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2013 Stockade-athon 15K
Today was such a good day! This morning was the Stockade-athon, one of my favorite local races. Actually, I think it might be my favorite local race. And Its one of the only times I ever go to Schenectady…ha! Almost every runner I know ran today, too, so it was pretty cool running into all my friends at the race! Chris and myself My last long run for this race was actually the Hairy Gorilla Half two weeks ago! But, I did get some decent weekday running workouts in these past few weeks, so I had a goal, to run the 15K under 1:30. My 15K PR is 1:26 something,…
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Ragnar Relay Adirondacks 2013
I’ve got another Ragnar Relay Adirondacks under my belt! It all started out on Friday morning. In case you are wondering, Ragnar is a 200 mile relay race with teams of 12 runners (6 for ultra teams), who run non stop from point to point. Ragnar Adirondacks went from Saratoga Springs, NY to Lake Placid, NY, all through the Adirondack Mountains. My alarm was set for 3:00AM. We had to start loading up Van 1 and head to the start at Saratoga, since our start time was 6:00am. Nikki, our Runner 1, was all set and ready to go. It was still dark when she set off. The first few…
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Hanging out in Troy
Saturday was a pretty busy day this past weekend! Earlier in the day my friend Brendan and I went running in the Pine Bush Preserve. Neither one of us had been before, it’s a really nice park with lots of trails. It was really buggy though, so if we stopped for even a minute the bugs attacked! We made sure to wear bugspray but apparently it wasn’t enough! We ran about 2.75 miles. After coming home and showering, it was time to head over to Troy Cloth & Paper, a design studio where you can screen print custom shirts! They also use all eco-friendly inks for printing! The reason I…
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Top of the Helderbergs Group Ride
Yesterday Chris and I did our first group ride since the Tour de Habitat in 2011. 🙂 I joined the Albany chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club about a month ago, and saw they had a group ride through Helderbergs. Sounds like an awesome ride! We met the group in Clarksville, and then we all drove to the starting point at Berne High School. Berne is about 40 minutes West of Albany. Chris is prepping for the Erie Canal Bike Tour in a few weeks. Saturday’s ride was casual, we planned on about 35 miles with a break for lunch at the 25 mile mark, at the Palmer House in…
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Weekend Report
Happy Monday. Well, I had a pretty good weekend. It was HOT and gorgeous! Friday night after work Chris and I went to dinner at Sitar, an Indian restaurant on Central Avenue. Its been awhile since I did a local restaurant review! We ordered the sampler of appetizers, which came with veggie samosas and pakoras with a mint dipping sauce. Everything was delicious and full of flavor. My favorite her were the pakoras. For dinner I got the Navratan Korma (from the menu: mixed vegetables cooked with Indian cheese, cream, onions, & tomato gravy mildly spiced). It was delicious and so filling. Indian food isn’t complete without delicious naan, either.…
