The 2025 United NYC Half Marathon
My recap of the 2025 United NYC Half hosted by the New York Road Runners.
Tag: Running
2024 Runnings: My Upcoming Plans for 2025
I view my 2024 as mostly successful. After all, I hit the ten-year milestone with running and I still have room to improve. I set personal bests in all my races except the road mile. Though with that, I only run the mile once a year and never really train for it. I also placed […]
My 2024 Berlin Marathon Experience
I felt excited and anxious as I packed up and caught an Uber with my family to JFK airport. My anxiety dealt more with the not so fun logistics of airport security. In fact, some snooty Europeans on line in passport control were almost reminded that they were still in Queens, NY—know what I mean? […]
My Ten-Year Running Anniversary
Ten years ago, I started my running journey off a bet. Although I had jogged occasionally during my time as a student in Kansas City and a few years prior while living in Harlem, June 2014 marks my beginning. While I wrote about my running origins a few years ago on my Musings blog, I […]
Journey to a 1:13 Half Marathon in Brooklyn
At 3:30 am, I woke up with confidence and felt that I would set a personal record in the half-marathon. I set my last personal best for the 13.1 mile distance on the old NYC Half Marathon course during my preparation for the 2017 Boston Marathon. I achieved the 1:15:39 PR right before the birth […]
Six Simple Details to Improve Running
Runners tend to focus most on improving race times and fitness. However, many disregard simple details that yield significant improvements to our health and well-being. Here is a list of six actions, which have nothing to do with actual training, yet will help optimize a training program. 1.) Skin care: Put sunscreen on before outdoor […]