3 Mile Run = Home – Smalley Cross – Dobholes Lane
Date: 6th November 2006
Conditions: Cold, Dry
Notes: This was my first run since my half marathon. I had spent a week getting all the necessary rest so I could get back into my training this week. This was originally going to be a four mile run but due to me being too eager and an insufficient warm up I had to pull out during the final mile.
We are now well into the winter months and the nights are cold and dark. As I left the house I was extremely cold but that soon passed once I started running. I took my time with mile one and as it was dark I took extra care at kerbs to ensure I did not injure myself.
As I passed the one mile marker I felt really good and I know now that I was too eager having not run for over a week and so I decided to up the pace as I felt I was ok with it. I ran the second mile with ease and was only eight seconds off my PB.
The third mile was the killer. It was a steep climb up Wood Lane and I was running it far too quick at the start. Half way up the fatigue started to kick in and I could tell it had been a while since I had ran. I reached the top and in a respectable time.
As in past runs I knew that once at the top and back on a steady flat that I would recover from the hill and soon regain the form I lost on the climb. This never happened and I felt my right Quadricep/Hamstring getting tighter and tighter. I decided to stop and knew exactly why what happened, happened. I had not warmed up properly and had gone out far too quickly. I am now carrying an injury and have learnt my lesson the hard way.
Positive: I was running at a comfortable sub eight minute pace prior to my injury.
Negative: I pulled a muscle in my leg due to a poor warm up and over eagerness.
Fast Mile: 7.14
Slow Mile: 8.49
Run time: 0h23m58s
"Lord grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."
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The Five Boroughs
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"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."
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Bronx
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Manhattan 2
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