The NYC Marathon starts on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Bridge. (Fun fact: The Verrazano is the second longest bridge in NYC. The

This year, the marathon did not start as it always has. Instead of catching a transport van from the Meadowlands arena parking lot, I caught

Since 2015, the New York City Marathon has signaled the end of my race season. This year, it was the warm up race. (Wait, what

Last year, I ran two marathons, seven days apart. So this year, I decided to run a marathon and an ultra marathon…two weeks apart. I

I caught up to JJ and his escorts: his brother in law Doni Weinraub and Doni’s teenage son. I’m the coach to these three riders,

In 2018, the challenge was getting JJ to be able to ride the entire 180 miles in 48 hours without having to call for a

Bike4chai (B4C) is a two day, 180 mile bike ride that raises funds for Camp Simcha. This is Chai Lifeline’s main fundraising event. We’re talking

The first couple of miles of the run course were fine. Real problems happened at mile 13. My left hamstring spasmed and I almost fell

After almost four hours of riding, things started to go sideways…both figuratively and literally. The bike course starts and ends by the run course. (You

In my world there is no such thing as a perfect race. I’m sure there are other people who have perfect races, but I live

The week before an Ironman is like something out of “A Tale of Two Cities.” (“It was the best of times, it was the worst

In the five Ironman triathlons I’ve completed in, my best finish time was 15:39:10. (Is that good?) The average finish time is 14 hours. (So