NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report
This was a ridiculously long race report, so I broke it up into parts. If you want to read just the actual race, that’s Part 4, but there are some through-lines from earlier parts that give pieces of Part 4 …
NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 6 — Takeaways
It feels weird to say that a race I didn’t finish was a success, but this felt like a win in a lot of ways. NYC definitely was a learning experience. I love the marathon. Even in the miserable parts …
NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 5 — Aftermath
I got to ride the subway for free back from the Bronx. I also got a lot of congratulations, and to each I said, “I didn’t finish. I had to drop out right before Mile 21.” Both marathoners and normal …
NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 4 — The actual marathon
Part 1 — Race week Part 2 — Pre-race planning Part 3 — Race-day morning! Warning: I’m trying to be as accurate as possible, so you’re getting a lot of what’s usually my “inside my head” voice, which swears way …
NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report: Part 3 — Race morning is here!
Earlier: Part 1 — Race week Part 2 — Pre-race planning I woke up a little earlier than I wanted, closer to my usual 3:30 a.m. wakeup, so I lay in bed for a bit and walked through the course …
NYC Marathon 2018 Race Report, Part 2: Pre-race planning
Earlier: Part 1 — Race Week Coach B called me Tuesday before the race so we could walk through the plan mile-by-mile. After our phone call Tuesday, Coach B had sent over a spreadsheet showing my paces for each mile, …
NYC Marathon Race Report, Part 1: Race Week
Marathon week in NYC is just that, a week. I worked Sunday, so missed the opening race and kickoff events, but I had Tuesday, plus Thursday through Monday of race weekend off. Monday night I headed into the city after …
Staten Island Half 2018 race report
Staten Island Half is the final Five Borough race of the year, and it wasn’t originally on my schedule. Until, that is, Coach B told me I needed to run a dress rehearsal half that day as part of my …
Mind of a Runner: Chasing a BQ, women in coaching, crazy goals and American marathoners
No books this week, because I’m in the middle of three and didn’t finish any of them. But don’t worry, there are extra podcasts and articles. This week felt like there was a lot out there, but it might just …
Mental vs. physical training
This was a lousy training week. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. Coming off a good test run at the Bronx 10-miler, this was wicked frustrating. Why so bad? Some of it was not running-related at all. Working in a …
