A stroll through Central Park

A stroll through Central Park sounds delightful, and that’s exactly what I’ll be doing this spring and summer, rather than running. It is with sadness that for this season I am retiring the “running” label from the blog. I have forgone this love affair during the spring and summer of 2007 owing to a festering [...]

The marathon completed!

So the marathon is over! Last weekend was a good one. I got several hours’ sleep on call Friday night, and by 0900 Saturday I was heading to Midtown to catch the Chinatown bus to Washington DC. (The Chinatown bus enterprise has expanded to include departures from Midtown which is much more convenient for me.)
It’s [...]

The Marine Corps Marathon

Most of my regular readers know that I’ve been training for the Marine Corps Marathon for several months. The big day is Sunday, October 28, in Washington DC.

I’ll be there, but I won’t be running. Since I’ve been out of the world of blogging lately, I haven’t had a chance to update the blog about [...]

Calm before the storm

As my regular readers can probably tell from my flurry of posting this week, working nights covering the Pain Service has afforded me both some sleep at night and free time during the days. It’s almost like a vacation where I stay in the city and can catch up on things (house cleaning, grocery shopping, [...]

Running update

The week that just ended Sunday* was one of my best running weeks yet. I ran a total of 26.9 miles in three hours and forty-nine minutes. The sum comprises

a 4.9 mile “tempo” run in Central Park (8:07-minute miles),
a five-mile treadmill “hill” run (3-4% grade at 8:34-minute miles),
a ten-mile “long” run along Riverside Park on [...]

* Running & Gypsy

A near perfect Saturday:

Waking up to sunshine streaming in the window; no alarm
Ten mile run along the Hudson River
Nap (one hour)
Lunch. An episode of The Office with audio commentary.
Nap 2 (thirty minutes)
Doing this and that around the apartment
Picking up last-minute tickets for Gypsy with Patty LuPone, a must-see according to roommate Clay. I talked Mauricio [...]

More milestones and angina

Four miles in 28 minutes: Wednesday, June 5th, on treadmill.Four miles at 1% grade: Done today, on treadmill, in under 32 minutes.
On Saturday I ran the big loop again in the park with Justin and Ezer, My time was right at 52 minutes, which is a full minute slower than my best time; then again, [...]

How to spend a weekend without cracking a book

Surprisingly, I’m able to get by an entire weekend without studying. Most recently this consisted of…

Home fellowship group at Andy & Anna’s on Friday night. Andy was back in town from Abu Dhabi.
Running with Ezer in the park Saturday morning. We waited for Andy to join us for about ten minutes at the 72nd Street [...]

Marathon update

I ran ~13 miles (a half marathon!) with Ezer today in Central Park. Goal D4 is accomplished.
We ran about 1.2 miles to the park, and then two big loops of 6.2 miles each. The hardest part of the run was about 7.4 miles into it, just as we were beginning the second big loop. A [...]

Spring has arrived

I looked out my window yesterday and was surprised to see tiny green leaves on the trees in Fort Tryon Park. Within just a few days, spring has come. No longer will I see bare wintry branches in the park. Even down in the courtyard, the grass suddenly seems greener, and the daffodils have been [...]