Now that I'm running on a consistent basis (~20 miles per week), I've tried a couple 5ks. The first, back in April, was the JFK Runway Run. My unofficial time of 30:20 was disappointing -- I'd set sub-30 as my goal.
That's me behind the girl in the pink sweater. That she's walking should've been a sign that I was not moving quickly.
An 'action' shot. I believe runners call what I'm doing here "shuffling." The other guy in the picture spent the entire race taking pictures. And he finished before me.
At least I finished hard . . . I had been ~100 yards behind the guy in the yellow as we hit the final turn.
One month and 60 miles of training later, I ran the NYPD Memorial 5k in Battery Park. With 1156 finishers, it was a big race. Using my stopwatch time (because it took a minute to get to the actual starting line), I finished in a respectable 27:29 and easily surpassed both my official goal of sub-30 and my unofficial hope that I'd finish under 28.
I started out well back, even behind more walkers than I care to remember. The perk to the crowd was that I couldn't start out too fast. By the time the crowd thinned a little, I was already one mile into the race.
Unfortunately, I finished in a crowd and my finisher picture only captured my sleeve:
(That's my sleeve/shoulder on the right, behind the man in the white t-shirt.)
One of the perks to running in New York is that you get to see celebrities every so often. My first racing celebrity is Kathryn Erbe.
I spotted her while awaiting the pre-race ceremony standing within 10 feet of me. But I didn't recognize her until I saw someone go up and ask her for a picture. She seemed really friendly and approachable. And I'm a big fan of two of her movies: What About Bob? and Mighty Ducks 2. But I make it a rule not to strike up conversation with a stranger unless I've got something important to say. And the world's no worse off for my not saying, "My wife thinks your character on Law & Order: CI should get to solve things and not just ooh and aah when your partner figures it out."
Next up, the Shelter Island 10k. Allegedly, I 'could' run it in ~57 minutes. I've set my goal at sub-60. At the very least, I'd like to improve on a poor Running of the Bulls 10k in 2004 when I was so near last place that I risked being chased across the finish line by a guy in a bull costume. As of right now, Ann's planning on watching this one so I'll have to try and put on a good show.
That's me behind the girl in the pink sweater. That she's walking should've been a sign that I was not moving quickly.
An 'action' shot. I believe runners call what I'm doing here "shuffling." The other guy in the picture spent the entire race taking pictures. And he finished before me.
At least I finished hard . . . I had been ~100 yards behind the guy in the yellow as we hit the final turn.
One month and 60 miles of training later, I ran the NYPD Memorial 5k in Battery Park. With 1156 finishers, it was a big race. Using my stopwatch time (because it took a minute to get to the actual starting line), I finished in a respectable 27:29 and easily surpassed both my official goal of sub-30 and my unofficial hope that I'd finish under 28.
I started out well back, even behind more walkers than I care to remember. The perk to the crowd was that I couldn't start out too fast. By the time the crowd thinned a little, I was already one mile into the race.
Unfortunately, I finished in a crowd and my finisher picture only captured my sleeve:
(That's my sleeve/shoulder on the right, behind the man in the white t-shirt.)
One of the perks to running in New York is that you get to see celebrities every so often. My first racing celebrity is Kathryn Erbe.
I spotted her while awaiting the pre-race ceremony standing within 10 feet of me. But I didn't recognize her until I saw someone go up and ask her for a picture. She seemed really friendly and approachable. And I'm a big fan of two of her movies: What About Bob? and Mighty Ducks 2. But I make it a rule not to strike up conversation with a stranger unless I've got something important to say. And the world's no worse off for my not saying, "My wife thinks your character on Law & Order: CI should get to solve things and not just ooh and aah when your partner figures it out."
Next up, the Shelter Island 10k. Allegedly, I 'could' run it in ~57 minutes. I've set my goal at sub-60. At the very least, I'd like to improve on a poor Running of the Bulls 10k in 2004 when I was so near last place that I risked being chased across the finish line by a guy in a bull costume. As of right now, Ann's planning on watching this one so I'll have to try and put on a good show.
4 comments:
Woot woot! Your running exploits are inspiring! I think L&O actors comprise about half of the famous people I've seen in NYC -- Erbe's creepy partner dude in the West Village, the psychologist from SVU downtown. Good times.
Thanks. Erbe's my first and only L&O. I'm really bad at picking celebs out. She was standing near me for 20 minutes before I figured it out.
That guy rockin' the headphones at your JFK Runway Run finish looks creepy!
Yeah he does. He provides me some incentive to run faster next time and beat the creepy people.
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