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Baby, You’re a Firework…

I am a New York runner, and I’ve run the New York Marathon once, and I’ll probably run it again. This means I’ve run a whole bunch of New York Road Runners races.

While NYRR definitely has a monopoly on NYC road races, NYC Runs is becoming more of a player in town. They even have a marathon, the Brooklyn Marathon.

And they have a Fourth of July race! I’m going down the shore (but not Snooki style) with my mom on Thursday, but I’ll be around tomorrow. Ashley and I were chatting about the race, and trying to decide if we’d do it or not.
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NYRR races are like a well-freaking-oiled machine, but there are only so many times I can run in the park without getting a little antsy. This race is on Roosevelt Island, that island between Manhattan and Queens.

I’ve never been there, so I convinced Ashley its novelty would be fun.

As for a race plan, I don’t know if it’s possible to PR again after PR-ing so recently–especially considering the race starts at 9, and it will be hot. I also don’t want to mess anything up so close to marathon training, and I was kinda sore after my last 10K.

What would you do? (And are you running a Fourth of July race–or have any other Fourth of July fitness plans?)

I’ve Got My Eye on the Prize: A Redemption Tri

This morning I entered the lottery for my second triathlon:

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It’s my hometown tri, and I really hope I get in! I remember seeing the triathletes biking around town on this day every year, and I thought they were a little crazy just to be riding 17 miles, much less also swimming a half-mile and running 5!

Once I started blogging, I’d read about so many triathlon-ing bloggers and was both terrified and not really willing to shell out all the money I thought it required to participate in a triathlon. (Since, let’s be real, I’m not really competing.) Last year, my blogging buddy Katy, a huge fan of tris (and just overall awesome person), wrote a great guest post for me on how to do your first triathlon for under $10. While I ended up spending just a wee bit more than that, I didn’t go crazy.

My first triathlon didn’t go so well, so I’m hoping for an awesome redemption tri this time around.

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Which means I need to learn a bit more about my bike…

What races absolutely sucked for you and how did you or do you plan on redeeming them? Also, any other good tris in the NYC area I should sign up for if I don’t get into this one?