Shop and save on adidas gear!

If you saved all of your holiday shopping until the last minute, don't fret. Just head over to Soho and hit up the adidas Sports Performance Store (610 Broadway, at Houston Street) for its End of Season Sale. Snap up bargains on all of the gear that you--or your loved ones--could ever hope for, discounted up to 30%!

NYRR Holiday 4 Miler

Here is a post-race photo flashing the team's Adidas Urban Run tees. Congrats to Eric, Michael, Dario, Lewis, and Derek on their fantastic results and braving the cold!

Here is my 'Joe anecdote' for the day titled...
"How to know if you are actually racing" by Joe Franza

This past Saturday, while lead runner Sarah and the team took their positions at the starting line for the NYRR Holiday 4-miler... my watch decided to malfunction. Being under the impression that I spared 15 minutes to the start of the race, I decided to finish my stretches, make sure my shoe laces were tight, while watching people line up at the '11 minute mile' section. The 11 & 12 mile group had began to move slightly, so I started jogging closer to the starting line to take my spot. I must have missed the starting line in the midst the crowd, because I continued jogging leisurely down to 98th street.. at which point I asked a runner next to me "Has the race started?" and she responded "yeah, baby, you're racing." I thought to myself "no wonder the starting line seemed so awfully far..."

Team adidas Urban Run!

Here's a shot of Eric, Lew, and I just before the start of the NYRR Holiday 4-Miler on Saturday morning. As you can tell, we were freezing! But once we stood among the 5,000 other runners at the starting line, we started to warm up. The cold effected us all--I never really thawed out and was moving rather slowly--but, by the end of the race, we were nice and toasty!

Here are the results:

TEAM adidas URBAN RUN
NYRR 4-MILER
DECEMBER 15, 2007, CENTRAL PARK, NYC
29 Degrees

Dario Banalotti (25:55)
Joe Franza (26:01)
Eric Cheung (26:46)
Michael Klochkov (27:04)--sixth in his age group!
Lewis Santoni (27:43)
Sarah Wassner Flynn (28:56)
Derek Seto (31:49)

A full team picture coming soon!

~Sarah

Running to Win!

On Sunday's run, we selected three lucky adidas Urban Runners to win free entry into the NYRR Holiday 4-Miler on December 15. Lewis Santoni, Michael Klochkov, and Eric Cheung will all toe the line at next week's race sporting their team Urban Run t-shirts. Let's hope their luck from yesterday carries them through to a PR next week!

Want to join us at the race? Simply register and let us know when you do. We'll get you a t-shirt and give you the scoop on when and where to meet at Central Park.

Urban Runners Running Fast

A couple of our own Urban Runners have fared very well at recent races: Marc Vromen had a fantastic finish at the Las Vegas Half-Marathon over the weekend. And last month, Dave Goldberger demolished his prior PR in the marathon by seven minutes with a sizzling 3:20 finish in last month's Philly marathon.

A big congratulations to both!

Have you run a remarkable race recently? Let us know!

Pace Projection Race #2: Sunday!

Don't forget: Our next pace projection is in just two days! Before we leave for the run, we’ll ask you to gauge how long it will take you to complete our regular 4- or 8-mile routes. Leaving your watches behind, you’ll then shoot to stick to your designated pace throughout the run. At the end of the run, we’ll see how close you get to your projected time. The top five runners who most closely match their predetermined pace will win a fabulous adidas prize. Last time, Urban Runner Dario Banalotti was just 42 seconds off his predicted time. Think you can do better? Join us on Sunday!

Raffle Redux

Boosted by (relatively) mild weather and the collective need to burn off all of that Thanksgiving grub, we had an excellent turnout on Tuesday's run. But we got so caught up with chatting and taking part in the adidas FootScan that we completely lost track of time. Since most of you had left before we realized we hadn't drawn a name for the monthly shoe raffle, we're going to pick a winner next Tuesday, 12/4, instead.

So for those of you who still want a shot of winning a brand new, top-of-the-line pair of adidas running shoes, come out to next Tuesday's (12/4) adidas Urban Run. We promise we won't forget this time!