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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.

Race number 12 was the Mother’s Day 10-miler. We started on the East Drive, just south of the 72^nd Street Transverse, ran the lower 5-mile loop, crossing the Park at the 102^nd Street Transverse, then continuing the loop all the way up to the north end of the Park, then down the West Drive to finish on the 72^nd Street Transverse.

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Hi all, Race number 4 (3^rd 2009 marathon-qualifying race and 2^nd Grand Prix Half Marathon) was the BronxHalf Marathon. The course is an odd cloverleaf shape. The first loop goes out to the Moshulu Parkway from the Jerome Reservoir and back (about 6 miles). We turn just before we would cross the finis