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Safety Tip: Don't Leave Home Without It
By Peter Shankman | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 at 9:03 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Let's talk for a second about safety. A few weeks ago, a skydiver died during a jump. His body, however, wasn't discovered until two days later. This is unacceptable. As a skydiver, I can tell you that what happened there is very much the exception, ...

Burning Off the Bird
By Peter Shankman | Tue, 20 Nov 2007 at 1:00 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Six thousand people got up early on Sunday morning to hear Joan Rivers say the F-word in Central Park. And also to raise money for God's Love We Deliver, a wonderful organization that serves homebound people with illnesses. Anyhow, prepare for a ...

Get Ready for a Cold-Weather Workout
By Peter Shankman | Sat, 17 Nov 2007 at 12:44 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: But baby, it's COLD outside! Yeah, today was a bit chilly, considering what it's been of late, no? Winter in NYC, without fail, means people stay indoors as much as possible. Gyms get busier (by like, 1 millionth of 1%, so that doesn't really matter), ...

Have a Healthy Holiday Season!
By Peter Shankman | Mon, 12 Nov 2007 at 12:24 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: You realize what's coming up, don't you? Worse than finals back in college. More dreaded than a cavity filling … It's the holiday season in New York City. "But wait," you're saying … "How could the holiday season in New York City be bad? How could it ...

Doggy Duathlon, Underwear Run & 5,000 Weirdos
By Peter Shankman | Tue, 6 Nov 2007 at 4:47 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: One of the biggest problems on the Internet today is faced by overly impulsive people. It's one thing to see an advertisement in a magazine for a triathlon, and say, "Yeah, that looks cool, I might want to do that one day," then forget about it, and ...

Everyday Heroes of the Marathon
By Peter Shankman | Sun, 4 Nov 2007 at 7:30 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: Run like the City! Okay. I swear, this isn't just a running blog. Honestly. This will most likely be my last running post for a while. But today … Wow. I mean … WOW. Okay. Let me back up. Last night found me at the Standard Chartered Bank pasta ...

I Run This City
By Peter Shankman | Sun, 4 Nov 2007 at 11:40 AM | Permalink
Excerpt: What an amazing weekend to be a New Yorker.... What an amazing weekend to be outside! You know, I had mixed emotions about starting this blog so close to the ING NYC Marathon, because I knew that one of the first things I'd have to cover in it would be ...

Running with the Field
By Peter Shankman | Thu, 1 Nov 2007 at 8:33 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: This week, New York City is for runners. Every sport has a week in New York City. Baseball and football, it could be argued, get multiple weeks. But here's the key difference — I think we'd agree that the chances of you sharing the same playing field ...

Simply Walking, but Faster
By Peter Shankman | Thu, 1 Nov 2007 at 5:27 PM | Permalink
Excerpt: New York City, despite having some of the best running/biking areas in the entire world, is known more for late-night drinking, hot clubs, and tantalizing food. Add to the mix the fact that we're the business capital of the world, and we're quickly ...