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Tiki Barber is perfecting his martini recipe while in quarantine. “People joke about drinking every day, I figure out a unique way to make a martini every day, that’s my goal. Or a Manhattan,” the former Giants running back recently told Page Six. “I’m becoming a mixologist.” While Barber, 45, has posted about his creations …
Tiki Barber is perfecting his martini recipe while in quarantine.
“People joke about drinking every day, I figure out a unique way to make a martini every day, that’s my goal. Or a Manhattan,” the former Giants running back recently told Page Six. “I’m becoming a mixologist.”
While Barber, 45, has posted about his creations on Instagram, he’s also stayed active during the coronavirus shutdown. On Wednesday, he’ll be participating in New York Road Runners’ Virtual Global Running Day, in which he’ll be running a virtual one-mile race against former Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi.
“He’s a legend with the New England Patriots,” Barber said of Bruschi, who is running as part of his Team Tedy charity, which raises awareness for the warning signs of stroke.
Though Barber wasn’t part of the Giants’ roster that defeated Bruschi’s Patriots in Super Bowl XLII back in 2008, he knows an extension of the rivalry will be there on race day.
“[It’s] really just to raise awareness about some of the programs that New York Road Runners puts together for kids and have been doing for 20-plus years. But also to encourage people to be active,” Barber said. “It’s really easy I think to get sedentary right now, like depression takes over and this routine takes over, and if you get out and exercise, it will make you feel better.”
As for Barber, he’s back to running after taking a brief break. Earlier this year, he was set to compete in the Tokyo Marathon, which was later limited to elite runners only in the wake of the pandemic.
“That would have been my first of the international ones so I was excited,” Barber said of the race. “And then I got bummed so my training literally fell off a cliff. It’s like, ‘Alright, I’m not doing anything.’”
Barber said he’s “running for enjoyment now as opposed to training.”
“Ever since I started six or seven years ago, running marathons, it’s like I’m in a constant train,” Barber said. “So in a sense, it’s given me a chance to relax and run as opposed to training and running.”
Barber previously competed in the New York City Marathons.
