Yonkers Part II

I'm leaving for Yonkers now. See you later people of the blog.

Yonkers

I'm going to Yonkers, New York tomorrow for some work related things. Busy stuff.

Make A Move

Things are changing
Going ahead
Try rearranging
Living & dead

Go to this place
Go to that
Run in a race
Wearing a hat

I'll let you know
Just where I'll go
You'll find it here
Have no fear

It's now the time
It's not a lie
There it now goes
Flying right by

No Run

It's been a few day since the marathon and I've haven't gone for a run yet. I feel good, but my legs are still sore. I do plan on getting out there tomorrow. So much emotion from over the weekend. Now it's time to look forward.

Election Day

It must be the 1st Tuesday in November. Time to go out and vote.

3:59:10

Yesterday I ran in my 5th New York City marathon. It's amazing to think I've run that many of them. Things have changed since the 1st one I ran back I'm 2006. For one thing, I paid $80 the 1st time around. Now it goes for over $200. This year alone there were big changes due to the cancellation of the marathon due to Hurricane Sandy and then the bombings at the Boston Marathon several months ago. Lots of security. I heard that there were close to 50,000 runners in the race. I can believe it. It was crowded throughout. Plenty o people lined the streets to cheer us on. My main goal was to finish under 4 hours. I did that once at this race in 2010. I was so disappointed with my finish in 2011, that I spent last year qualifying for yesterday's race. I felt pretty good but there were times when I could feel my pace falling off. Each time I responded with a push. My splits were pretty even. When I hit the halfway mark, I was just under 2 hours. This was a concern since I knew my pace would have to be strong from there on in. The turning point of the race came at the 20-Mile mark, when I decided to pick up the pace and go for broke. I felt strong for the next 4 miles. But with 2 miles to go, I hit the wall hard and did everything I could to stay strong. When I crossed the Finish Line, I didn't know what my time was due to the fact that my watch stopped counting. I found out several hours later my finishing time was 3:59:10. I was so happy. I felt like I won with just seconds to go. It was a great weekend for me and I have another metal to the collection.

Marathon Weekend

In 48 hour I'll be running in the New York City Marathon. I'm heading into Manhattan today. I want to finish this race under 4 hours. That's my over/under finishing time. I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life. Everything will depend on how I feel Sunday. The weather looks good. This is the 5th time I've run this race and I'm ready to go.