Training Log

Today was pretty much my last opportunity to do a long run before the Boston Marathon.  Last night, I was actually looking forward to the ru...

I've never been one to panic, but maybe now is the time to start.  Let's recap the last 5 months.  In November I decided to run the ...

This past Thursday was the NYRR's Club Night.  I didn't attend, but Heidi, Alfonso, Benny, and Denie showed up to claim WSY men'...

I signed up for the Chicago Marathon!  I somehow managed to do so rather painlessly.  Instead of waiting until 1:00 p.m. for registration to...

So, my knee had been about as good as it's been since I injured it in the NYRR 60K back in November.  Unfortunately, I made the mistake ...

I ran 11.5 miles on Saturday with Carol, Denie, and Benny.  It was my longest run since the 60K back in mid-November.  My knee held up, but ...

After 4 weeks of no running, I decided I couldn't put off running any longer.  The doctor said take 6 weeks off, but I could not wait an...

So, I saw the doctor last Saturday, and he thinks I have a partially torn medial collateral ligament.  He recommended no running for 6 weeks...

Twenty-two days and counting.  That's the number of days I haven't done any kind of running.  The 60K on November 17th did something...

Saturday, November 17th, 8:00 a.m. Thank you Alan Tam for taking all of these photos. Denie, Julien, and Carol Carol Buonanno,...

Fifth Avenue Mile Professional Women in the Fifth Avenue Mile Professional Men in the Fifth Avenue Mile Denie, C...

202.89 miles later, we've reached the beach Night running is the BEST! Kevin on the final leg, #36. Benny & Me ...

My 48-day running streak ended on Thursday, September 6th.  524 miles.  I don't think I would recommend running streaks to anyone.  I fo...

This streak is not intentional.  I just seem to end up doing them whenever I'm training for a marathon. On Sunday, I decided to do a l...

My NYRR bib has shown a pace of 5:55 on it since 2009.  The last time I ran a 5K race or longer with a pace under 5:55/mile was in 2002.  Th...

The streak continues.  33 days and counting.  On Saturday, I ran 13 miles with Niketown.  Then, on Sunday, I ran the NYRR Long Training Run ...

I ran 13 miles on Saturday, 6 miles on Sunday, 9.5 miles (8x Cat Hill) on Monday, and 6 miles yesterday.  This was on top of some tough work...

Our tribute to the closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics on Sunday.  Chuck, Denie, Farbod, and Me.  Elmo doesn't look ...

Tough run tonight.  I'm tired of this humidity already!  I did a mile warm up, ran a 4-mile tempo @6:33/mile.  I ran a slow mile for a s...

80 degrees and 87% humidity at 8:00a.m.?!  I was hoping for a sub-30:00 5-mile, but the weather changed my goals.  I ended up running 30...

On Monday, I went on my first official run in the Flyknit Racers.  I did 10 repeats on the Strawberry Fields hill.  The Flyknits felt good, ...

I was fortunate enough to pick up a pair of Flyknit Racers today.  I have only tried them on and haven't run in them yet.  Soon.  ...

I'm hoping to get a pair of these when they come out.  I tried them out in Eugene, OR, and they felt incredibly light and fit really...

As if yesterday's workout wasn't enough, I did 800 repeats again.  But today, they included Cat Hill.  No more speed workouts for th...

Yesterday was quite possibly the worst weather I've experienced this summer.  (I missed a few days of the last heat wave because I was i...

Hayward Field, Eugene OR I had the privilege of watching two days of the Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, OR.  The men...

On my way from Niketown to the Queensboro Bridge this morning.  I was standing on a corner with a group of runners.  Some guy who looked lik...

And the good races continue!  1:22:32 (6:18/mile).  The day began at 3:30 a.m.  By 4:30 a.m., I was on the train.  At 5:40 a...

Japan Day I've been running some good races lately.   Coogan's 5K in 18:22.  (5:56/mile) NYC Half in 1:23:33.  (6:23/mi...

Time: 38:15 Pace/Mile: 6:11 Overall Place: 191st Men: 180th Age Place: 23rd Splits: 6:14, 6:09, 6:05, 6:23, 6:02, 6:06. Nice weather for a r...

I spent all of last week recovering from the 20-mile training run last Sunday. So I went into today's race thinking I would simply use ...