2 Mile Run = Home – Adale Road - Home
Date: 7th December 2006
Conditions: Windy, Raining
Notes: This was my first road run since getting the all clear from the Physio. I went out in high spirits and not worrying about my leg. The rain was starting to come down but armed with my trusty Ipod I started the run and soon forgot about the weather. I hit the mile marker in a decent time without even trying too but I could tell I had not run for a while and my fitness levels had paid the price.
As I turned around at Adale road for the return mile the whole run changed. The wind and rain was right in my face and it made it like running up a mountain. It was the hardest conditions I had ran in to date and I could not wait for the run to end. I finished the run in a reasonable time but I know I must now put in the miles to be ready fro next weekends race.
Positive: My hamstring felt good and I believe my injury is now behind me.
Negative: The wind on the return leg made it like running up a mountain.
Fast Mile: 7.28
Slow Mile: 8.35
Run time: 0h16m03s
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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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