Jan08

First Ski Trip of The Season

on January 8th, 2012 at 11:40 pm
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Trail openingWinter seemed to show up early. It was last fall, on Saturday, October 29th, the snow storm took over the northeast causing power outages of thousands of households. I remember the date precisely, as I was confined to a hotel room waiting for the Marine Corps Marathon the following day. Although powerful, it was just a false winter alarm. Since then, the temperatures hovered in the 40s and without a proper winter atmosphere it’s almost impossible to motivate myself to go to ski. The ski resorts near the NYC metropolitan area had trouble to make fresh snow. So it was rather out of curiosity that I, finally, drove to the nearest ski area at Mountain Creek, NJ, this past weekend. The Crystal Springs Resort, new owner, built a ski lodge, Red Tail Lodge, after about 16 years the old one burnt down. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec07

Join The Voices 5-Mile Run in Central Park

on December 7th, 2011 at 7:31 am
Posted In: Exercise

A Race in Central Park, Finally

join the voicesThis was a substitute race for The Bronx half marathon in August, which got canceled due to the hurricane Irene. And this time the weather was magnificent for running. It was calm, sunny, 44°. While I was warming up, I realized how “hilly” the Central Park is compared to the flat lands of the Long Island South Shore. When I used to run 4–6 races in the park each year, I didn’t think about it as being as hilly. I was here for the first time in 2011 and the last time I was running here was also for cancer research 5 miles on Father’s day 2010. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov19

7th Annual Fly With The Owls 4-Mile Run/Walk

on November 19th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Posted In: Exercise

The FWTO Race

Fly with the owls awards

I think I took part in this event for the 6th time. As always, it was well organized and it’s growing. The course has changed yet again, but it really didn’t matter. On the contrary, having the course totally different each year would make it more interesting. I like the kid races take place before the 4-miler. I also like any race to which I don’t have to drive. I picked the bib and the goodies from the Runner’s Stop store the day before, so I could run directly to the start of the race. I noticed the wind was blowing more than previous year which would slow my pace. My thoughts were later confirmed. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Nov17

Marine Corps Marathon—The Race

on November 17th, 2011 at 10:15 am
Posted In: Exercise

The Marathon Race

The morning activities preceding the race, I described in my previous post. This post will reflect on the race itself. Despite the large number of runners, around 25 thousand registered, everybody could access the time-allocated corral without a problem. I reached it 10 minutes before the start. For comparison, participants in New York City marathon have to be in their corral 45 minutes before the start, or else they are sent to the following wave. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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