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My last 5 training runs:

1000 Miles with my Nike+ system!

500 miles with my Nike+ system!

100 Miles with my new Nike + system!

Last Race results:

ING New York City Marathon , November, 7, 2010
A chilly 40 or so degrees to start the race. Everything was rocking until mile 24, I was set for a 3:24 or so Marathon until everything cramped at once, including my diaphragm forcing me to stop because I could not breath. I walked mile 24 to 25 and jogged the 1.2 miles to the finish for a 3:33:23

Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff, October, 31, 2010
A chilly start at 49 degrees, but a good test of what to wear on November 7th for the New York City Marathon as the weather should be the same. 5 mile race, clockwise around Central Park, the last couple miles are basically the same as the Marathon finish. A new PR was set at 34:25 or 6:53 per mile!!!

ING New York City Marathon Tune-up, September, 19, 2010
Weather was great for a 7am start, 65 degrees, though it was with 81% humidity but I did not seem to notice. My goal was simple run the 18 mile course in less then 2 hours and 24 minutes, which I did 2:23:32, and did the last 9 slightly faster then the first 9, my first negative split!

Ottawa Marathon, May 30, 2010
3:28:49 for my first ever Full Marathon. Couldn't ask for much more. Weather was perfect, I was spent though. Took everything I had to not walk a single step and just keep running.

http://bobcarrick.com/Ottawa-Race-Weekend-Certificate.pdf

NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Staten Island, October, 11, 2009, 8:30 am
Not a bad course at all. Surface streets, a few hills, only one that was significant at mile 7.5 or so. Cold start, 48 degrees, 77% humidity. Official time 1:42:40, take out the bathroom break with 2 people in line before me at mile 1.2 and it would have been 1:40:25 which is a new personal best, or 7:37 per mile!

NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Queens, September 20, 2009, 7:00 am
13.1 miles though Queens. What a great race. Surface streets, no parks, lots of twists and turns and little hills. Loved it. Beautiful weather also, 65 degrees, 49% humidity. Official time 1:42:43, take out the bathroom break with 2 people in line before me at mile 7 and it would have been 1:40:59 which is a new personal best!

New York City Half Marathon, August 16, 2009, 7:00 am
13.1 miles though Manhattan, and boy was this one rough. 3 days before I flew 22 hours with a 12 hour time change. It was also 77 degrees, 74% hum at the start of the run. It took everything I had to not walk and I was done by my five. I didn't walk and I finished with a time of 1:48:53 or 8:13 per mile. 5 or so minutes off my average 7 off my best, but I finished.

NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Brooklyn, May 30, 2009, 8:00 am
13.1 miles though Brooklyn in a new personal best time of 1 hour 41 minutes and 38 seconds which averages out to a full 5 seconds per mile faster then my previous best time. It was a beautiful day 65 Deg, 75% Hum, and clear blue skies. 7:45 per mile average. A crazy amount of runners I heard over 11,000 runners, all I can confirm though is finishers, 9415 and I was number 1363!

NYRR 8000, March 14, 2009
4.9 miles in Central Park, 36:19 or 7:18 per mile. Weather was perfect, 35 deg, no wind. Can't as for better, sun was shinning and 5000 runners out to enjoy the race.

NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake. February 21, 2009
3.1 miles in 22 minutes and 9 seconds, or 7:08 per mile. This was my first 5 K race and there is no pacing at this, just balls out. Need to learn that style. 28 deg, 53% hum wind 12 mph.

NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Bronx, February 08, 2009
13.1 miles in 1 hour 42 minutes and 42 seconds, official time, 56 degrees and 7 mph winds. This was a Personal Best time, but it was damn hard, really gassed in the last few miles. Beat my last personal best by only 8 seconds, on certainly a harder course. 7:50 per mile average.

The NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Manhattan, January 25, 2009
13.1 miles in 1 hr 44 min 44 sec, official time, 15 f / -9 c but sunny and no wind. Just shy of 1 hour and 45 minutes, which is what I wanted to beat so I can't complain. Especially with all hills and terribly cold.

NYC Half Marathon presented by Nike, July 27, 2008
70 deg., 90% humidity, overcast. No not a perfect day for a race, first half of the race is in central park with some of the worst hills you can find on a course, but after that is through Time Square and down to Battery Park City. That part is great. Finished with a time of 1:44:51or 8:00 mins per mile (for 13.1 miles). Only 10 seconds per mile off my last race, which had a much easier course. View my splits charted online here!

Brooklyn Half Marathon, May, 3rd, 2008
It was really a perfect day for a race. About 52 degrees and overcast, wind was out of the east so it did not affect us much. There where 5832 runners and I finished with a time of 1:42:50 or 7:50 mins per mile.

My goal was 8 minutes per mile for the 13.1 miles so I killed it and am quite psyched!

You can find info about the race here!

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