There will be nice weather for whatever training or racing you may be doing this weekend:
The New York City JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge will be taking place tonight and tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. in Central Park. The organizers expect around 15,000 participants on each night of the race.
The weather tomorrow should be warm and possibly cloudy for the WABC Father’s Day Fight Against Prostate Cancer 5-mile in Central Park. The race starts and ends on the West Drive of Central Park and there will be a raffle drawing after the race. WABC will be airing the race between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m on channel 7.
NYRR will be posting the results for the NYC Marathon registration lottery for United States residents. A record of 98,000 people total worldwide have applied to the NYC Marathon this year.
This Saturday, June 9th is the NYRR New York Mini 10K, a women’s race that takes place in Central Park. When it was first run in the Summer of 1972, it was the world’s first women only road race. Among other notable elite athletes planning on running this year’s race is Jelena Prokopcuka, 2005 and 2006 NYC Marathon winner.
According to StreetsBlog, the newly-appointed NYC Transportation Commissioner, Jannette Sadik-Khan, is considering a summertime trial of a car-free Central Park.
Besides the NYRR Race, Japan Day @ Central Park 4 Mile this Sunday, there is also The Riverdale Ramble 10K in the Bronx, which is organized by Van Cortlandt Track Club. According to The National Weather Service Forecast, most of the weekend will be cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms.
The Reebok Grand Prix 2007 will be taking place on Saturday starting at 5:00 p.m. in Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. See this New York Times article about Anthony Famiglietti, who will be racing the 5,000 meters event.
The New York Times today has two articles about marathon training. The first article is about the trend of runners training less in preparation for a marathon as well as an increase in the number of finishers every year:
“The expectation has changed,” said Bill Pierce, the chairman of the health and exercise science department at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., and the creator of a popular three-day-a-week program. “It’s O.K. now to walk. It’s O.K. to finish over five hours. People have a completely different approach to the marathon.”
The second article discusses a specific marathon training program which requires less time running. It’s called the First Program (First stands for Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training) and it’s outlined in the book, Run Less, Run Faster.
The NYC Marathon lottery registration, which is still currently available to applicants residing in the United States, will close this Friday, June 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Today is the last day of discounted registration for the NYRR Mini 10K, a women only race taking place on June 9th in Central Park.
