This week is Thanksgiving, which means two things. Turkey trots and holiday shopping. I was never a huge fan of going out to brick and mortar stores on Black Friday. When I was a kid, my mom and my sister woke me up to do that once or twice. But I am a fan of … Read more
Feature image by Steven Pisano, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Last week, I wrote up a quick analysis of the trends among the fastest finishing women throughout the history of the New York City Marathon. Today, I’m back to look at the history of fast times among men. The gist of that post was … Read more
We’ve all experienced this problem at some point. You’re running a race, and you go by the mile marker, and you look at your watch. But it doesn’t buzz. Because the distance is off. There can be a lot of reasons for this, and sometimes the error is negligible. But once you’re off by a … Read more
The is one of Garmin’s most popular watches. But if you’re unfamiliar with Garmin’s lineup, you may be wondering what the difference is between the 265 and the . The Forerunner 265 is the mid-tier option in Garmin’s Forerunner line. It has more features than the Forerunner 55/165, but it’s missing a few of the … Read more
Last week was my first week transitioning from recovery to training. Sunday’s race (the Giralda Farms 10k) went well enough. This week is another chance to get out there and test out my legs. I’ve got an 8k cross country race on Sunday, and after that I’ll try to get in a couple of workouts … Read more
Note: Black Friday and Cyber Monday are over, so some of the deals below are no longer happening. BUT some of them are! In particular, the , the , and the are still a great deal. It’s about to be the holiday shopping season, and that means Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) deals. If you’ve … Read more
Feature image by Brett Weinstein on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 This week, I saw someone share a post from Threads about the number of women who finished the New York City Marathon under three hours. The original post from Fast Women included a line chart, and it said that 203 women at NYC broke 3 … Read more
Last month, I posted a lengthy analysis of the Chicago Marathon results. Part of that analysis was whether runners managed a negative split or not. Subsequently, I’ve done some more thinking about this issue. After some discussions around the data, I came up with a different way to think about the problem. Instead of looking … Read more
This week, I ran the Last Chance XC Championship 8k. It’s one of the USATF-NJ team championship races, and it’s part of the USATF-NJ Grand Prix. This wasn’t a big goal race for me. I’m still only five weeks out from Chicago, so I’m just getting my legs back under me. But I felt good … Read more
Last week was the fourth week after I ran the Chicago Marathon, and I’ve marked that as the official “end” of my recovery period. This week, then, marks the beginning of the fall racing season. Truthfully, I’m still in the tale end of the recovery period, and I wouldn’t expect to bust out any PRs … Read more