Training for the Airbnb Brooklyn Half

By Rachel | Hi, everyone! As you may know I'm running the Airbnb BrooklynHalf on May 16 with Mark (@marathoner). I ran my first half marathon in The Hamptons last September (right) and the Staten Island Half two weeks later!

I originally had really big goals (for me) for this race and planned on following my New York Road Runners training plan religiously. I really wanted a sub-2-hour half. Unfortunately, right before my training plan started, I increased my mileage way too fast. Next thing I knew I had a plantar fascia strain and couldn't run for two weeks. After that I jumped right back into my plan like nothing happened. I then pulled my gluteus medius. I shouldn't have been so surprised, considering I was increasing my mileage way, way too fast!

Top 11 Runs of 2014

Here were my top 11 @Marathoner runs of 2014:

1. 100th Race. Finishing the Brooklyn Half at the ocean was a nice opportunity to look at the big picture, breathe deep and smile really big. Then it was straight to No. 101.

Breathing and Running: What California Chrome and I Already Know

Wearing a strip while in Beijing, 2008 Summer Olympics

California Chrome and I have three things in common. One, we are both originally from California. Two, we both run a lot. Three, we both rely on nasal strips to reach our finish lines.

And that's all the comparisons, because California Chrome is a lot faster.

I am serious about the nasal strips and about the importance of breathing in running. If you look closely at my raceday pics, you can see that I brought a familiar companion along for my milestone 100th race last Saturday at the Brooklyn Half: my usual clear, small-medium Breathe Right Strip. The first thing I do before any run is wash my nose area thoroughly with a rag and soap to make sure there is no facial oil, and then I apply the strip on the bridge of my nose.

California Chrome wearing a nasal strip

The first time I did this was in early 2007 for a run around Central Park, and I realized that I shaved about 30 percent of my time spent on the 10K loop. The big difference I noticed was not when I put the strip ON, but when I took it OFF; I gasped for air when I removed it toward the end of my run. The increased oxygen made all the difference in the world for me. There have to be many others who could benefit as well. I am amused by the conclusion by the New York State Racing Association that said "Equine nasal strips do not enhance equine performance..." California Chrome's handlers know the real story. They definitely help.

On the most humid days, the strip will eventually peel, but by scrubbing the area beforehand you minimize the chance of slippage later. It has been a solid gear item for me through 100 races.

Breathing is of vital importance in running, and you perhaps have seen considerable focus on the science of breathing lately within running journals. Competitor and Men's Health Mag each have articles the past month quoting Budd Coates, longtime running coach, four-time Olympic Trials qualifier, and author of Running on Air, a training manual on breathing and running. And you can read and watch for yourself as Coates gives advice such as this at Runners World in an adaptation of his Rodale book:

Let's start with a 5-count or 3:2 pattern of rhythmic breathing, which will apply to most of your running. Inhale for three steps and exhale for two. Practice first on the floor:
1. Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
2. Place your hand on your belly and make sure that you are belly breathing.
3. Breathe through your nose and your mouth.
4. Inhale to the count of 3 and exhale to the count of 2. You might count it this way: "in-2-3," "out-2," "in-2-3," "out-2," and so forth.
5. Concentrate on a continuous breath as you inhale over the 3 counts and a continuous breath as you exhale.
6. Once you become comfortable with the inhale/exhale pattern, add foot taps to mimic walking steps.
When you feel confident that you have the 3:2 pattern down, take it for a walk. Inhale for three steps, exhale for two, inhale for three steps, exhale for two. Finally, of course, try out your rhythmic breathing on a run—inhaling for three footstrikes and exhaling for two. A few key points: Inhale and exhale smoothly and continuously through both your nose and mouth at the same time. If it seems difficult to inhale over the full three strides, either inhale more gradually or pick up your pace. And lastly, do not listen to music while learning to breathe rhythmically. The beats of the music will confuse the heck out of you.

Wearing nasal strip for 2014 Brooklyn Half

I am trying to master that 3:2 breathing pattern, and I did pretty poorly during the second half of the Brooklyn Half. But I am going to work harder at it. In addition to being surrounded by this attention to breathing lately, I recently had an unreal experience in a New York City taxi that was driven by a yogi from India. He was playing sitar music as I got into his taxi, and I told him that I enjoyed it and to feel free to turn it back up. That led into a long conversation about breathing. He told me that breathing is the secret to my running, and that breathing is the secret to life in general.

We take our breathing for granted 99.9 percent of our lives. The miracle is happening as you read this and your lungs expand with each inhale and then settle with each exhale. Take a very deep cleansing breath in through your nose right now and close your eyes, your back straight wherever you are. Then slowly exhale. Feel how amazing your body is. Now imagine you are focusing the same way when you are running.

I suggest you read those articles above and give thought to how you breathe. I can do a better job at it and I believe it will lower my times further. For me, the Breathe-Right Strip always has been an example of giving myself a better chance of maximizing my flow of oxygen into my lungs and through my bloodstream. I am glad to see that California Chrome will be allowed to wear his nasal strip at Belmont for a Triple Crown bid, and I know that the bottom line is getting as much air in and out as possible. Said Coates:

"You want as much in and out as you can, as easily as possible."

How do YOU breathe while you run?

100th Race: Brooklyn Half Recap

You know how there is an unwritten rule on how long you can wear your medal after a race? Well, the same thing applies to finishing your 100th race. I am going to savor this one just a little while longer than I normally would, feel it, and thank a lot of people for their help before I move past the 2014 Brooklyn Half.

In no particular order . . .

Thank you to this blog's readers, as we have almost reached 100,000 page views -- about a thousand for each race. I try to read as many other running blogs as I can and it means everything to know others take the time to look at this one.

Thank you to Melinda and my friends at ASICS. They shipped me a box of gear to help me celebrate my 100th race in style at the 2014 Brooklyn Half Marathon. I started in ASICS and I stay in ASICS.







Thank you to the weather. There were 25,587 finishers and I hope every one one of them said a special thanks for our conditions on Saturday. A powerful storm system had canceled the Yankees' game the night before and pounded our roof through the entire night. Then it stopped raining around sunrise and what was left behind was the most glorious day in late spring a runner could imagine. Here are shots of the Brooklyn Museum start at Prospect Park and the finish on the Coney Island Boardwalk.





Thank you to my new Garmin 220 for the help maintaining my pace, a first for me in my sixth Brooklyn Half. My splits were :31:04 for 5K, 1:06:38 for 10K, 1:41:33 for 15K and 2:18:14 for 20K. My finish time of 2:25:57 represented a course PR for the Brooklyn Half. I'm well in the back of the pack as usual, but to quote the Black Eyed Peas: "The race is not for the swift...but who really can take control of it."

Here are my Garmin splits. It recorded a slightly longer distance and thus a minute longer, but it helps to see my splits and match it against elevation and so forth. I can see where I wear down a little in the long homestretch but I was able to finish with two straight negative splits!

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	2:26:05.3	13.28	11:00
1	9:35.6	1.00	9:36
2	10:23.1	1.00	10:23
3	9:40.2	1.00	9:40
4	10:45.4	1.00	10:45
5	11:28.2	1.00	11:28
6	11:44.6	1.00	11:45
7	10:08.2	1.00	10:08
8	11:35.6	1.00	11:35
9	10:48.5	1.00	10:48
10	11:28.1	1.00	11:28
11	12:08.7	1.00	12:09
12	11:47.7	1.00	11:48
13	11:25.3	1.00	11:25
14	3:06.1	0.28	11:01

Thank you to Coach Andrew Kastor. His mantra of "Everything Forward" was someone I said to myself every time my mind wanted to wander or worry. I would look down at my body and identify every body part that was moving forward -- shoulders, knees, thighs, stomach, penis, ankles, shadow, shoes...each time I did that another minute or so ticked by and I was closer to the end of that mile. Most importantly, it made me think about leaning forward with my form -- like Meb did in winning the Boston Marathon.

Thank you to the Big Cats Running Team. This is the MySpace group I joined at the start of 2007 after I began running. It was national and we each had to pick the name of a big cat species (no duplicates) to enter. Most common ones were taken then, so I chose Monster Cat. I became known as Monster Cat to many other runners. For my 100th race, I went back to that identity with my stripes and roar, and it was great to be reunited in this race with Big Cat runners Roxy (below) and George (in Mile 8).



. . . you remember MySpace . . .



Thanks to Brooklyn, to Coney Island and specifically to Nathan's Famous. We stood in line for close to an hour after the race just for the sake of hot dogs, because hello it is Coney Island and they are worth it. The soles of my feet ached in doing so but I was wearing cushiony ASICS GEL-Cumulus 16s so they were up to it.



When I finally got to the front of one of the many lines, I had Lisa snap a pic to show I had another big finish. I got two chili cheese dogs, fries and a large Blue Moon. (Funny side story: Just as I reached the front of that line, I noticed some guy sidle up alongside our line and tell the woman with a baby behind me that he was going to pay for her whole meal if she would get him a couple of dogs and a drink. She said yes so he had to wait like 60 seconds in line.) We then camped out on the sand and enjoyed.





Thanks to NYRR for the opportunity to race year-round. I have averaged about a dozen races a year. Thanks especially to Mary Wittenberg for her leadership and relating to runners.

And most of all, thanks to my family. To my three sons Matthew, Benjamin and Joshua, because when I started running after my Dad passed away in 2006, I told myself I was going to live as long as possible and set a good example for my sons. Thanks to my beautiful wife Lisa for always being so supportive. Thanks to my stepdaughter Rachel, for encouraging me with my nutrition and fitness and for taking up running as well. Thanks Pennstress the McThinstress and Liam the Mango Tickler for joining the 100 bash, and to the hippie who sold me a Sinatra album on the boardwalk though I have no turntable. Dream the Impossible Dream forever.

On this perfect day, Lisa and I even munched on mango sticks. Ever tried those? Yum.

Here's to the next 100. Amazing things keep happening when you just run.

PLEASE ALSO FEEL FREE TO READ:

• 50 Lessons Learned In 100 Races
• My 100: Race By Race List

How many races have YOU run?

100 Races: It's Party Time

Brooklyn Half Week is here, and that means my 100th Race! This is a big milestone for me, one I have coined as #Rundred -- when you hit triple digits in official/scored races. Now that the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K is in the books with a 1:07 finish, I thought I would paste all the New York Road Runners results since I started running in December 2006 and add any other races along the way. This is what 99 races looks like heading into Saturday's party, and shortly I am going to blog about 100 things I've learned.

King Bingley is ready for our 100th Race! #BrooklynHalf Week #rundred #runchat #nyrr http://t.co/k8kCdjLNsX pic.twitter.com/hnIMDZaIPf
— ASICS Marathoner (@marathoner) May 12, 2014

It all started with a 1:18:40 finish in the Joe Kleinerman 10K, once around hilly Central Park on a cold and sunny day on Dec. 10, 2006, nine days after I quit smoking. This list is all my scored/official races, so I did not include a couple of marathons that I ran on my own or the #12RunsOfChristmas, etc. It includes the NYRR 8K in March 2008, when ice at Central Park meant it had to be a "fun run" but was still included as a qualifier for the NYC Marathon. The Emerald Nuts Midnight Run on the last day of 2010 is included, because it is a NYCM qualifier but not scored. For the record, I also ran the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run on Dec. 31, 2007, but I'm guessing we did not get credit for it that year.

NYRR's introduction of "My NYRR" in 2013 made it a little trickier to just string together these results, so I had to delete some columns from the 2013 section, and they also no longer include the NYC Marathon with all the other NYRR results now so I had to add that one to 2013. To see specifics on my 14 marathon or ultra finishes, you can go to my Marathon Maniacs page. Here's the Hot 100:

2014 - I started running for ASICS and got to run a mile with Ryan Hall!

Race Name	Date					Distance (miles)	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place	Gender Place	Age Place	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
98 Run as One (4M)	April 27, 2014					4.0	40:44	10:11	5966	3433	281	34:29	48.88 %
97 Run for the Parks	April 6, 2014					4.0	42:42	10:41	4434	2478	182	36:09	46.62 %
96 Scotland Run	April 5, 2014					6.2	1:08:03	10:57	6963	3862	280	57:36	46.62 %
95 NYRR Gridiron 4M	February 2, 2014					4.0	43:35	10:54	4835	2623	185	36:54	45.67 %
94 Fred Lebow Manhattan Half	January 26, 2014					13.1	2:43:44	12:30	3883	2357	215	2:19:52	42.34 %

93 ASICS LA Marathon in March

2013 - Ran NYC Marathon for first time in 5 years

Race Name	Date					Distance (miles)	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place	Gender Place	Age Place
92 Ted Corbitt 15K	December 14, 2013					9.3	1:51:17	11:57	4059	2109	153
91 Staten Island Half-Marathon	October 13, 2013					13.1	2:37:57	12:04	6356	3686	265
90 Grete's Great Gallop	October 6, 2013					13.1	2:37:45	12:03	5233	2777	217
89 Bronx 10M	September 29, 2013					10.0	1:56:39	11:40	6071	3547	256
88 NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile Presented by N...	September 22, 2013					1.0	8:36	8:36	4125	2484	150
87 Marathon Tune-Up	September 15, 2013					18.0	3:58:19	13:15	4958	2526	247
86 Autism Speaks 4M	September 7, 2013					4.0	43:01	10:46	4232	2165	138
85 NYRR 5-Borough Series: Queens 10K	July 21, 2013					6.2	1:18:46	12:41	6285	3624	224
84 2013 American Heart Association Wall ...	May 30, 2013					3.0	37:48	12:36	4635	2631	122
83 Run for the Parks	April 21, 2013					4.0	44:34	11:09	5511	2971	223
82 Scotland Run	April 6, 2013					6.2	1:13:15	11:49	7274	3946	250
81 NYRR Gridiron Classic	February 3, 2013					4.0	49:43	12:26	5199	2706	198
80 Manhattan Half-Marathon	January 27, 2013					13.1	2:35:26	11:52	4570	2836	247
79 Joe Kleinerman 10K Classic	January 5, 2013					6.2	1:10:17	11:21	2855	1634	139

78 Fort Lauderdale/A1A Marathon in February
77 New York City Marathon in November

2012 - 3 marathons including my first outside of USA (Paris); beat ITB Syndrome

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
76 ING NYC Marathon Tune-up September 23, 2012	18.0	3:53:32	3:49:07	12:43	4107 / 4326	2210 / 2280	200 / 211
75 NFL Back to Football Run August 30, 2012	4.0	45:52	42:22	10:35	2693 / 3446	1468 / 1685	70 / 85	36:09	46.5 %
74 Run to Breathe July 21, 2012	6.2	1:15:02	1:06:57	10:47	3951 / 4840	2204 / 2470	155 / 185	57:37	46.5 %
73 CPC Run for Central Park July 14, 2012	4.0	46:02	42:32	10:38	4123 / 5073	2366 / 2622	182 / 202	36:36	46.0 %
72 Achilles Hope & Possibility June 24, 2012	5.0	58:37	54:47	10:57	2356 / 3382	1307 / 1673	105 / 131	47:08	45.2 %
71 Portugal Day June 17, 2012	5.0	57:14	52:11	10:26	3642 / 4425	2472 / 2749	205 / 227	44:54	47.5 %
70 Brooklyn Half Marathon May 19, 2012	13.1	2:38:57	2:29:15	11:23	12839 / 14187	6761 / 7110	335 / 363	2:09:44	45.6 %
69 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K May 12, 2012	6.2	1:17:28	1:10:21	11:20	7204 / 7934	3968 / 4191	271 / 294	1:00:32	44.3 %
68 NYC Half March 18, 2012	13.1	2:52:00	2:27:45	11:16	13623 / 15376	7007 / 7476	528 / 565	2:08:26	46.1 %
67 Joe Kleinerman 10K January 7, 2012	6.2	1:34:54	1:29:33	14:26	5261 / 5313	2770 / 2779	201 / 202	1:17:04	34.8 %

66 Miami Marathon in January
65 Paris Marathon in April
64 MLB All-Star Game 5K in Kansas City in July
63 Harrisburg Marathon in November

2011 - No marathons this year but maintained a base year-round

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
62 Emerald Nuts Midnight Run December 31, 2010	4.0	MQ MQ	MQ MQ	0:00
61 Ted Corbitt 15K December 17, 2011	9.3	1:51:23	1:46:33	11:27	3942 / 4290	1960 / 2043	138 / 144	1:32:09	44.6 %
60 Join The Voices! 5M December 4, 2011	5.0	54:25	52:06	10:25	4010 / 5006	2165 / 2437	158 / 175	44:50	47.5 %
59 Portugal Day June 19, 2011	5.0	1:06:08	1:00:25	12:05	4365 / 4643	2824 / 2925	244 / 250	52:25	40.6 %
58 NYRR Celebrate Israel June 5, 2011	4.0	52:10	46:21	11:35	4582 / 5182	2578 / 2761	186 / 202	40:12	41.8 %
57 Brooklyn Half Marathon May 21, 2011	13.1	2:46:49	2:38:00	12:03	5611 / 5921	2806 / 2885	135 / 142	2:18:33	42.7 %
56 UAE Healthy Kidney 10K May 14, 2011	6.2	1:18:45	1:13:02	11:46	7065 / 7564	3767 / 3920	249 / 257	1:03:21	42.3 %
55 Japan Run 4M May 8, 2011	4.0	53:24	49:04	12:16	4755 / 5073	2610 / 2690	199 / 204	42:34	39.5 %
54 NYRR 4-Mile April 23, 2011	4.0	49:29	44:07	11:01	4578 / 5161	2617 / 2790	167 / 178	38:16	44.0 %
53 Scotland Run April 10, 2011	6.2	1:20:51	1:12:38	11:42	7998 / 8493	4394 / 4518	284 / 291	1:03:01	42.6 %
52 NYRR Manhattan Half January 22, 2011	13.1	2:52:14	2:46:15	12:41	4286 / 4369	2646 / 2676	204 / 208	2:25:47	40.6 %

2010 - Fewest races, as I got hitched and settled into new house

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
51 NYRR Ted Corbitt 15K December 19, 2010	9.3	1:55:44	1:53:14	12:10	3397 / 3541	1793	134	1:38:46	41.6 %
50 Brooklyn Half Marathon May 22, 2010	13.1	3:03:25	2:49:59	12:58	6905 / 7015	3403 / 3423	167 / 169	2:30:19	39.3 %
49 Scotland Run April 3, 2010	6.2	1:15:41	1:11:07	11:28	7133 / 7795	3908 / 4074	241 / 259	1:02:12	43.5 %

48 Miami Marathon in January
47 MLB All-Star 5K in Anaheim in July

2009 - Proposed to Lisa at finish line of New Jersey Marathon

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
46 Joe Kleinerman 10K December 6, 2009	6.2	1:09:48	1:06:51	10:46	4139 / 4803	2211 / 2401	164 / 175	58:28	46.2 %
45 ING NYC Marathon Tune-Up September 27, 2009	18.0	4:01:22	3:57:49	13:12	3521 / 3567	1975 / 1993	160 / 164
44 NYC Half-Marathon August 16, 2009	13.1	3:01:25	2:46:51	12:44	9592 / 10195	4879 / 5050	430 / 446	2:28:49	39.7 %
43 Colon Cancer 15K Challenge March 22, 2009	9.3	1:40:09	1:37:55	10:31	2035 / 2347	1119 / 1216	132 / 140	1:26:51	47.3 %
42 NYRR Bronx Half-Marathon February 8, 2009	13.1	2:41:44	2:38:01	12:03	3513 / 3677	2236 / 2291	259 / 264	2:20:57	42.0 %
41 NYRR Gridiron Classic February 1, 2009	4.0	0:48:02	42:15	10:33	4316 / 5270	2478 / 2764	268 / 294	37:15	45.2 %

40 New Jersey Marathon in May
39 MLB All-Star 5K in St. Louis in July

2008 - Best shape of my life, PR'd in two marathons (St. Louis & NYC)

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
38 NYRR Holiday 4-Mile December 13, 2008	4.0	0:46:31	39:11	9:47	3161 / 4880	1702 / 2174	168 / 205	34:32	48.7 %
37 Joe Kleinerman 10K December 7, 2008	6.2	1:05:15	1:02:29	10:04	3319 / 4339	1998 / 2339	196 / 223	55:05	48.7 %
36 Knickerbocker 60K November 15, 2008	37.2	9:51:00	9:51:00	15:53	78 / 80	62 / 63	17 / 17
35 ING New York City Marathon November 2, 2008	26.2	5:51:45	5:13:27	11:57	32064 / 38096	22241 / 25216	3426 / 3810	4:43:17	44.0 %
34 NYRR Grand Prix Queens Half September 14, 2008	13.1	2:25:32	2:22:55	10:54	2407 / 3059	1592 / 1888	176 / 207	2:07:28	46.4 %
33 Run for Central Park July 19, 2008	4.0	0:43:27	38:13	9:33	2790 / 4613	1772 / 2325	192 / 253	33:58	49.6 %
32 Hope & Possibility 5M June 22, 2008	5.0	0:52:05	49:49	9:57	1015 / 2043	627 / 974	75 / 109	44:16	48.1 %
31 WABC Fight/Prostate Cancer June 15, 2008	5.0	0:54:13	49:45	9:57	3828 / 5515	2739 / 3462	327 / 402	44:13	48.2 %
30 Healthy Kidney 10K May 17, 2008	6.2	1:10:35	1:02:07	10:01	5019 / 6282	3075 / 3441	289 / 329	55:12	48.6 %
29 NYRR Brooklyn Half May 3, 2008	13.1	2:20:24	2:15:46	10:21	4957 / 5839	2991 / 3294	282 / 320	2:02:07	48.4 %
28 Scotland Run 10K March 30, 2008	6.2	1:06:45	59:56	9:40	4811 / 6977	2967 / 3669	281 / 362	53:16	50.4 %
27 Colon Cancer Challenge 15K March 9, 2008	9.3	1:43:11	1:37:54	10:31	2888 / 3286	1628 / 1757	194 / 204	1:27:33	47.0 %
26 NYRR Bronx Half-Marathon February 10, 2008	13.1	2:21:00	2:20:32	10:43	2891 / 3265	1952 / 2113	235 / 254	2:06:24	46.8 %
25 NYRR Gridiron Classic February 3, 2008	4.0	0:47:37	41:26	10:21	3967 / 4940	2360 / 2669	284 / 325	36:49	45.7 %
24 NYRR Manhattan Half January 27, 2008	13.1	2:26:00	2:18:58	10:36	4255 / 4997	2782 / 3116	345 / 391	2:05:00	47.3 %
23 NYRR Fred Lebow Classic January 12, 2008	5.0	0:56:54	53:21	10:40	3789 / 4425	2152 / 2351	272 / 295	47:25	44.9 %

22 St. Louis Marathon in April

2007 - First full year of running, signed up for every race I could & chugged water

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
21 NYRR Hot Chocolate 15K December 1, 2007	9.3	1:38:42	1:35:16	10:14	3880 / 4773	2059 / 2323	213 / 237	1:25:11	48.3 %
20 Race To Deliver November 18, 2007	4.0	0:42:37	37:35	9:23	3097 / 5213	1807 / 2486	177 / 233	33:24	50.4 %
19 ING New York City Marathon November 4, 2007	26.2	6:23:41	6:08:25	14:03	36986 / 38607	25255 / 26072	3814 / 3909	5:35:55	37.1 %
18 NYC Half-Marathon August 5, 2007	13.1	2:31:48	2:26:01	11:08	8671 / 9927	4789 / 5164	459 / 501	2:12:27	44.7 %
17 Naples-New York Park to Park July 14, 2007	6.2	1:03:45	58:55	9:30	2728 / 4566	1786 / 2392	173 / 234	52:46	50.8 %
16 WABC Fight/Prostate Cancer June 17, 2007	5.0	0:53:07	47:55	9:35	3297 / 5010	2508 / 3280	306 / 394	42:55	49.7 %
15 Japan Day June 3, 2007	4.0	0:39:58	37:01	9:15	2507 / 4599	1776 / 2558	176 / 257	33:09	50.8 %
14 AHA Start! Wall Street Run May 22, 2007	3.0	0:35:28	27:51	9:17	3631 / 6672	2506 / 3635	485 / 706
13 Healthy Kidney 10K May 19, 2007	6.2	1:02:21	57:11	9:13	3576 / 5419	2450 / 3087	236 / 308	51:13	52.4 %
12 NYJL Mother's Day 4M May 13, 2007	4.0	0:38:09	36:54	9:13	1659 / 3194	1111 / 1581	98 / 144	33:03	50.9 %
11 NYRR Brooklyn Half-Marathon April 14, 2007	13.1	2:22:35	2:19:03	10:36	4125 / 4853	2588 / 2831	258 / 284	2:06:07	46.9 %
10 Scotland Run 10K April 1, 2007	6.2	1:05:57	1:01:17	9:53	4316 / 5721	2721 / 3178	271 / 320	54:53	48.9 %
9 NYRR 8K Run March 17, 2007	4.9	MQ		0:00
8 Colon Cancer Challenge 15K March 11, 2007	9.3	1:38:31	1:36:15	10:20	2025 / 2403	1235 / 1341	135 / 143	1:26:46	47.4 %
7 Salsa, Blues + Shamrocks 5K March 4, 2007	3.1	0:31:51	30:17	9:46	1902 / 2874	1244 / 1618	128 / 159	27:07	47.5 %
6 NYRR Gridiron Classic February 4, 2007	4.0	0:49:17	43:05	10:46	3837 / 4482	2267 / 2501	244 / 256	38:35	43.6 %
5 NYRR Manhattan Half January 21, 2007	13.1	2:34:22	2:30:03	11:27	4108 / 4404	2649 / 2777	328 / 340	2:16:06	43.5 %
4 NYRR Fred Lebow Classic January 7, 2007	5.0	57:03	54:01	10:48	3636 / 4181	2177 / 2364	255 / 274	48:23	44.0 %

3 Oklahoma City Half Marathon in May

2006 - Bought my first pair of ASICS, joined NYRR and started running

Race Name, Date	Dist. (miles)	Gun Time	Net Time	Pace per Mile	Overall Place/ Total Finishers	Gender Place/ Total Males	Age Place/ Total in Age Group	Age-Graded Time	Age-Graded Performance Percentage
2 NYRR Hot Chocolate 10M December 16, 2006	10.0	2:10:55	2:07:07	12:42	3945 / 4034	1971 / 1996	207 / 210	1:54:44	38.6 %
1 Joe Kleinerman 10K December 10, 2006	6.2	1:21:13	1:18:40	12:41	4731 / 4910	2552 / 2610	300 / 305	1:10:28	38.1 %

Question: How many races have you run? What does it mean to you to be able to look back on your previous races?