Over the Hudson....

Hello, hello, hello. Back from my trip to the NYC area complete with a night in Atlanta (well more like 5 hours) on the airline's tab. If you are ever stuck in Atlanta and need a hotel room, go with the Hyatt Place Hotel. It is clean, nice and within a 5 minute ride on their shuttle. The staff made it more comfortable for the 15 or so of us that checked in at midnight last night by smiling and moving through the line quickly.

NYC

As always, NYC was a pleasure. I likes the big city, I likes it a lot. Here are a few shots I have taken over my last several trips there. Included are some pictures from the Mets/Twins game we went to on Tuesday night at Shea Stadium.

Empire State Building


Lady Liberty (taken from a ferry in spring '05)


Lower Manhattan


Corporate HQ for the Company I work for


Shea #1, Paul Lo Duca at the plate


Shea #2, Johan Santana completes his motion to the plate


Ready to Roll!

Anneliese and I will be racing in about 36 hours! I was bad, bad, bad this week and did not get a single workout in. I think we'll take the race a little easier than I originally planned, but who knows? Maybe I will come back a little stronger from the extra rest! Here is Anneliese showing off her ride, I'll be pushing her in the BabyJogger this Saturday:



And we have added a double stroller to the rotation. (Sadly we got excited about ordering this stroller, I mean it, real excitement, we don't get out much)



Race Across America Update

Both NF Cycle teams finished the journey from Oceanside, CA to Atlantic City, NJ. Congrats to all riders for an amazing accomplishment. Hats off to you. The Soldiers made it across in 7 days and about 15 hours while the Angels rode for 8 days and 14 hours. Keep in mind that means someone from each team was riding at all times during that period. I'll see if I can wrangle some pictures.

This is a running blog...

So I will mention that the USATF Outdoor track championships are here in Indy this week. I am hoping to get downtown to see the 200 meter finals if nothing else. There are some solid competitors going for the win in that distance: Tyson Gay, Dix, Spearmon, Wariner, and Carter. From the USATF website:

FAST FACTS

World record: 19.32, Michael Johnson, 1996

American record: 19.32, Michael Johnson, 1996

Meet record: 19.66, Michael Johnson, 1996

Time schedule: 1st round 4:30 p.m., Saturday; semifinals noon Sunday; final 2:20 p.m. Sunday

Should be a great race. I'll run a 200m tomorrow and post the time. Don't expect any threat to Michael's records :)