I guess at this point I just want to keep running for fitness and weight control.
Personal:
I was born in Moscow, Russia in '68, where I started running sprint events in '83. I moved to the US (NYC area) in '91 and didn't run again till '96 when I discovered road racing scene. I was hooked after my first 5K race. I had another break in running from '01-'04 and decided to seriously get back into it in August of '05. I'm married and have 16 year old daughter. I have moved to London in August '06, will probably stay here for a few years.
First hill workout on Summit St. hill. I was supposed to do 6x1', but was only able to do 6x50sec before my legs refused to lift anymore. Very hard. Not very encouraging, but I hope I'll get stronger gradually. As bad as I felt running repeats, by the time I finished my cooldown I was pretty well recovered.
used Manhattan Half Marathon to do this 16 miler. Ran 3 miles before the start, then half in 1:53:24. Until mile 10, I kept it really easy (8:50-9:00 pace), last 3 miles were 8:15, 7:45, 7:35. Felt pretty good, but my blister is raw again :(.