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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 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.

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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 8 (6^th 2009 marathon-qualifying race) was the Scotland 10k, which took us around the big loop of Central Park and then some to complete the 10k distance.

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Hi all, Race number 6 (4^th 2009 marathon-qualifying race) was the Coogan’s Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5k.  This race is in my neighborhood, so I got to sleep in this morning!  Well, I woke up early, but stayed in bed longer.  We run along Fort Washington Avenue from 168^th Street until we enter Fort Tryon Park, skirting a big rock formation until we are in the open ag