Brotherly Waterfront Run Past Pegleg’s Birthplace to Owl’s Head

My first brotherly run in years. Andrew and I met near Greenwood Playground, circled the Cemetery easily then ran the waterfront on 1st Avenue, past Lutheran Medical Center where Pegleg was born, and all the way out to the skate park at Owl’s Head. We picked up the pace on the return even going too … Continue reading

Running Fast around the Cemetery

I left for an afternoon run when the air had cooled a bit. A mile of warm before taking off at tempo. 2 miles below 7 minutes, up and down the Brooklyn Terminal Moraine. All was well until I tried to finish the 2nd tempo up the same hill. Bailed a bit for some lateral … Continue reading

Dedicate a mile and help me get to Marathon

Twenty-six-point-two miles is a long way to go, and the only way to get there is one stride at a time, one mile at a time.  Every time I run, every time I feel the pinpricks of pain in my pegleg that wasn’t there before, I remember I’m alive. And every breath I take is … Continue reading

I’m running for Paquita

Prospect Park – Naughty By Nature Loop

I started an easy run through the park towards a track I remembered in Flatbush. Little did I know I’d end up running into a middle school dance featuring Naughty by Nature, Salt-n-Pepa, Slick Rick AND Busta Rhymes in Wingate Park. Turns out I can run faster than them due to their arthritis and such … Continue reading