Sunday, September 23, 2007

Newport Liberty 5K 2007

Overcame last minute jitters and decided to run in this year's 5K in Newport. Finished the race with a time of 32:23. That is an improvement over the 33 odd minutes finish last year.

Last year's edition being my first 5K, I was very nervous and was being very self-critical and full of self-pity by the end of the run as I strongly felt I was not good enough to be there. This time I was free of all that baggage, and enjoyed the run without too much expectations.

In today's race, I completed the first mile in 9:45 and passed the two mile-marker by 19:30.

Will aim to get under 31 in the 5K runs next two week-ends with more regular training runs.

The official results of the race

Thursday, September 06, 2007

1.5 miles run in Bayonne Park

Ran for 20 minutes at the running track in Bayonne today morning around 11:00 AMish. The park is 5 minutes drive from my place, and the carpeted track seems to be a better place to run than the concrete walkways. I am trying to make it a habit to run every morning this month at the Bayonne park, with an aim to improve my 5K running time.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Upcoming 5K races in the vicinity of Jersey City

Quite a few 5K runs are being held this fall; I could participate in 2-3 of them and improve my best time. Running in the races is my way of motivating myself to train regularly. Now that I am buying a heart-rate monitor, it should be easy to get myself out to run more often.

Some of the 5K runs I could participate:
* Educators for kids 5K Sunday Sep 9th 9:00 AM
Newark, Essex county.
* Summer Screecher 5K Saturday Sep 15th
Morris Township, Morris county.
* Kenilworth Centennial 5K Freedom run Sunday Sep 16th
Kenilworth, Union County
* Newport Liberty Waterfront run Sunday Sep 23rd 8:30 AM
Jersey City, Hudson County
* Fighting Children's Cancer 5K Saturday Sep 29th 10 AM
Morris Township, Morris
* Brian's run for Tomorrow's Children Fund Sunday Sep 30th
Wayne, Passaic County
* Hoboken University Medical Center 5K Saturday Oct 6th 9:00 AM
Hoboken, Hudson County
* Carlos Negron Memorial Run Sunday Oct 7th 9:30 AM
Liberty State Park




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