By: Maddie I like to look at quarantine as a period for us to be more thrifty with our time and technology, while taking advantage of the opportunity to work on those things we have really wanted to do, but have told ourselves we simply didn’t have the time, space, or energy to accomplish. I …
Happy May, CHRC! Strange times we’re living in, right? On my end, for the past seven (?) weeks, things have been both incredibly mundane and incredibly stressful. I am privileged enough to continue working from home, and my friends and family have remained well, but like everyone else I am so concerned about the wellbeing …
I started running as a way to stay active in college, not expecting to fall in love with it. I’d played sports my whole life, but I wasn’t passionate about them. I loved team things—soccer, choir, plays, class discussions. Running was something different. There were no assessments; no one cared how far or fast I’d …
Runners are kind of crazy, right? Yes, in a good way. And what happens if you throw crazy times at crazy people? Well, let me tell you the story of (my) Quarantine Backyard Ultra. Saturday, April 4 2020, 8:45 am EST. Some 2,000+ runners around the world log onto one of two massive zoom calls. …
Royal Laura Holdrege’s first long run with CHRC was a game-changer: “I hate running” and “I LOVE [playing] sports” have always been my refrains. I found a volleyball team before I found a job when I moved to NYC, so that should tell you something about my love for sports :). Running just to run, however, …
A warm welcome to new Royal, Lauren DeFelice, who started joining CHRC’s Tuesday Trots and Saturday long runs in January. Why do you run? I run for exercise and to meet others and explore my city. What’s your favorite thing about running? I love when I get an actual runner’s high, that huge rush of …
This post is an excerpt from Christiana’s excellent post on Medium. You can read about her full morning there. 5 AM: My alarm goes off. What kind of person chooses to wake up at 5 am on a SUNDAY to run a race in the frigid cold — which btw — SHE PAID MONEY FOR!?! …
What was your experience of doing NYRR’s 9 +1 program for the first time like? I first heard about the 9+1 program when I was attending a Zumba class at NYRR Run Hub. I struck up a conversation with a woman; excitedly I told her that I would be running my first race soon! She …
What was your race experience like? The 2019 NYC Marathon was, by leaps and bounds, the MOST FUN I have ever had running a marathon! This was my fifth marathon overall, but my first time running NYC. My previous four marathons were all small races, with barely anyone out cheering. And I’ve certainly never had …
On Sunday, November 3rd, 2019, I checked marathon #2 off my list. My official time – 5:09:44 – was a 5+ minute PR from my first marathon! I also achieved so many intangibles, including maintaining a steadier pace, feeling stronger the whole way through, and finishing feeling relatively solid. This year was so wildly different than …