Unofficial Exercise History
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Recreational running, off-road electric unicycling, and biking while enjoying the scenery is my preferred style. I never enjoyed running at all until my 30’s. Here are some more details and a few races I have enjoyed participating in.
Unicycling
After seeing a distant cousin riding a unicycle as a child, I was enthralled and spent countless hours, days, weeks, months teaching myself to ride. Eventually, I began to ride to/from school and all about town. This paused once I entered a high school too far to reach within a reasonable amount of time on one wheel.
Three decades later, I visited a friend who showed me an electric unicycle sitting in his garage. After about 10 minutes riding it, I fell off the wagon and relapsed into a downward spiral of unicycle addiction from which I have not yet recovered. As of the time of this writing, I ride a standard KingSong S18 with an IRC TR-1 knobby tire, enjoying street riding to/from work as well as off-roading on local trails.
Harry Chapin 10k Run Against Hunger
The Bloomberg family, particularly my dad, has been running in this local Croton-on-Hudson race, on-and-off, for as long as I can remember. It’s a tough 10k race with many hills. The course passes over the beautiful New Croton Dam and surrounding area.
Here is a plot of a few of our family members’ performance from 2009 to 2018, the only years for which I have records:
Triathlons
Despite being a terrible swimmer, a mediocre runner and bicyclist, and someone who generally does not wear speedos in public, I competed in triathlons for several years Triathlons can be brutal to a normal person, but are a nice test of endurance.
2012 Black Bear Sprint Triathlon
The Black Bear triathlon has a beautiful course through hills and forests around Beltzville State Park, PA. While it is a grueling race, it’s a breathtaking place to be out of breath.
Overall stats:
- Total time 1:49:19
- Overall place: 64th out of 243
- Place within age group: 10th out of 23
Swim - 750 meters:
- Time: 15:33
- Pace: 1:53
- Place: 166 out of 243
Bike - 18 miles:
- Time: 1:07:01
- MPH: 16.1
- Place: 61 out of 243
Run - 3.1 miles:
- Time: 23:34
- Pace: 7:36
- Place: 34 out of 243
2011 Black Bear Olympic Triathlon
Overall stats:
- Total time 2:56:26
- Overall place: 190th out of 362
- Place within age group: 22nd out of 36
Swim - 1500 meters
- Time: 31:28
- Pace: 1:54
- Place: 242 out of 362
Bike - 24 miles:
- Time: 1:31:20
- MPH: 15.8
- Place: 213 out of 362
Run - 6.2 miles:
- Time: 49:28
- Pace: 7:59
- Place: 124 out of 362
2011 NYC Triathlon
My timer chip fell off somewhere during the race, so I have no timed results. I nearly passed out at the end. The New York City triathlon has a swim segment through the Hudson River next to the city, which is one of the most putrid places I’ve ever been in my life
- you can smell an indescribable stench underwater.
And more
There are others for which I cannot find records.