2 Mile Run = Home – Dobholes Lane – Home
Date: 16th November 2006
Conditions: Cold, Dry
Notes: Having suffered with the strain in my right Hamstring for the past week or so I was beginning to worry about my chances of running a PB in the forthcoming Heanor 10k. There will be double emphasis on this race as not only is it my local town’s race it is also my running clubs race so the need to impress my piers is even more so.
I decided to go out for a very gentle two miles just to limber up ready for the race on Sunday. I did not bother with timing the run I simply warmed up, ran a mile, then stretched and finally ran the last mile home.
The first mile was ok and having stretched at the mile marker the second mile was fairly easy too. I could feel my Hamstring was tightening up towards the end so not pushing it turned out to be a wise decision.
Positive: I really took my time and the extra stretching was invaluable.
Negative: Only bad thing was I hate not timing runs.
Fast Mile: N/A
Slow Mile: N/A
Run time: N/A
“It is in our moments of decision that shape our destiny.”
New York City
"Running 26 miles around this place.....I can think of nothing better"
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The Five Boroughs
"There's more to this place than Manhattan"
Staten Island
"Only the first half mile is spent on Staten Island as you immediately leave across the Varrazano-Narrows bridge into Brooklyn"
Brooklyn
"Almost half the race is spent in Brooklyn, where many different neighbourhoods and cultural changes are passed through"
Queens
"The race enters Queens at exactly the half way point by crossing the Pulalski Bridge, over Newton creek, where you get your first amazing view of the City. The next 3 miles are spent here until crossing the challenging Queensboro Bridge over the East river."
Manhattan
"The first of two visits into Manhattan comes at mile 16 as you leave the Queensboro Bridge. Greeted by thousands of screaming spectators makes this one of the most memorable moments of the race, before the 4 mile stretch up First Avenue towards the Bronx"
Bronx
"At mile 20 you cross the Willis Avenue Bridge into the Bronx where little over a mile is run before returning to Manhattan across the Madison Avenue Bridge, where you see the Yankee Stadium, which has to be the highlight of the short trip across the Harlem river"
Manhattan 2
"As you arrive back in Manhattan the course proceeds down Fifth Avenue for 3 miles before entering Central Park for the final push and that moment that will last forever."
Varrazano-Narrows (Staten Island-Brooklyn)
Pulalski Bridge (Brooklyn-Queens)
Queensboro Bridge (Queens-Manhattan)
Willis Avenue Bridge (Manhattan-Bronx)
Madison Avenue Bridge (Bronx-Manhattan)
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