Congrats to all the hardy runners who were out for the New Year's Eve runs in Central and Prospect parks (not to mention the Prospect Parkers who ran the club's Harry's Handicap race and then jumped in the water in Coney Island.)
*Don't send me pictures of the latter - I've seen them on Facebook already :-)
*Lots of interesting articles in the NYTimes recently, including the magazine cover story this week about
losing weight,
GPS watches not tracking accurately (that's a surprise?),
other uses of McCarren Park's track (though where's the NBR mention!!), the
challenges of elite athletes finding sponsors,
how older runners perform
*My New Year's Day run was on the Brooklyn Bridge from the southern end of the Promenade. Mindful of the GPS inaccuracies, my new Garmin 210 showed that the Promenade is almost exactly 1/3 of a mile, and the run to the end of the Brooklyn Bridge is 1.93 miles.
*Speaking of which, song of the day that powered me (mentally) over the bridge, since I don't wear earphones outside: Gavin DeGraw's "Not Over You"
*NYRR Manhattan Half is closed, out, but still plenty of spots for the
Joe Kleinerman 10K on Jan. 7
*For the speedsters among us, don't forget the
indoor track races upcoming
*A reminder: 2012 Olympic marathon trials are in Houston this year. Brooklyn's Kelly Chin will be among those running.
*The Jets are done and the Pats clinched home-field advantage (cool). Good luck Giants tonight.
