Half Marathon

I'll be in New York City to run a Half Marathon tomorrow. It will take place in Central Park. I want to finish this race under 115 minutes. That means I will have to run at an 8 minute per mile pace. I hope to be able to do it. I had a good practice run yesterday and today I will concentrate on weights & stretching exercises. The weather might be an issue. the temperatures are supposed to drop and there could be rain in the forecast. I'm looking forward to the race. In 5 weeks, I will be running the New York City Marathon. It is Marathon Season.

Patriot's Day 2011

Patriot's Day 2011 - Here I am on a beautiful Spring day in Boston with the Marathon on one side of me and the Red Sox on the other. Winter seemed to arrive early in New England last night.  

Yonkers Marathon Review

I ran the Yonkers Marathon in a time of 4:19:33. It was my goal to at least get under 4 hours. Last year I ran it in 3:55:15. I just didn't feel good yesterday. It is important that I get better as a runner. A finish like that makes me more determined to improve. The New York City Marathon is 7 Weeks away and I will do everything I can to be in shape for the race. I'm running in a Half Marathon 13 days from now. It will work as a good measuring stick on how things are going. O.K. back to training.  

The Front Desk Setlist

Here is the set list to my rock opera THE FRONT DESK. It is about the events at and around the front desk of a hotel. There are 24 songs in all. Each song represents an hour of the day. The songs are put into 3 shifts which is the usual working schedule of a hotel.

The Front Desk

FIRST SHIFT
  7:00 AM - Grand Opening
  8:00 AM - Front Desk Agent
  9:00 AM - Rooms & Rates
10:00 AM - General Manager
11:00 AM - Group Sales
12:00 PM - Midday
  1:00 PM - Check Ins & Check Outs
  2:00 PM - Housemen & Housekeepers

SECOND SHIFT
  3:00 PM - Bucket Check
  4:00 PM - Hotel Owners
  5:00 PM - Reservations
  6:00 PM - Room Service
  7:00 PM - Walk Ins
  8:00 PM - Jacuzzi Suite
  9:00 PM - Wake Up Call
10:00 PM - All Quiet On The Front Desk Front

THIRD SHIFT
11:00 PM - Famous Guests
12:00 AM - Midnight
  1:00 AM - Night Audit
  2:00 AM - Under New Management
  3:00 AM - Continental Breakfast
  4:00 AM - 2 Weeks Notice
  5:00 AM - Grand Reopening
  6:00 AM - Front Desk Agent (Reprise)

The Art Of Running

I will be running the Yonkers Marathon in 12 days. All of my training is going into this race. I've run 7 miles each of the last 2 days. I plan to run another 7 miles tomorrow. I hope to get a good long bike ride in this weekend. It has been quite rainy this week. And then next week I have to ease up on the running and just do some light weights & plenty of stretching exercises. I like to call it, "The Coiled Spring Effect" where I've tightened up my body on a conditioned level and then my mind is set to handle the long distance. I do love to run. It has become a creative outlet for me. It is performance, dance and competition. At the very least, I want to run Yonkers under 4 hours. I did last year. Back to training.

Lyrics Written

I've put the lyrics to my rock opera THE FRONT DESK on this blog. I hope by the end of the year to perform a concert of it somewhere.