According the NYC Nike Facebook group, Nike will be holding a promotion for the 26.2 training program, Wednesday night, July 29th, at Paragon Sports. Events will include:

• ­Meet and Greet with Coaches and Pacers followed by a Q&A
• IN-TRAINING shirt distribution
• ­FREE Gait Analysis beginning at 5:30PM (so get there early)
• ­20% off special shopping night on all NIKE products
• ­Details on upcoming reward and discount programs
• ­Shoe Trial prizes (hint: LunarGlides and come early!)
• Plus food, drink and fun!!

Next Monday, get down to the beach for a 5 mile race in the evening. This race is a great opportunity to get out of the city’s heat and humidity, for a breezy run at the beach. The race will be held at Zach’s Bay, Parking Field #5. Registration is $20, and is open until Monday morning at 9:00 AM. Go here to register on line.

It could be described as the “mermaid parade of running.” Friday night July 24, runners, triathletes, and others gathered in Central park to kick off a weekend of events surrounding the Nautica New York City Triathlon.

The race, sponsored by Nautica, started on the 72nd street transverse of Central Park, and Cherry Hill. The route was a 1.7 Mile lap, of the lower Central Park Drive, then back to the 72nd Street Transverse.

The event set a world record (yet to be confirmed) for the most people assembled wearing only underwear. Most of the runners got creative with their ensembles. Many of the Triathlon clubs participating in the NYC Tri, this weekend, showed up in matching outfits. It was a good time for participants and spectators alike.

For more details about the Olympic length New York City Triathlon taking place this weekend, click here.

For more photos, click here.

Coming up August 1st, the NYRR will be holding the second of the group training runs, for the fall marathon. After the run, ING will be holding a “post-run energizer,” held at the ING Direct Cafe. Here are the details, according to an NYRR email distribution earlier this week:

Join us for a Post-Run Energizer hosted at the ING DIRECT Café at East 58th Street and Third Avenue on Saturday, August 1. Transportation to the ING DIRECT Café, light food, and beverages will be provided, and Timex-sponsored athlete AC Morgan will share his experiences as an Ironman competitor. Plus, the first 150 attendees will receive a free ING New York City Marathon ASICS training hat in addition to the opportunity to win some great prizes. All attendees at events will also be eligible to participate in our series-ending grand prize-drawing. The prize includes a trip to an adult running camp, a one-year supply of ASICS running shoes, an ING New York City Marathon-branded Timex watch, a Garmin GPS watch, and a VIP experience at the ING New York City Marathon 2009.

More details at the NYRR site.

The NYRR Run for Central Park, to benefit the Central Park Conservancy was July 18. Zach Tolbert volunteered his photography skills for the event. He shot a hefty stack of great photos, including the one at the top of this post. Check of the rest of the photos here. You can also read the race report on the Examiner website, here.

Alright. If you have been on this site before, then it is probably pretty evident that it is changing quite a bit. In order to increase the dynamic ability of the site, it will no longer serve solely as a bulletin board. This decision was partially brought about by the fact that all of the BB members were deleted after a database crash. The bb can now be found here. All of the photos are still on here, as well. They can now be found here. The photos can also still be found, here. Please be patient as we get this thing up and running.

-J