Its coming…

Four days to the NYC Marathon. 

Almost 100% healthy & very happy with my training season. Logged over 1,000km, hills, weights & lots of (boring) injury prevention stretching. No excuses or understatements. I am ready as I’ll ever be and no “one tough course” can reduce my expectations for a great race.

I have no illusions it would be painless but I definitely want a great run. Feeling good, finishing happy with no physical surprises. Although I’m running for fun, definitely not chasing a result, deep down, just like with every runner (or every one), there is a target result we shoot for that can‘t be ignored… So… any time under 4 hours & 20 minutes would be great, going below 4:15 would be fabulous, 4:25 or above – fadiha.

I cant wait to see the scale of this event. The ING New York City Marathon Creates $220 Million in Economic Impact on the city Not bad for a run…
The amazing video clip below provides a peek on the logistics required for creating such an event.


This week's educational corner courtecy of Sir Charles:
“Charles Barkley was asked how does he dominate the rebound in spite of his disadvantage in height and athletics, “my tactics is simple” he replied “I am going to get the fucken ball”

See you in NY!

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Tzeala Race & Peak week

Just finished week#5, with a fun field race in Tzeala. 

The Tzeala race which was formed only a year ago became a very popular event and was sold out with 1,400 runners from babies to grandparents.

This week is the peak week of my marathon training with 75 weekly km's and my longest long run of 35km comming up this Friday. 4 weeks to go...

Hatima Tova,

Raanan

participents of the 600 meter and 200 meter races during mental preperation prior to race start