A training schedule is a great way to structure your training so that you are able to realize the greatest gains in your race performances. If you have a schedule, you are more likely to be ready for your race on race day rather than a couple weeks before or a couple weeks after. You…
The race directors of the New York City Marathon have sent out the official welcome letters: Countdown to the start of the race of your life, November 5, 2006:144 Days Entry Number: xxxxx Dear Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Congratulations! You?re in for the experience of a lifetime, the ING New York City Marathon 2006! We are thrilled…
The ING New York City Marathon has a lottery for who gets to run. The results are now available (as of about 11am this morning) and can be searched at their website: Both my friend that I am going to run with and I got in. I would have been surprised had we not been,…
The New York City Marathon qualifying standards are not what I thought that they were. When I ran a 2:52:37 in the Mystic Places Marathon, I thought that I was 2½ minutes away from an automatic qualifying time for the ING New York City Marathon. I thought that I needed to beat 2 hours and…
Lance Armstrong is going to run the New York City Marathon this November. He has no plans to start running marathons professionally. I have about a week to decide if I want to run it as well. I have an automatic qualifying time, but need to register by the end of the month.
The New York City marathon was this morning. Susan Chepkemei from Kenya had some problems a few miles from the finish, and lost by about 15 seconds to Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia. I am sure the sports highlight shows will show Chepkemei vomiting as she ran before showing the finish. The men’s finish was very…