2.5 Mile Run = Home – Smalley Block (x2) – Home
Date: 29th August 2006
Conditions: Mild, Dry
Notes: As stated in my last training log I needed to invest in some appropriate running shoes. I did this at the weekend and last night I went out for my first run to start with the bedding in process. I had a heavy weekend due to it being a bank holiday so I decided against timing the run. Instead I opted for purely seeing the difference my new shoes made. The difference was immense. I still got a slight pain in my ankles but nothing compared to my last run. The good thing about this run was I took my time and was determined not to stop.
Towards the end it started to hurt, but I know this was down to the level of alcohol in my body. What I did at that point was focus deeply on the thought that I was in the New York Marathon on that last stretch and I had the crowd cheering me. I even got tingles down my back when I imagined crossing the finish line and looking back to see the crowd cheering.
As I walked back to my house in my warm down phase I was truly stunned to see how quick I regained my breath. Already my fitness level is going through the roof and my recovery time is being driven down at an alarming rate.
Positive: I never stopped.
Negative: I wised I had timed it.
Fast Mile: N/A
Slow Mile: N/A
Run time: N/A
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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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