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April 4, 2008

Sabotaging my Cooper River Bridge Run

Tomorrow is the Cooper River Bridge Run, which features a pretty steep climb over the bridge. The website says it’s a 4% incline, but they also show an elevation map that I used to calculate the following profile of the course, which doesn’t quite match up: -0.5% for 0.40 miles (0.4 miles total) 0.5% for 0.35 miles (0.75 miles total) 0.0% for 0.60 miles (1.35 miles total) 2.3% for 1.55 miles (2.90 miles total) 0.0% for 0.10 miles (3.00 miles total) -2.7% for 1.29 miles (4.29 miles total) 1.0% for 0.47 miles (4.76 miles total) 0.0% for 1.46 miles (6.22 …

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April 1, 2008

Monday evening at the Westin check-in desk

Westin Reservation Clerk: “How was your weekend?” Me: “It was great; how was yours?” WRC: “Good! And how is the training going?” Me: “Oh, I’m not here for any training… I’m a consultant and my client is in Boston… that’s why I’m here.” WRC: “No, I know that. I mean how is training for the (Boston) Marathon going? Only a few weeks away!” Me: “Ummmm… really well. Yeah, I am all set for Boston. I did a 10 mile run yesterday.” WRC: “Wow, 10 miles!!! I can’t believe you can run that far!!!” …except that if I were actually running …

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March 31, 2008

Back from the ski trip and back to killing my legs with long runs

I was exhausted when I got back from my ski trip, but had eaten like such a pig the past few days that there was no way I was going to skip a run. I really need to start getting the mileage up in time for the Brooklyn Half on May 3rd. Additionally, I have the Cooper River Bridge Run next Saturday, and even though it’s only a 10K, I’m a little worried about it: there is a pretty steep uphill (4% incline), and I’m not used to running in the heat anymore. So, I decided to go for a …

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March 28, 2008

Wonderful Friday

The way I normally work:-In an office with no windows-Butt in an uncomfy chair-Laptop sound off-Full suit-Stiletto heels The way I’m working today:-In a hotel room on the 23rd floor with a great view of Boston-Butt in motion as I walk on the treadmill-Laptop blasting some fun music-Track suit-Sneakers I really ought to stay in Boston more Fridays instead of going back to NYC and heading to the office…

March 27, 2008

Random thoughts after a run

Do you ever get the impression when you’re doing a loop run instead of an out-and-back that you’re going the wrong way? I first noticed this when I started running in Central Park. I entered the park at 72nd Street and headed north, but I felt like everyone was going the other way. The next time I ran the park, I turned south at 72nd Street… and still felt wrong. The same is true here in Boston. Coming from the Boston side, I hit the river and turned… well, I don’t know which way is north, but I went toward …

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