Runner's World), if you can run 10 800-meter repeats at the same minutes:seconds time as your marathon goal time in hours:minutes, you will make your goal. Does it work? Welll... the jury is out, but the speedwork probably won't hurt. 

Because I'd never done them I decided to do 4. There's a track about a mile from me so the plan was: run there, do the 4 repeats, run home. Technically the track is closed before 7-ish but I've run on it before in the morning and know it's not locked. (Exercising my white lady privilege here -- assuming that if I got caught, I would be presumed to be someone who accidentally broke a rule, not someone who was causing trouble in a park at night. In fact I did see a police cruiser in the park, but had no interaction with it.) 

According to my goal time plus some stuff I read online about how the Yassos prediction is just a little off, I set my goal at 5:08 per repeat. This I met handily with 4 repeats at 5:05, 5:05, 5:02 and 4:43 -- the first 3 with ~4 minutes of "active rest" (walking). As you can see #4 was when I decided to give it a little more gas because all I had to do was jog home after (also why I didn't take 4 minutes rest at the tag end of that). Next time I will try 6. I wonder if it would be more beneficial to jog slowly between them rather than walking...  

At first I felt really energized by this workout. Then I felt hungry (Frosted Mini-Wheats for breakfast instead of the usual yogurt, hooray!) Then I felt sleepy, but re-coffee'd up so that's a relief. My arm has bruised up from last night's bite so it looks a little worse, but not bad. The bruise is a little bigger than a quarter and fairly light. I guess I should have stopped the dog owner and tried to get information from him. I was just so overwhelmed it didn't occur to me. I saw some dogs this morning, but none that gave me trouble.

This is a weird thing to declare at the calendar-end of the summer, but I think I need more shorts and tank tops. I have Tempo-style shorts but only two pair of compression-style (what we used to call “bike shorts” as a kid, regardless of purpose). Tanks are great for any weather above say 60 degrees (and for indoor classes in the winter) so realistically I probably have 6 more weeks of wearing them exclusively outdoors. Time to shop!

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Caption This Tuesday

because it’s a thing, you know.

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[spikesandcleats]

I often hear someone say 'I’m not a real runner.' We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.

Bart Yasso

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Embracing My Inner Book Nerd: What I'm Reading Next

Embracing My Inner Book Nerd: What I'm Reading Next #bloglikecrazy

I haven’t done much reading lately, but I want to embrace my inner book nerd. I don’t know what it is about the holiday season, but it always makes me want to read. I wish I could be like other readers who get into books like Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Dune, etc. Well, I did come close. I started book one of Twilightthen a marathon aired on T.V. right before the last installment released in the…

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