Category Archives: Masters Track

Vacationing, Track Style

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Nick Berra

After punching the two world record tickets on my first two tries, a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  With the US Indoor Nationals this weekend, then the WMA Indoor World Championships in late March, there is still … Continue reading →

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Look What I Found… (times 2)

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Nick Berra

Re-reading this title one could be led to believe I was referring to this blog.  I actually wasn’t, but I guess it could serve as a double entendre.  (I’m not going to admit how many tries it took for spell … Continue reading →

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Fifth Avenue Mile

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Nick Berra

Fast forward five short weeks since the Pentathlon.  Nobody missed anything.  I took a week off because everyone says you should do that every now and then, I felt worse after the break than I did beforehand.  Then took it … Continue reading →

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GTPC Runners Pentathlon Recap

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Nick Berra

Well, not only did I survived the race onslaught yesterday at Germantown Academy, but I stumbled upon a late comeback and managed to sneak away the individual champion.  The sprints turned out to be manageable interruptions of my distance event … Continue reading →

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Five Times The Fun in Philadelphia

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Nick Berra

Nothing marks the end of summer like the annual rite of passage held in Fort Washington PA – the Greater Philadelphia Runner’s Pentathlon.  I believe this is the fourth annual running of this event, third time I have been involved. … Continue reading →

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This Is Why I (We) Do It

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Nick Berra

Running isn’t always fun, and to achieve any measure of success on the roads or track you know before you even get started that you are going to hurt.  Bad.  There is no way to run a great race in … Continue reading →

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Three Words I Never Thought I’d Say – “Back To Des Moines”

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Nick Berra

Or is that four words?… If I were Jack Bauer from “24”, my absence would be described as “going dark” or “off the grid”.  If I were Rocky Balboa you would have just assumed I went back to Siberia to … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 23, 2013 by Nick Berra

Heading down to Landover, Maryland for the 2013 USATF Indoor Nationals.  It’s nice that the meet is relatively “local” – traveling to Albuquerque and Bloomington the past couple years have been fun getaway weekends and good opportunities to catch up … Continue reading →

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Fifth Avenue Mile, Take 3…

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Nick Berra

Fifth Avenue Mile Eve – since this will be my third running I feel like a seasoned veteran.  I know I am definitely a veteran of running this race dinged up – hamstring in ’10, achilles in ’11, now hamstring … Continue reading →

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Triple The Pleasure

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Nick Berra

Spent last Mon-Wed with my running shoes locked in the truck as we ventured even farther away from home on the Family Vacation.  If the drive to Lisle was “Griswold-ish”, than our arrival at the Wisconsin Dells waterpark-extravaganza was our … Continue reading →

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