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Back to the Track

Every year, one of my favorite training programs is our JackRabbit track program in Red Hook. It's a great way to improve your speed and form, and I get to harrass you along the way. 

We run on Tuesdays at 6:45p from April 24-June 26, then take a break and start another ten week session. If you're training for triathlons, or anything from 5k to marathon distance running races, we can help. Registration is through the JackRabbit website.

No Whining - Postpartum Edition

Anna Bretan is pictured here with her 6-week old daughter. Minutes after this photo was taken, she passed the baby off (presumably to her husband and her two other children) and proceeded to win the Oakland Marathon in a rather swift time of 2:57:33. 

I'm married to a woman who was back at her pre-pregnancy weight within 3-4 weeks after having the baby, so I'm not easy to impress. But Ms. Bretan has managed to wow me. 

And the next time I think Simon is keeping me too busy to train, I'll remember this. 

March Madness Du Results

Though I could wax nostalgic about the time the March Madness race was held in April (true story) or the fact that NYTC insisted on calling it a Biathlon until this year, let's live in the present and congratulate yesterday's City Coach representatives at the March Madness Du.

• Fabian Gallardo - 22nd overall (in a field of 373)
• Eli Yedid - followed up last week's PR at the NYC Half with an 8-minute improvement over last year's race.

Congratulations gentlemen. 

13.1 Race Results

Congratulations to Lauri Young, who finished 2nd out of 67 women in the 50-54 AG at today's 13.1 New York race. (Sorry, I simply refuse to refer to it by the official name, 13.1 Marathon.) Lauri finished in 1:53:34, and narrowly missed the AG victory.

 

Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon Race Results

Nice work by the City Coach crew at today's Sleepy Hollow Half. 

• Stephen England 1:19:52 (4th overall, 1st in AG)
• Francis Laros 1:22:41 (9th overall, 2nd in AG)
• Kevin Starkes 1:25:38
• Keila Merino 1:31:08 (4th overall, 2nd in AG)
• Jon Miles 1:32:16
• Alisa Stern 1:43:54

Friends of City Coach, Steven Beck and Chris Solarz were also out there partaking in the festivities. Congratulations all. 

NYC Half Marathon Race Results

There were PR's, an impressive debut, a strong comeback, and lots of other encouraging results from today's NYC Half. 

Rui Guimaraes 1:20:09 (PR)

Sheila Monaghan 1:25:14

Lete Berhe 1:26:18 

Keila Merino 1:26:17 (PR)

Jeff Dweck 1:28:05 (PR)

Fabian Gallardo 1:29:49 (PR)

Alisa Stern 1:30:50 

Jess Purcell 1:31:38

Steven Zebrak 1:34:50 (PR)

Adele Laboz 1:37:29 (PR)

Owen Smith 1:44:23 (PR in his debut at age 14!)

Eli Yedid 1:46:51 (PR)

Michele Levy 2:03:29 (PR)

Iris Shalam 2:05:47

As always, I couldn't be more excited or proud of our squad. Congratulations. 

 

No Whining - Weekend Motivation

Planning Your Race Calendar

I'll be at the Union Square JackRabbit shop tonight at 6:30 to discuss planning your season. Come on by to say hi and talk training. Here's the event description from JRab.

Do you have multiple races this season? Is your half-marathon training conflicting with your Olympic tri program? Learn how to intergrate multiple races into your training schedule so you're performing your best on the day that matters the most. Join Jonathan Cane, CityCoach founder, as he helps you avoid the pitfalls that can derail any season.

Coogan's 5k Race Results

When your coach makes you run a hard tempo run on Thursday, followed by 16 miles on Friday, he doesn't really expect you to go out and PR on Sunday. Apparently Jeffrey Dweck didn't know that, because he ran an impressive 18:57 (6:07 per mile) this morning despite his coach's cruelty. 

Jeff was joined by the Z team of Jessica Purcell-Zebrak and Steven Zebrak. Fresh off their long runs yesterday, they ran 22:10 and 22:14 respectively. 

Congratulations all around. 

Paris Semi-Marathon Race Results

Great work this morning by Bonnie Averbuch at the Paris Half Marathon. Bonnie ran a PR of 1:26:59, showing that her marathon training is right on course. That was good for 12th place among the women.

And, as as become her habit, she ran negative splits. 

Split at 5 KM:00:21:08

Split at 10 KM:00:42:06

Split at 15 KM:01:02:44

Congratulations Bonnie.