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| Monday, December 31st, 2012 | | 11:59 pm |
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| | Sunday, December 30th, 2012 | | 1:09 pm |
2012 Registered Races
2012 Races:Race Name / Distance / Net Time / Pace per Mile Jan 07: Saturday - Joe Kleinerman 10K / 6.2M / 1:02:05 / 10:00 Jan 18: Wednesday - 5k Resolution Run / N/A Jan 21: Saturday - Manhattan Half-Marathon / 13.1M / N/A / N/A (cut short due to weather - completed close to 12M) Jan 28: Saturday - Brrrrrooklyn Hot Chocolate 10K / N/A Feb 04: Saturday - M-M-Manhattan Hot Chocolate 10k / 6.2M / 1:00:13 / N/A Feb 05: Sunday - Gridiron Classic (4M) / 4.0M / 36:42 / 9:10 Feb 08: Wednesday - Empire State Building Run-Up / 0.2M / 21:29 / N/A Feb 12: Sunday - Valentine's 5k / 28:19 Feb 19: Sunday - Cherry Tree 10M / 10.0M / 1:41:08 / 10:15 Mar 18: Sunday - Volunteer for NYC Half / Volunteer Credit Mar 24: Saturday - 13.1 NYC / 13.1M / 02:08:21 / N/A Apr 01: Roosevelt Island 10k / 6.2M / 52:02 / N/A Apr 07: Saturday, Scotland Run 10k / 6.2M / 56:27 / 9:06 Apr 22: Sunday, CPF Run for the Parks (4M) / 4.0M / 35:06 / 8:46 Apr 29: Sunday, Run as One (4M) / 4.0M / 35:24 / 8:51 May 12: Saturday, UAE Healthy Kidney 10k / 6.2M / 57:02 / 9:12 May 13: Sunday, Japan Run 4M / 4.0M / 35:32 / 8:53 May 19: Saturday, Brooklyn Half-Marathon / 13.1M / 1:59:50 / 9:08 May 31: Thursday, AHA Wall Street Run 3M Jun 03: Sunday, NYRR Celebrate Israel (4M) Jun 23: Saturday, FRNY Lesbian & Gay Pride Run (5M) Jun 24: Sunday, Achilles Hope & Possibility 5M Jul 01: Sunday, Queens 10k Jul 14: Saturday, CPC Run for the Park 4M Jul 21: Saturday, Boomer's Race to Breathe 10k Jul 28: Saturday, Marathon Training #1 20M Sep 09: Sunday, Bronx 10-Mile Sep 15: Saturday, FITNESS Mind, Body, Spirit Games – MEN Sep 22: Saturday, Fifth Avenue Mile Sep 23: Sunday, NYC Training Tune-Up 18M Sep 29: Saturday, Grete's Great Gallop 13.1M Sep 30: Sunday, Henry Isola Cross Country Classic Oct 07: Sunday, Staten Island Half-Marathon Nov 03: Saturday, NYRR Dash to the Finish Line (5K) Nov 04: Sunday, ING NYC Marathon, (26.2M) Possible future races:Marathon Training #2 20M - Sunday, August 19th @ 7am Harlem 5K Run & Walk – Sat., Aug. 25 @ 8:30 AM EDIT: As a reminder to myself - pick up a kilt so I can wear it to the April Scotland Run :P | | Monday, May 21st, 2012 | | 11:22 am |
Brooklyn Half-Marathon
Saturday I raced the Brooklyn Half-Marathon. Surprised myself on this one, I just managed to break two hours with a total time of 1:59:50 and pace per mile of 9:08. This one started at 7am in Brooklyn so... considering the subways, I ended up leaving my apartment a bit before 5am - and that turned out to give me more than enough time since I arrived at six am and had some time to kill before the race. Racing this one I really did not feel I was going to do too well, the first half which comprised almost entirely of racing to and then through Prospect Park was grueling. However when we started down Ocean Parkway it was a much flatter course and that helped (though the surroundings were rather bland). Finally the race ended in Coney Island... which I was waaay too exhausted to enjoy and so grabbed the first train back to Queens I could find. There was a heat advisory for this race but almost the entire way it was quite pleasant, a little cool with some breeze... yeah I'd say the weather was perfect. Now the train ride back with being drenched and the AC blasting... that was less pleasant. I had planned to do more this day but I was so exhausted I just tried to crash, and that didn't work out too well either with cramps making it impossible to get any sort of napping done ^.^;;; Sunday I awoke early again to attend two fursuiting events in New Jersey... another tough day especially with the heat helping to shave off some pounds while I was running around in suit :P | | Monday, May 14th, 2012 | | 10:19 am |
A Race Weekend
Despite really not feeling up for it, I managed to get my ass out of bed for two races this past weekend. On saturday I ran the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K - a total net time of 57:02 and a pace per mile of 9:12. Not much to report after the race, saw the kidney mascot wandering around, stuck around for the raffle... not much else. I stopped by the gym for a little bit afterwards, I intended to come back again later before meeting up with some friends but could not find the energy to do so. On sunday I ran the Japan Day 4 mile race. My total time for this one 35:32 and pace per mile of 8:53. This was a shorter race but I felt less prepared, maybe it's because the weather was little warmer or because I really did not get any sleep in between the two races ^.^;;; Most of the after race festivities were geared more towards kids (though I did pick up a bottle of Ito En green tea they were handing out), I was not feeling up for going to the gym nor even sticking around for the raffle so I just went home and crashed for a bit before hanging out with some friends. My times were not bad but they should be better at this point, I have to get back into improved eating habits and exercise (two things I've really fallen off the wagon). On a completely different note I wish I had a disposable camera to bring to these events, you see interesting things every so often and you're like 'damn, wish I could get that down on film.' Someone had a tattoo that really caught my eye when I was waiting in the race corral on saturday - a sort of bamboo plant starting at the wrist and going up the arm with bamboo shoots or leaves or whatever floating off in a breeze further up the arm, with just a simple black ink for the coloring (as I implied, pictures would describe it better). Not to mention I am a fan of mascots so even though I would not want to own or wear a bloody organ kidney mascot suit... I still would love to get a picture with one :) | | Sunday, April 29th, 2012 | | 7:54 pm |
MoCCA 2012
Today marked another year attending the MoCCA Festival, annual exhibit featuring mostly indie comic writers and artists. Might be the first time I've attended this thing on a sunday, which may partly explain why it felt less crowded than in previous years (though it did feel like some of the bigger exhibitors like TopatoCo were missing...). Once again it was held at the Armory on Lexington and 25th Street, I think they've continued to improve the table set-up; this year I'm missing the old location a lot less, between the organization and better airflow keeping it from getting unseemly hot... it just ain't worth feeling nostalgic anymore (and seeing how I tend to wander wander wander before making a decision what to buy, it helps when you just have to go up and down several rows than wander a maze of tables trying to find something you like and recall where something you glanced and passed by was located when you do finally decide to go back and buy it). I will mention that I wish I didn't have to skip this event saturday (dang those family obligations), there's at least one person I could have seen who frequents this festival often. Ah well... it is what it is. ( More on the event, what I bought, what I saw, etcetera ) | | 6:49 pm |
Run as One 4M
Ran the Run as One 4 mile race in Central Park this morning. Net time 35:24 with pace per mile of 8:51. They had a festival afterwards, I decided to stick around for the raffle - didn't win the Ipods or Ipad ^.^;;; | | Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 | | 6:45 pm |
I'm in.
Well, I just checked my ING NYC Marathon status and... I'll be running in it this year :D Which is probably good for motivating me because the last few weeks I've seen my diet seriously get derailed and gained back a lot of the weight I had lost not to mention a lot of the progress I had made in the gym. I blame the job (locked post coming on that end) but... I really really need to get back on track. It's bad in... if I don't get in shape, it ain't gonna be a fun experience ^.^;;; | | Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 | | 11:22 pm |
City Parks Foundation Run for the Parks (4M)
This morning I completed the City Parks Foundation 4M run, a tad earlier than many of the races I've participated in with a start time of 8am. The weather held out fairly well, clear skies but with a slight chill in the air. I might have done better if... I treated myself better, starting with eating breakfast and maybe a little more sleep ^.^;;; I felt a bit lightheaded about halfway through the race but managed to keep it together. Net time of 35:06 with a pace per mile of 8:46. I really need to get my fastest pace even faster (still using my score from the AHA Wall Street 3M run last year... another chance with that short race next month), your pace per mile lets them rank you for starting position after they fill up a race's registration. A faster time will better your chances of getting in a lower corral (starting position) and that in turn lets you avoid one of the biggest annoyances of running in a crowded race - the extremely awkward and slow first mile or so, it takes awhile for people to get themselves into the pace they're comfortable with with other people of similar pace, until then it is very possible to have accidents with people of very different speeds colliding or maybe not quite so bad but still an accident better left avoided. I often have people pass me by in the beginning but I do end up passing some people myself so... I would rather start closer to the start and let those faster worry about passing me rather than the other way around. I wasn't feeling up to it so I ended up skipping the gym and came home directly, still had a bit of cleaning to do before gaming group dropped by. Finished another session of Mutants and Masterminds (a game I'm quickly learning to enjoy), played some Zombie Dice after that (very luck oriented but still a fun quick game), and then revisited a game I haven't tried in awhile - Gloom (and near the end one 'quick' game of the Gloom Cthulhu version I picked up not too long ago). I forgot how much I enjoyed the mechanics of this game series, I'm thinking of bringing it to a family gathering next weekend, probably wouldn't get a chance to play it but the art on the cards is worth showing off and hey maybe a quick game can be started. | | Monday, April 9th, 2012 | | 10:23 pm |
| | Thursday, April 5th, 2012 | | 2:57 pm |
| | Sunday, April 1st, 2012 | | 9:23 pm |
The Race at Roosevelt Island (10k)
Overall race results for this one stood at 52:02 - not too shabby. And as correction to what I posted earlier, this was not a 5k... imagine my surprise as I heard that right before they started the race, between the pain in the ass it was to get to Roosevelt Island this morning and the fact that I skipped breakfast because I deemed it too short a race to worry about such minor things... just a little drained before even starting ^.^;;; Actually I'm very glad this race turned out to be twice the distance I thought it was, there was another race going on in Central Park which maxed out at 15k - I was thinking I was shortchanging myself by running a shorter race (I signed up for this one before the other had become an option, so much for planning too far in advance :P ). The weather held for the duration of this race, a little chilly but dry at least. Later in the afternoon we got pelted with a bit of rain, now I see the reason for the umbrellas! (see below) As a note to myself, friday I picked up my bib - I was intending to head over to the gym immediately afterwards until I saw the free gift they gave with the bib... a big umbrella. In fact, too big to fit in my gym locker - so whoops, just decided to head back home and relax instead that day. Apparently their gift had something to do with 'april showers' - get it? This was yet another NYC Runs race - I'm actually digging this separate running group, their prices tend to be a lot lower than the NYRR races. And the main reason I'm running is for exercise, I could care less about the competition involved. And besides, NYRR offers an opportunity to get guaranteed entry into the marathon next year - but I will have filled out that requirement by the end of next month so what I really should be doing is spending my time and money efficiently - whichever group gives me more bang for my buck I think. Roosevelt Island is pretty nice, I don't think I've ever been there before. The race took me around the edge of the island twice (so you can imagine its size), I wouldn't mind going back there sometime and just chilling. I left the island at the end via tram (since only other option off was via F train - and this weekend there was no downtown F train stops at the island) - very nice way to leave in style :) Headed to my gym for a bit after that. | | Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 | | 2:31 pm |
Family Trees and For Posterity
After leaving a comment on another journal it got me thinking, I know so little about my family tree and even a general knowledge of our past. And the sad thing is, the longer you let that sort of history slide the greater chance it is gone for good - at this point the only grandparent I have left is on my father's side and she's not doing too well these days (doubly bad because outside my father, for various reasons the rest of us in my immediate family are not that close to her). I'm curious, how much do you know about your own family history? Do you keep track of your family tree, information on who these people are/were, what they looked like, etc? What did you, or others you know, do to acquire that information? How do you have it set up, a physical record or some computer program which will keep that information all tidy for you? I think this is a worthwhile project I should look into... preferably sooner rather than later. | | Saturday, March 24th, 2012 | | 4:45 pm |
13.1 Half-Marathon Series
Ran in the NY 13.1 Marathon Series today, got a decent time of 02:08:21. Took place in Flushing Park, haven't been there since the Queens Half last year. I think the exercising has been paying off, I of course slowed for the water stations but at no point did I need to move to a walking pace - and sprinted most of the last mile. This marks the longest non-NYRR race that I've attended, and considering how fun it was I wouldn't mind trying this race series in other cities :) also got a nifty medal for completing the race. I was almost back to the train station before I realized I had not used my free beer ticket, so I trecked back to the park and followed a number of signs which led to some Earthday celebration at a museum. Following the line of people I passed a model of all the boroughs of NYC (pretty nifty thing) and then arriving at the beer party. They glanced at my beer ticket, didn't check my id (which the website said we'd need) and then I was in... and apparently you could grab as many beers as you wanted (got 3 myself) but haven't tried it yet - from what people were saying it sounded pretty bad. Wish I had my camera (not just for the museum) but there were some cool looking costumes - a sort of disco thing going on, some people in that type of clothing also four people in costumes with disco-ball heads. Some nifty other information about this race, they had at least four bands playing along the route (along with speakers to play additional music at other spots) - looked like two school marching bands, a garage band, and a latin band. Earlier in the week when I went to pick up my bib and shirt I was a little shocked to notice a manager from my previous job was just several people ahead of me. Chatted for a bit, he's been doing races for awhile now and has completed five marathons in the last year (he recommended the one in Baltimore); it's been probably seven years since I last saw him (he transferred out of my group before I eventually left that company). Invited him to a couple upcoming dinners with old co-workers (as a sidenote, he hasn't responded so unlikely he'll be joining for the one in March - perhaps I got his email address wrong? Always another one scheduled for May...). | | Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 | | 2:27 pm |
Volunteer Credit: NYC Half-Marathon
Sunday I achieved my volunteer credit by helping out at the NYC Half-Marathon. It's a race I wanted to run but that race receives so many participants that it runs on a similar lottery system as the full marathon - I didn't get in but since I was available that day I decided it was better to volunteer now rather than later and miss a race I could run. But I'm also guessing this is probably one of the less fun races to volunteer for, I needed to be at Central Park by 5am (meaning I left my apartment around 330am), and the sheer number of participants made things a little more stressful (supposedly around 15,000 people running). ( Read more... ) | | Saturday, March 17th, 2012 | | 7:10 pm |
7's the key number here.
Comment to this post, and I will list seven things I want you to talk about. They might make sense or they might be totally random. Then post that list, with your commentary, to your journal. Other people can get lists from you, and the meme merrily perpetuates itself. The following suggestions were supplied by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) wolventerror: Ocean City: There are two Ocean City's which I have visited... I might as well make mention of both. Years ago I traveled to Ocean City Maryland with my family, it stuck in my head as a fun destination so when some friends and I were discussing a place to visit about six years ago that was the one I pushed for... we never made it back there again but it was a great deal of fun for all of us. If you ever make it there I would highly recommend Paul Revere's Smorgasbord, fantastic buffet; also check out the nearby island with the wild horses. Another Ocean City I have visited is located in New Jersey. How many times have I attended the Doodah parade? The last four years, the last five? It's a nice area though the timing of the event it always seems a bit dreary in that place. Every year I've enjoyed a good breakfast with friends that saturday morning and a good dinner with even more friends that same night. It's funny to note that both these Ocean City's are dry towns... Marathons: I have yet to run one of these but it's a worthy goal, and with luck I will be able to attend the NYC Marathon this year (and if that fails, I'm on the path towards guaranteed entry in the 2012 NYC Marathon). I've run a half marathon and I've attempted the Knickerbocker (running a few miles short of a marathon distance). We often need goals as excuses to accomplish what we really want - in this case a better physique and weight loss. But having run a number or races over the last year... I find that running a marathon is something I'd like on my bucket list. It's funny running these great distances, they're painful and difficult but at the end there's a great deal of relief and sense of accomplishment. Lynxes: You might think I'd have more to say about this animal, considering it's the species of my main fursona. I like their appearance, the scruffiness overall and the tufts on the ears I enjoy the most. But I think the choice for me was more on a whim than much else. Though maybe a bit sub-consciously, one character which has often come up whenever I think of lynxes is a minor character from an Endless Quest book (D&D's answer to the Choose Your Own Adventure craze): Mountain of Mirrors. I always found that character adorable. Ah... if only lynxes had longer tails, my only dislike on them. Favorite TV Show: I can't speak for favorite show of all time... that is unlikely to have a sufficient conclusion. But I will narrow the criteria down to shows which have only recently begun. And within that criteria I'd say both Game of Thrones and Young Justice. Both utilize an amazing level of intelligent writing which a lot of shows have been lacking. The plots, twists, characters, etc of Thrones; Young Justice taking the superhero cartoon to a new level - how else can you explain the credible bad-assery of a character like Aqualad? Summer Movies: Living in NYC, I find myself less and less interested in seeing movies these days. Too much money, inconsiderate assholes sitting around you, and gawd help you if it's a 3-D movie. There aren't too many coming this year which I'd get excited about, though if we're going to talk last year... X-Men First Class, Captain America, Super 8 - some really fantastic movies. I'd say in general though that the summer movie craze tends to be a bit overhyped. Transformation: An... interest of mine, especially within the furry fandom niche. I can't say exactly what about it I like (quite a bit), but I'm usually up for books or shows or art or what have you that display a bit of it. I go back to one of my earliest memories of a show, Saban's Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics - heh, the second half just really has always stuck in my mind: The Magic HeartZombies!!: A great monster in the horror movie genre. I've always been more a fan of the slow moving zombies though, you put in the fast moving ones like say from the remake of Dawn of the Dead and it's just too stacked in the favor of the monsters, if you add in invulnerability like from the Return of the Dead series... how much horror can there be when the conclusion is so obvious? The living need a fighting chance for you to feel any tension at all. I'd have to say that I'm a huge fan of the original Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead movies, also a great fan of the remake of Night of the Living Dead (some might find it odd that I'm not that much of a fan of the original). And despite what I said earlier, I loved the remake of Dawn of the Dead - surprised by how much I actually enjoyed it. If we're to go into other types of zombies, those from Night of the Creeps (alien influenced) or Night of the Comet (irradiated humans) - there are so many variations on this monster. But what they say is often true, the zombies tend to put the heroes in a situation of stress and in the end it's how they act under this stress that's the highlight of the movie and only to an extent with fighting the monster - I guess that's one difference with this monster compared to others. | | Sunday, March 11th, 2012 | | 9:02 pm |
Anything Goes
Went to see Anything Goes with banditkir, catmandux, Kojak, and stoneliongrowl. Awesome musical, been a long time since I last saw one. By the end there was a huge standing ovation and finally one of the cast members let everyone know it would be the last show for the lead actress Sutton Foster, they brought on the entire cast and crew and sung one final version of Friendship. | | Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 | | 9:23 am |
| | Friday, February 24th, 2012 | | 11:48 am |
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