In celebration of Global Running Day, Colleen, Merril and I headed into the city and caught the 5:24 am train from Long Island to run the 1 for You 1 for Youth 5K run in Central Park. We all wore our Balega socks and I wore the New Balance Fresh...
Mighty Northfork Vineyard 5K Run
Have you ever run in a vineyard? I've run passed vineyards when I was in Northern California, but have never run through and around an actual vineyard, until I ran the Mighty Northfork Vineyard 5K. At the Duck Walk Vineyard The Mighty Northfork Vineyard 5K was one of the scheduled...
St. Anthony’s Triathlon Race Review
St. Anthony's Triathlon Race Review... but first a brief history of the triathlon... St. Anthony’s Triathlon began in 1984 as the Tampa Bay Triathlon and was part of the 10-city U.S. Triathlon Series. That year, 600 athletes completed the 1.5K (0.9 mi.) swim, 40K (24.8 mi.) bike and 10K (6.2...
Motivation by Jeff Galloway
Almost every runner feels better after almost every run. But there are “those days” every year when the subconscious reflex brain is under a higher level of stress/pressure and will divert you away from thoughts about taking a run by sending messages like “there’s too much to do.” By taking...
EventPower LI’s Riverhead Rocks Review
Team Galloway Long Island set EventPower LI's Riverhead Rocks as a "suggested" race for 2019. The timing was perfect. We scheduled the Bridgehampton Half Marathon in May as our goal race, so getting in the 10 miles at the end of March worked out well for us. Four of the...
Galloway Runners Aren’t Slow…
As I participate in more of these races, I realize that most people are using a variation of the run/walk/run method developed by Jeff Galloway. When I first learned about the method, I thought only slow runners were interested in it. But as I am learning, I see that many very fast...
A Challenging Triathlon
Beauty & the Beast Triathlon on St. Croix is known to be one of the toughest triathlons out there. Quassy, the beast of the east, which is now called Connecticut 70.3, may come close, but after talking with some of the folks that did Beauty & the Beast, they say...
Monster Mash Half/Full Marathon Review by Nicole Thomas
When a Half Marathon Fails as a Full I don’t know how I first learned of the Monster Mash half/full marathon, but I knew it was a race I wanted to do. It is staged from the Dover Speedway; you get to run your first mile ON THE RACETRACK and...
Javelina Jundred 100km
In this 16th edition of the costumed, “Party in the desert”, the Javelina 100 Mile race is a qualifier for Western States 100 (and offers UTMB points). That in itself draws ultrarunners who dream of toeing the start line of one of North America’s most coveted ultras (second largest in...
The Post Office Cafe Race, “Patrick’s Run”
During the last two years of Team Galloway Long Island's existence, we have made The Post Office Cafe Race, or what we like to call, "Patrick's Run" one of our team races. Patrick Trainor was the son of Colleen Trainor, one of our members. This adorable little boy tragically died...