Warwick Ford's blog for runners in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and many other US cities
Imagine running on a good park-plus-streets trail system from Pelham Bay Park across the Bronx and then down the Hudson River to Battery Park? That is roughly a marathon distance. Here is how it is done. Read the rest of this entry »
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We have put together a Fun-on-Foot printer-friendly runners’ map of Central Park. It is available free for download from www.funonfoot.com/newyork.html . It includes mileages, water fountains, restrooms, and various other runner-significant features. Please let us know what important things we have missed so we can add them.
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I have been running half-marathons last year and this and surviving quite well. So what is next? Runners will tell you to consider moving up to the next level – the marathon. But in my case, what about my age, which happens to be 60? One train of thought says that maybe I am too old to even contemplate such things. But another train says that if I don’t do it soon, the chance to do a marathon in my lifetime may slip away forever. The second train won. Read the rest of this entry »
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After years of procrasinating, my blog is at last live. There are so many things I have to pass on to, learn from, and discuss with the runners and walkers I meet daily, both physically and online. Read the rest of this entry »