Lots of Races & Running!

Recently Philip and I have entered a lot of races and have been doing a lot running! Just this past Sunday we decided to take the train to White Plains, NY to do the Westchester County Half Marathon & 10K. I ran the half and Philip ran the 10K so it fit into our individual training schedules. It was a beautiful course with streams and lots of trees and we both ran our fastest times! Philip ran his 10K in under 50 minutes with a 7:32 pace and I ran my half in 1 hour, 42 min with a 7:52 pace. Philip was 4th Place in his age group and 27th overall. I ended up being 5th Place in my age group and 106th overall. Not bad. It was awesome and I'm hoping this means I'll be set for my 3:40 goal at the Philly Marathon. Here's a photo of Philip and I with our medals after the race.

A couple weekends ago we both did the Fred Lebow 5K in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. It was actually a very difficult race because it was cross country through hills and trails. It was fun to do it together though. I pretty much trailed behind Philip the whole way and then in the end he let me beat him by a second! With my training program for the Women's Nike Marathon in San Francisco next weekend and the Philadelphia Marathon on Nov 23rd, I've also tried to add some races for my long runs. So on Sept 28th I did the 18 mile New York Road Runners Marathon Tune-Up which was held in Central Park starting at 7am. It was great - just like running a race with water stations and everything. It definitely is a much better way to run 18 miles on my own!

This coming Thursday I leave for San Francisco to meet up with 20 girls who are running the Women's Nike Marathon. I am really looking forward to seeing friends Amanda & Amy. It will be a vacation of wine country, Alkatrez, running and checking out beautiful San Fran! I've never been before, and I can't wait!