The Polyphonic Spree - Rooney - Redwalls

Redwalls were a surprise, a up and coming band. Rooney were excellent. The Spree were quite simply - fuckin awesome. One of the greatest live experiences of my life. Wow. I'm really at a loss for words, it was that good.

They're playing Sat night in Baltimore. Hmmmm...........

What you do the day after

A marathon. Go with 3 buddies to a Monday Night football game in
Pittsburgh. And drink like a fish.

Official Results & The Next Day Blues

Al Moulder 50M USA 5:17:43- finish 12:07 - pace

I'm only happy that A - I didn't perish, B - I beat my 2003 time by ten minutes and C - I felt like I finished strong. Other than that I have the usual day after desire to get better. Through 7 miles things were going my way and then it started going bad. Not really anything major like blowing out a knee or hamstring, just a pair of legs that refused to cooperate. I really struggled from miles 8 to 16 but managed to find something after 16 and felt like I stepped it up a bit.

Bottom line is this race is very very hard. The logistics of getting yourself there wipe you out and then you're faced with a course that is surprisingly hilly and tough.

Yet, I still think I suck. After my surgery in a couple of weeks I am really gonna get my ass in shape. I'm going to break 5 hours in this goddamn race if it kills me.

The human train wreck

Finished in 5:17:49, ten minutes better than my previous time, so I'm
happy. Now it's time to rest.

New York Road Runners Alert Notification

Event Information:
Event:	The ING New York City Marathon
Runner:	AL MOULDER
Latest Results:
Location Time Pace/mile 5 Kilometers 0:30:29 9:48 10 Kilometers 1:01:41 9:55 15 Kilometers 1:34:25 10:07 20 Kilometers 2:09:26 10:24 Half-Marathon 2:17:46 10:30 25 Kilometers 2:51:00 11:00 30 Kilometers 3:36:46 11:37 35 Kilometers 4:19:15 11:55 40 Kilometers 5:00:47 12:06 Finish 5:25:55 12:25

All times are unofficial. Times may vary in post race official results.

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2 common lies

Heard during a marathon.

1 - You're looking good.
2 - You're almost there

Neither of these two things are remotely close to being true. Just
once I'd like to hear the truth. "Boy you look bad and you have a long
way to go. I just don't see you making it."

Maybe it's better they lie.

8 to go

Legs simply won't work. Tourist time

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View down first ave

Off the queensboro

WOW!

New York Road Runners Alert Notification

Event Information:
Event:	The ING New York City Marathon
Runner:	AL MOULDER
Latest Results:
Location Time Pace/mile 5 Kilometers 0:30:29 9:48 10 Kilometers 1:01:41 9:55 15 Kilometers 1:34:25 10:07 20 Kilometers 2:09:26 10:24 Half-Marathon 2:17:46 10:30

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It's go time

In a line of thousands heading to the start. Anybody seen the bridge?
Cannon just fired, here we go......

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Ready to rock n roll

Baggage drop area

Was a nightmare. The good news is my yearly prostate exam has been
conducted. Several times......

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One of the many runners

At the start

Just got here at 8:40. An hour and a half to the start.

4:30 AM - The Journey Begins

But yesterday this would have been 5:30 so all in all, not too bad gettting up. Now (after a quick cup of coffee) it's off to Jersey City where I will park and then take the Path to WTC. Then the 1 or 9 subway to the end, hop on the Staten Island Ferry for the short journey to Staten Island. Finally there are supposed to be shuttle buses taking us to the start.

After all that my reward is to run 26.2 miles. Yikes!

NYC Marathon - tomorrow!

Tomorrow's the day. Running clothes are ready, chip is attached to my shoes and my bib number is attached to my shirt. Can't imagine what I could screw up now but with me, you never know.

There are several stages involved with running a marathon, at least on my part. Currently I'm in the anxiety stage. Did I train enough, am I forgetting anything, how am I getting there and it goes on and on and on .... Every little ache and pain is maginified by a thousand. Did I just roll my ankle? Man, why is my lower back sore today? Careful, watch that step.

This stage ends tomorrow when I am finally surrounded by 38,000 of my closest friends, most of whom have probably had the same thoughts, fears and concerns leading up to the race.

Why do we do this to ourselves?

Cause it's freakin' cool, that's why!

The Kid and G Money

Visit the big city. We went to the expo at the Javits Center. I picked up my stuff while Jerry had to defer in person due to a hamstring injury.

NY Marathon Expo on Friday

G Money, Kid Weber and myself are heading to the Javits Center tomorrow where the Expo is. I have to pick up my bib, runners bag and cheesy shirt they give out. Seriously, considering they try to market themselves as the race to run, the shirts we get are really crappy. 3 days til the race and I'm whining already. It'll just get worse.......

Edited 11/3/07 - Whoops, turns out we got a really nice dri-fit running shirt this year. Sweet.