Here is a video of the NYRRC Team Championship race last Saturday. It’s the fastest race in the country, because you have to be a club member to race and that massively thins out the field. If you go to 5:32ish, you can see me, in all my post race glory confusion.
I recommend watching the video if you have a few minutes and are at all curious. It highlights the first 100 or so male finishers (I was not one of them, I was 336 out of 766 men). It’s mind blowing how fast the lead guys run, almost looks like it’s in fast-forward.
The winning Male ran 5 miles in 23:29 for a 4:41 minute/mile pace. I thought my 6:29 pace was good! I’ve never even run one mile in the kind of speed it takes to win this race!
Gwen and I ate at Hampton Chutney in SoHo last night for dinner. Get a load of this sandwich (dosa*). It’s frigging huge!
*dosa: a light, crispy, sour-dough crepe made from rice
Gwen took some pics of me at the Central Park Triathlon this past Sunday. Despite the makings for a bad day (4 hours of sleep, almost being late, my bike computer dying before the race, being seeded in the last wave) I still managed to KILL, taking 1st place in my age group (30-34) and bringing home a lovely plaque for my wall :-) —I finished in 1:11:37. That’s right, me and Phelps, bringing home the gold :-)
This weekend = two races: Saturday is the NYRRC Team Championships (4 Miler) in Central Park, and Sunday is another Triathlon, this one at Harrimon State Park. :-)
Here are some links to the All Points West concert that Gwen and I went to last Friday. The sound quality is a bit wonky, but you can see it was a cool concert. There was exceptional energy at the GirlTalk stage.
Underworld (here and here)
GirlTalk (here, here and here)
RadioHead (just this one)
if the links don’t work yet, try back soon, they take a bit to load onto youtube
We had a birthday party for one of my office mates today. Kristin turned 26; we got her a pinata, chips and salsa… she’s Peruvian so it seemed obvious. That and we had cake in the office every day this week, and couldn’t eat it again. I opted to NOT blindfold her since the ‘yatta was so close to the glass wall.
Oh and click the picture for a very bumpy video.
This weekend I’ll be competing in the Central Park Triathlon. It’s a sprint distance, meaning it’s short and quick.
The swim is in Lasker pool toward the top end of Central Park. I prefer pool swims as opposed to open water swims, which are way harder. Pool’s pretty easy since there are no waves and the water is not mucky and cloudy, though swimming is still my weak point.
The Bike is 2 laps of the park (a little more than 12 miles). With only one annoying “hill” and the rest rolling hills, the bike portion will be pretty easy.
The run is a quick 3 miler (1.5m out-and-back) on the inner road of Central Park. I’ve done this run countless times, it’s pretty flat and pretty quick.
I can’t wait. I love these sprint distances because you can go out fast and hard and don’t get too exhausted, plus I won’t be ruined for the rest of the day :-) Plus, with limited entry, the field is only around 300 people so it’s nice and competitive.
It’s sunday, Aug 10th @ 7:30 am, so if you’re around, come watch.
Disclaimer: The guy on the bike in the above pic is not me. These pics are from last year’s race, I just put them all together in a lovely collage.
Gwen bought a bag of cherries that had a LOT of mutant ones. Many had other cherries growing off of them, some were siamese cherries… Be careful of what you eat!
(pic from Gwen)
