NY a great race I am alive

I am alive. After cramping on mile 21 I finished with 3:43 not the time I wanted but I am extremely happy with it be back on Tuesday with a full report and details .
Now to the Post race party

5 days to go

Just 5 day to the big race. My IT lower hip injury is there. I am treating it well with Ice almost every hour and a lot of stretching twice a day. Have good will that it will heel just for the marathon. Today I do my last 6 miles it will be a test for the IT/ hip injury. I let my fellow readers how it went.
The election is in 7 days. The supposedly democratic system that the US employs is a fiasco. Because not the candidate that get the most votes wins and it has happened before. So I am against that system. So I don't know if I am going to vote because I am not sure if every vote counts.
In other better If you are not watching heroes you are missing a nice entreating show. This season at least in my opinion have been better than expected. Is going in to the 1/2 of this part and is great. Watch the reruns.
Happy Tuesday.

Taper week

This weekend I rested a lot. On Friday I stay at home watching movies. On Saturday I went to the marine corps marathon expo. I got 2 pairs of socks and a race ready pants for the NYC marathon. Basically I spend 3 hours over there while my girlfriend look around for deals and free stuff. She got a lot of free stuff. I rested for the rest of the day. On Sunday I went for my last 10 miles before the marathon. I did them in an easy pace and did the last 2 at tempo pace. my 10 miles were in 1:22:25. I felt great. About the hip IT injury yesterday I ran and it didn't badder at all until the last 2 miles that I stated running hard. So I will continue to rest stretch, Ice it and massage it for this weekend and hope it resist the marathon. I am really positive that I am going to have a good race and the temperature should be great let see how its goes.
Hope everybody have a great week

Last Weekend ...

This is the last weekend before the NYC Marathon. I only need to do 1 10 miler. probably is going to be Sunday since Saturday is suppose to rain. I am really excited for this race and is just around the corner. So 1 weekend of resting before the big weekend. My hip is feeling way much better so hopefully I will continue to do the same methods until race day. The MC Marathon is here this weekend I ll probably will head to the expo on Saturday to take advantage of the sales. Last year the prices were better here than in NY expo. NY had all the brand new stuff and the latest for the next year but prices were high. So I just will check both of them. Hope everybody have a great weekend.

12 days and counting

12 days to the NYC marathon. I will be wearing number 10464 going in the first wave and I ll be running the first mile in the top of the bridge. I am really excited about the marathon since I feel for this one I am in the best fitness level of my life. I have run 3 marathons in the past. NYC marathon twice and Boston once. I Have been improving in each once. But for this I feel better since I have been training none stop since February do to the triathlon season. I have had my ups and downs during training but in general I have been feeling great. About my hip yesterday I stretch a lot and had ice so today is feeling a lot better. I will continue do the same for the next days and hope it heel in the next week or so. Happy Tuesday.

Back to training

After 5 days doing nothing yesterday I hit he pool to see how I was feeling from "injury". Its turns out I felt great. So for the next 3 weeks my focus will be training for the NYC marathon. I do have 1 more sprint tri next Saturday but I am going there to have fun as all my attention is on the marathon. The marathon have been the goal and 3:30 the time since last year. Last year I went to watch the Marathon Olympic trials and I was inspire to again run a marathon. The next 3 weeks will be running focus and a little bit of swimming and biking because the last 2 help heel your body from the running pounding. Let see how its goes. In 32 days I ll be at the start of Staten Island ready to go.