Bergen Runners

Spring 5K Training Week 4
2018-03-17 05:00 - 06:00 (America/New_York) | Van Saun Park
The 5K training run in Van Saun Park around the pond. Many people started to run 5 minutes or more without stop with some short walks in between. We also ran part of the 5k course to experience the hills in 5th Ave. Many runners said it’s not as hard as they thought when running with a group. Uphills were conquered today without much of issue.

Saturday Group Run
2018-03-16 23:00 - 2018-03-17 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Our regular Saturday group run in Saddle River County Park.

Spring 5K Training Week 3
2018-03-10 05:00 - 06:00 | Van Saun Park
Our 3rd spring 5K training session took place at Van Saun Park around the pond. We got a break from the rain in the morning. Many walk-run members tried 4R-1W today for 7 times to finish the 5k distance. The pace was well received and many runners feel the progress already after just 3 weeks of training.

Saturday Group Run
2018-03-09 23:00 - 2018-03-10 08:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Our regular Saturday in Saddle River County Park.

Washington Heights 5K
2018-03-04 00:00 - 01:00 | New Jersey
NYRR 5K race in Manhattan. The course was a little bit hilly but with music and fun. Bergen Runners met up with our Misty Mountain Runner friends.

Spring 5K Training - Yoga
2018-03-03 06:00 - 07:30 | New Jersey
Our first cross training yoga class for the 5k group took place at the River Edge library. While we have some experienced yogis, it was the first yoga class for many runner. Sun salutation, chaturanga and warrior 1, 2 were made easy thanks to our light-hearted yoga instructor Jojo Lee. Meticulous and caring, JoJo paid close attention to individuals and made sure that everyone was had a good alignment. 90 minutes introduction session passed so fast and runners couldn’t wait to get back to learn more!

Spring 5K Training Week 2 - Saturday Group Run
2018-03-02 23:00 - 2018-03-03 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
We combined our weekly regular group run with a 5K training at the Saddle River County Park this morning. Many beginner runners worried about the cold temperature but were pleasantly surprised it wasn’t as bad as they thought. Most of the runners were able to completed the 5k distance with a slower pace or 3 minutes run / 1 minute walk interval. Chris did a great job leading the run-walk group.

Run with Snack and Refreshments
2018-02-23 23:00 - 2018-02-24 00:00 | Overpeck County Park, Leonia, New Jersey
Our weekly group runs at Overpeck County Park were followed by a special post-run snack and refreshments. Warm red bean soup, homemade rice cake, peanut candies, rice crackers, etc were shared by our runners after few loops at the park. The spirit of the lunar New Year quickly descended on us through traditional food, conversations, laughter and photo-ops.
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Saturday Group Run
2018-02-23 23:00 - 2018-02-24 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Our weekly regular group run in Saddle River County Park.

Spring 5K Training Week 1
2018-02-23 17:00 - 18:00 | Van Saun Park
Our Spring 5K training officially started this week as we ran our first 5K training group run together on Saturday afternoon. We will meet regularly once a week in the Saturday afternoon in Van Saun Park. 5K is friendly distance for both adults and kids so it can be a good family activity. Many beginners choose to use run and walk method so we will focus mostly on this group of runners through out the journal. To implement this method, we need to have a good tool to help us with the interval timing. We recommend RunKeeper for this purpose since it has a very good interval feature and has the ability to track the running route at the same time. See below how to setup interval workout in Runkeeper.

Year of the Dog Run
2018-02-18 23:00 - 2018-02-19 00:00 | River Edge, New Jersey
Our second “Year of the Dog Run” is designed for advanced runners. The map was creatively drawn by Xingyang while the route was planned by Renny. Five fierce ladies started near River Dell Middle School and traversed through the Oradell neighborhood before returning to River Edge. A perfect cute 8 mile dog was formed on our GPS app and we highlighted it with a “2018” route. Running in circles in a parking lot to create the eye was the most fun part and we can’t wait to create a route for the year of the Pig next year!

Chinese New Year Run
2018-02-16 23:00 - 2018-02-17 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
It’s January 2nd on the lunar calendar, a day which the Chinese tradition calls for married women to return and visit their parents’ home. We gathered this morning to celebrate this day in our own way. Many runners dressed in red and Sam Liu used the vintage camera to take few classic shots for us (which turned the clock back to our youth). Xinyan planned a Year of Dog route and even practiced the routes few times the day before to ensure that the shape of the route would map out as planned. Many runners followed her lead and a route resembling a small cute dog with the number 2018 was born in Saddle River Park. We could not have found a better way to celebrate the Year of the Dog!
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Saturday Group Run
2018-02-09 23:00 - 2018-02-10 00:00, 2017-11-03 23:00 - 2017-11-04 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Our regular weekly group run in Saddle River County park.

Saturday Group Run
2018-02-09 23:00 - 2018-02-10 00:00 | New Jersey
Our regular weekly group run in Overpeck county park.

Saturday Group Run
2018-02-02 23:00 - 2018-02-03 12:00 | New Jersey
Our regular weekly group run in Saddle River County Park. As you can see, the temperature was still quite fidget but it didn’t knock us down.

Saturday Group Run
2018-01-26 23:00 - 2018-01-27 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Our regular weekly group run in Saddle River County Park highlighted with group yoga warm up and photo shoot by Sam and SH. Individual running videos were also taken for personal running pose analysis.
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Fred Lebow Half Marathon
2018-01-20 23:00 - 2018-01-21 01:00 | Central Park New York
More than 5,100 runners turned out for the first NYRR road race of the year, the NYRR Fred Lebow Manhattan Half. Named for the late NYRR president and New York City Marathon cofounder, the race took runners over two-plus laps of Central Park, where they enjoyed sunshine, mild temperatures in the 40s, and a challenging series of rolling hills.
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Yoga, Run and Pose
2018-01-12 23:00 - 2018-01-13 00:00 | New Jersey
Jojo Lee, a yoga instructor from Mahwah, led us with a yoga warm up today. We also had Sam Liu, an award winning photographer, joining us for the first time. Riding on a bike, Sam followed our runners as they completed a 12 mile journey today. He captured countless incredible photos and memories that our runners will forever cherish.
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Sunday Group Run
2018-01-07 05:00 - 06:00 | Overpeck County Park, Leonia, New Jersey
Few of us got together in the Sunday afternoon to run together after being trapped by the snow for few days . The temperature was so low that we have to have the face covered while running. Were we crazy? Maybe. Did we have fun? Definitely. We also got many great shots thanks to Jerry always being our dedicated photographer. Many of us completed 6 – 10 miles long run and it’s always “cool” to run with friends.

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Happy New Year Run
2018-01-01 06:00 - 07:30 | Overpeck County Park, Leonia, New Jersey
Despite some ice-covered roads the freezing temperature, we celebrated this New Year Day by running at the Overpeck County Park.
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20.18 Run
2017-12-29 23:00 - 2017-12-30 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Many of us met up on the morning of 12/30 to wrap up the final group running activity in 2017 with this special event. Our usual group convened at the usual time, location but under an extraordinarily unusual weather condition (below 20F and some flurries) and a special distance goal of 20.18K (or just above 20K or 12M). 11 runner braved the inclement weather, achieved the extraordinary and celebrated the upcoming new year. We ran arm-in-arm like brothers and sisters. 2017 was a special year because all the connections that we have formed. Looking forward to having another exciting year of running. We will train harder, train smarter and train with even more fun!
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Look back our year 2017!

Christmas Eve Run
2017-12-23 23:00 - 2017-12-24 00:00 | Overpeck County Park, Leonia, New Jersey
Running and holiday jingle? Yes, ’tis time of the year when they rekindle. We ran in the morning of Christmas eve with the red hat on. This is our way to say Happy Holidays! Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Bergen Runners Holiday Party
2017-12-16 08:30 - 12:30 | Melody Music Institue, Saddle Brook, New Jersey
How could we let a year end without a party? Put on our party dress, Bergen Runners got together in Melody Music Institute to celebrate together. Many people brought in their own home-made dishes to share with friends. Few Taiwanese delicacies were specially popular thanks to Tony spent the whole afternoon to prepare. Many runners revealed their other side of talents such as singing, ballroom dancing, yoga moves and even head stand. Our plank king Jerry did a 9 minutes plank (PR!) and many fellow runners jumped in a row to do it altogether with him in the end. What a team and what a party!
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Sunday Group Run
2017-12-09 23:00 - 2017-12-10 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
This is a group run that was supposed to canceled but few of us insisted to come out to test out how it feel to run on the path of snow covering Saddle River Park. We ran a full 12 mile course long run with help of some ice skating skill ((not completely without fall). Its also CJ’s first time conquer this full course and to take a photo with the “mysterious” 6 mile sign as a must. It was a great fun to run on top of snow but definitely not recommend for everyone to try!
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Flying Fox Runner's Night
2017-12-02 09:00 - 12:30 | Yaya Noodles, Skillman, New Jersey
It’s the biggest event for the Flying Fox Runners in the end of the year. We got together in Yaya noodles to meet many Flying Fox marathon runners around New Jersey and Pennsylvania area. It’s a great opportunity to learn from each other and celebrate together for all the achievements we’ve accomplished this year. Runner’s story were shared through power point presentation and each team captain got a chance to introduce their team to the big audience. The food was so delicious and people couldn’t stop laughing from many funny marathon stories especial our own Rachel’s. Raffle drawing in the end for 2018 New York City 2 Marathon entries was the climax of the event. Our lucky Joanna got it again! Everyone went home with sanctification of great food and wonderful memory.

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Palisades State Park Hills Run
2017-12-01 23:00 - 2017-12-02 00:00 | New Jersey
It had been a while since we ran together as a group on this scenic route along the Hudson Valley. Was it July when we were here last? Rolling hills were certainly very challenging and brutal for both our body and soul. However, we couldn’t resist the calling of such beauty, and the pride of conquering this route.
Here we were here again on the morning of December 2nd. Summer tanks and shorts were replaced by cold season outfits on this early winter day. Luckily, it was a mild sunny day and everyone was so cheerful when we assembled at the Ross Dock picnic area. There were some new and old faces, experienced and novice runners. Everyone arrived with a smile and we couldn’t wait to run. We were also lucky to have our running club photographer SH accompanied us. This couldn’t have been a better day.
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Crazy Hat Run
2017-11-24 23:00 - 2017-11-25 00:00 | Overpeck County Park, Leonia, New Jersey
Today was about calling out to all the creative runners with a love for fashion. We competed against one other for the best headwear. Jian took home the gold by sporting a giraffe hat. He was rewarded with a round of applause for being so creative and showing the team spirit.
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Saturday Group Run
2017-11-17 23:00 - 2017-11-18 00:00 | Ridgewood Duck Pond
Our regular weekly group run in Saddle River County Park with some usual NYC medal showing from Jian, Joanna and Renny. Many of us also got to show off our new “team” compression paints. We were ready for the winter!
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New York City Marathon
2017-11-04 | New York City
Our own Jian Zhang, Jing Wang, Joanna Zhang and Renny Shih participated on this annual 26.2 mile block party in New York City. Congratulations to all the marathon runners and thank you all the volunteers!
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