The Brooklyn Half

Once again we set out from the heart of the northern New Jersey Highlands region at 5:15 a.m. This was Dave's first trip to Coney Island. Thankful for a tiny cheap car, we found a somewhat legal parking space about 2 blocks from the start - and it was there when we eventually got back from the medical tent (more on that later). The weather was perfect 41 degrees, sunny. A slight headwind heading up Ocean Parkway was the only real inconvenience (except the medical tent - more on that later). The pace was somewhat faster than Dave's intended time, but it felt comfortable and the Harriers were always within 100 to 200 meters the entire race. Up until mile 9 in the park, the pace was an even 7:15 per mile. Gene pulled up with a hopefully minor pain in the right calf. Dave continued and hit a PR. Gene held on to improve this year's half best time.
results: Dave finished in 1:33:47 (447th out of 4,900 runners), dropping a full 6 minutes since the Bronx. Gene eeked out a 1:37:39 and 661st place, under terrific pain. Ice. Ice. Ice at the medical tent. (picture ommitted)

Scotland Run 10K results

It was 45 degrees, little wind, a few drops of rain, and some pain after our 4 mile "cool down/death march" Gene and I both ran well.

Gene - 200th place in 40:58 (6:36 pace) [48:10/7:46 at Kleinerman 10k]

Dave - 360th place in 42:53 (6:55 pace) [45:27/7:19 at Kleinerman]

so we're showing signs of improvement. More tempo runs for me!

Typical evening run

Mark and I set off for an easy 8 miler from Denville Public Library. Still sore from yesterday's tempo. In spite of the early daylight savings time,k it is still dark at 9:15 p.m.

6 on Sussex Trail

Took a half day and ran with Gene on the Sussex Trail. He planned a 6 mile tempo run that was 'supposed' to be 7:10 to 7:20. We finished around 41:25 or 6:54 pace. Hard 30 second pick ups at 1,2,4 and 6. I can't remember the IPA we drank afterward (oh yeah - it was Sleeman, but it was good. You can't see the illustration in this picture. Gene's working on a guy being chased by a racoon. To be incorporated into our site soon.

Great day for running and yes, this is the same guy that was running with a full beard a few posts before.

Harrier takes hardware at Hillsdale 5k

5ks are too short and tricky. I got suckered into chasing the young ones early on and blazed a 6:05 first mile. It was supposed to be 6:30. Legs were okay, but was I winded. I held in there for 2d in the males 30-39 division with a 20:56 finish - This could have been better, however I followed the guy in front of me past a sharp right turn. This added about 20 to 30 yards. The superintendent of schools handed out the medals.

Colon Cancer Challenge 3/11/07

Gene ran lights out after being reminded of former glory. We both looked on at the 4 mile start.
I was very pleased with a 7:11 pace for the 15K.

Slipping and sliding on Sussex

Last Sunday Fuzzi Muzzi took us on the Sussex Trail. We completed 12 miles on snow and ice, well, mostly ice and mud. We would normally clock around 8 minutes per mile on these long runs. The average was around 9. This is Muzzi prior to a near face plant. Otherwise a beautiful day. By the way, Shakey Jakes doesn't open until 4pm on Sundays. Beer of the week is Yeunling.

Welcome

This is the official blog space for the North Jersey Highlands Harriers - a running club with no membership fee or commitment beyond getting out once in a while to run together. No clics, no gossip, no kidding - just friends encouraging each other to run. Perhaps we will run a little farther, a little faster, but as long as we run we have fun.

There are currently only three amigos in the group and we haven't all run together yet! If you are interested in running with others in the areas of Denville, Rockaway, Parsippany, Hopatcong, and parts of Sussex County, drop us a line.

Fargoguy.