Marathon Day
Marathon morning, at a traffic light on the West Side Highway, the cabbie and I are chatting when suddenly, "BAM!" a Mercedes SUV slams into the back of us. Next thing I know, the cabbie and a guy in a halloween costume are standing in the middle of the highway arguing. The cabbie comes

Pre-Marathon Photos
Today was a perfect day to go for a walk in the park and get myself pumped for Sunday. I was accompanied by my buddy Claire, who is also doing the race (her first marathon, too). We can't wait to toe the line and give it our best!

Final Countdown!
I never had the desire to run a marathon before, but 16 weeks ago, fresh out of surgery and wondering what the hell I was going to do, it became the obvious answer. It seems like just yesterday I was sneaking off to the treadmill, keeping my bandaged arm elevated while I ran to minimize

A Successful Staten Island Recon Mission
Two weeks after the Cow Harbor 10k, I did the Staten Island 1/2 marathon. The race itself wasn't as important to me as taking a test trip downtown, to the ferry, across the river and to where the NYC Marathon will begin just weeks later. It was a reconnaissance mission of sorts. Of

Cow Harbor 10k
My friend Jeannette and I did the Cow Harbor 10k yesterday in Northport, LI. This is one of the most difficult and competitive courses in the area and a race I've done every year since 2006. I decided to treat it as a training run this time because I'm focusing on the m