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Hi all, Race number 25 was Grete’s Gallop Half Marathon.  This race is part of Norway Day and honors the greatest New York City marathoner of all time:  Grete Waitz, who has won it an incredible 9 times!! Goals:  to run between water stations and to run at marathon goal pace

Hi all, Race number 23 was the Fred LeBow Cross-Country 5k in Van Courtland Park. Goals:  I had run 19 miles on the treadmill the day before, so this was really just a test to see how well I could race after a long run. 

Hi all, Race number 22 was the Disneyland Half Marathon.  We started in Downtown Disney, ran around the back of California Adventure, then entered and ran through California Adventure, crossed the esplanade and entered Disneyland, ran through Disneyland, came back out onto the streets of Anaheim, ran back and over to Arrowhead Pond (home of the Mig

Hi all, I didn’t run this race.  In order to automatically qualify for the 2009 NYC Marathon, NYRR members now have to run nine races and “volunteer” at one.  I had hoped to volunteer at the Club Championships (I’m not a team member and not eligible to run that event), but I think everyone else had that idea, too.  So, I picked the Fitness 4-miler, which holds difficult memories for

Hi all, Race number 21 was the NYC Half Marathon.   Goals:  to run between water stations, to run a 2:20 (based on my training run from the previous weekend), or to run a sub-10 pace.

Hi all, Race number 20 was the Race for Central Park.  We ran the middle loop counter-clockwise, finishing on the 72^nd Street Transverse. Goals:  to run between water stations and to run at 9:30 pace (it was already 78

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Race number 17 was the NYRR 50^th Anniversary Run.  We ran the lower 5-mile loop counter-clockwise, starting and finishing at Tavern on the Green.

Hi all, Race number 16 was the Japan Day 4-Mile Run.  We ran the middle loop, starting and finishing on the 102^nd Street Transverse. Goals:  to run between the water stations and to finish in under 36.   

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To avoid overwhelming you, this will be a double recap, covering my 2^nd and 3^rd races in 5 days.  I ran the Wall Street 5k on Tuesday, May 20^th, and the first Media Challenge on Wednesday, May 21^st.

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Race number 13 was the U.Penn Alumni Run 2-miler.  It was 2 miles through and around campus – the most beautiful campus in the world!