2 Mile Run = Home – Adale Road – Home
Date: 29th November 2006
Conditions: Cold, Dry
Notes: Having injured my hamstring through not warming up in a training run, and then continuing training, and running the Heanor 10k, I have been advised by my Physio not to run for a week. I took this advice and rested. I decided to go for a very steady two mile run. I set out having warmed up for over twenty minutes at a pace which felt too slow but I was not going to risk further injury, after all this was purely a run to see how my hamstring was. I got to the half way point and my leg felt ok. I upped the pace for the return leg but only a fraction. Both miles were very slow but I was not out to break any records. By the end my leg felt ok but I will leave it another few days before beginning my intense build up to the Bolsover 10k on December 17th. This is a huge race as I have convinced people at work to join me.
Positive: My hamstring felt ok throughout the run.
Negative: I could tell my fitness levels have dropped.
Fast Mile: 8.40
Slow Mile: 9.07
Run time: 0h17m47s
"We only do well the things we like doing."
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)
1 comment:
Nice blog.
I'm training for my 3rd marathon in March. Your 10k PR is a minute and a half faster than mine. Your half is 10 seconds faster than mine! We're in the same running neighborhood. I'm into my second week of specific training for this race. You can check out my blogspot blog: expresswaymarathon.blogspot.com
I like all the pics, 'cept the one of (ahem) Yankee Stadium. Sorry, born and raised just north of Boston...
I'll be checking in to see how you're doing.
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