Audrey Watters

No really. There's something about being in New York that has absolutely cranked up our activity levels. Or maybe it's not New York. Maybe Kin and I are just making a concerted effort to make the most of, well, life. Life, this past week, looked a little like this: Training:...

I need to write about the hype around "recovery" for Second Breakfast. To be clear, that's recovery as it relates to fitness, not drug/alcohol addiction. Although I should write about the latter too. And I now that I'm making that note, I should perhaps think about how the two may...

Yesterday could not have been a more perfect day. We got up early and drove to Staten Island. I know, I know. Part of the NYC running ritual is to navigate the subway and the ferry over there. But as I wanted to have my cheer squad in tow, we...

It's taper week — so less than a week now until my big fall race: the Staten Island Half Marathon. I've been training for this, building my mileage, since we left Oakland, and I am ready to run. I would very much like to beat the time of my last...

Another action-packed week: Due to Rosh Hashanah, Ess-a-Bagel was closed over the weekend, so we had bagels delivered on Monday. I met up with Coach KB at S&P on Monday — it was so good to see her. I miss Bay Strength so much. I chose S&P because it is...

Yesterday was the Bronx Ten Miler. It was a gorgeous morning — sunny but cool. 13000 runners descended on Yankee Stadium to run up Grand Concourse and back. The vibes — damn, Bronx! — were, as the kids say (maybe, I dunno what the kids say) were poppin’. I was...

This past week was just incredibly busy — funny since Monday was Labor Day and ostensibly a holiday in which workers all get a rest. (Or, in the US, workers are all bribed with mattress and car sales so as to avoid any sort of pinko agitation. But I digress…)...

We are up in Maine until about noon today, before we head south — stopping tonight at an RV park in New Hampshire before parking the RV in its new spot in a storage unit in New Jersey tomorrow. That’s almost the last thing on our “Move Across Country” task...

Saturday was my worst race ever. I mean, I have only raced in seven or so other races. So there’s not a lot to compare it to. And it’s inevitable that bad races happen. I watched the “shocking upset” in yesterday’s World Athletics Championships 800 meter women’s race — defending...

I turned 52 yesterday and Kin asked what I had planned for the upcoming year. All I could really detail — and quite frankly much of what I’m focused on right now — is the upcoming race season. My first race is Saturday — a 10K in Central Park. I...