Something To Say At ROA: A Quick Link Roundup

As the winter months are quickly approaching, or at least they're supposed to be, a lot of unseasoned runners maybe thinking what am I going to do? Well the answer is there are a lot of exercises that you can do once the snow finally hits Albany.

The first step to staying in shape or running in the winter is just motivation. You need to stay motivated. Nothing hurts more than falling asleep at night to a clean sidewalk, imagining your long run in the morning and waking up to a fresh foot of snow on the path you were dreaming of.

If you're worried about running in the snow because of your shoes don't be. Runner's World has five pages of good shoes for your winter running months. The most important thing is make no excuses, just get out there and do what you need to do trust me, you'll be thanking yourself later.

From The Windows To The Walls...Indoor Track Here We Come

My last season of indoor track starts tomorrow. Because Saint Rose doesn't have an indoor track, well a track at all for that matter, we will be hitting the streets for our first week of practice. Next week we'll be able to get into SUNY Albany's indoor track so that will be nice for some workouts.

It's been chilly and the wind has been crazy so we'll see how this upcoming week goes! I'm excited to get back out there with the team again, it's only been two weeks but I feel like it's been months.

Live-blogging The Troy Turkey Trot!

Follow me as I venture to the 62nd Troy Turkey Trot this fine morning!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

(Edit 10:57am)

I'm home from the Turkey Trot, what a great day for a race! A few of my live-blogs didn't come through on my twitter because they were images. I will post them directly below! Again, Happy Thanksgiving and for everyone who ran today great job!

9:42 am "Every race day staple!"

9:56 am "Packed as always!"

10:02 am "Lilly came out for the run today, her first day out with nearly 8,000 people. She's handling it pretty well!"

There you have it, those are the ones you missed!

Something To Say At ROA: A Quick Link Roundup

The 62nd annual Troy Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving day, November 26th 2009.

The first Turkey Trot ever was in 1896 held rather locally in Buffalo NY. Since the beginning the Turkey Trot here in Troy has grown into one of the largest road races in upstate NY. There are at least 6,000 participants ready to hit the streets this Thanksgiving morning.

The 5k race will start on 4th and Fulton Street. You can register online until 12pm on Wednesday November 25th. There will be some changes this year to the course and the race start times in order to enable a larger field of racers and hopefully solve previous years traffic problems.

The schedule of events looks like this:

7:45 a.m.………….. Turkey Walk
9:30 a.m.………….. Open 5K
10:30 a.m.………… Grade School 1 Mile
10:45 a.m.………… Open 10K

I will be fighting the traffic and mobs of people to Live-Blog the open 5k via my Twitter.

Hope to see you there!

My New Running Partner...Well Eventually

After waiting for three years today I finally got a puppy. She's a little American Bulldog and she is an absolute doll. Her name is Lilly, and you'll probably hearing more about her from here on out!

Do You Know Where The Turkeys Still Run On Thanksgiving?

That's true there will be turkeys still living on Thanksgiving this year, at least metaphorically speaking, and they'll be found at the 62nd Annual Troy Turkey Trot. I'll be there live-blogging the 5k!

I Hate Riding The Bike, I Do Not Hate Riding Bikes

Saint Rose has a pretty decent fitness center located on the top floor of the Events and Athletics Center (EAC). Over my past four years here I have become rather accustomed to this place whether I would have liked to or not. Over my four year running career at Saint Rose I have more often than not been injured. Because of injury I often haven't been able to run at all or have been on a strict schedule where I can only run a certain number of times a week.

Because of that I have turned to The Bike. Hear me out. Growing up and even still I love to ride bikes. There is a big difference between riding bikes and riding The Bike. I give The Bike a name because that is exactly what it is. When I was injured it was always said, "yep coach I'm going to the gym to hit The Bike."

The Bike is stationary, stands about four and a half feet tall and sits nearly a foot and a half from the large glass window of the gym that faces two stories above Western Ave.

I've tried to read books or class work on the bike. Failed miserably. I've tried to peruse through a magazine. Again not happening. There is nothing you can do on The Bike to make the time pass faster or to steer you away from complete boredom. 

I always resolve to jamming out on my iPod and getting the best possible workout I can while doing so. I figure if I have to be doing it than I might as well do it right.

There's always those days where I really can't get motivated and I end up staring at random bad drivers trying miserably to park along Western. At least I don't have to park The Bike!