3 Mile Run = Ella Bank – American Adventure – Ella Bank
Date: 18th December 2006
Conditions: Cold, Dry
Notes: I will be moving into my house in Heanor in the New Year so I decided to leave my car at my house ready to do some decorating after and go running somewhere new. I decided to do three miles and the route I chose was towards Ilkeston along the route I did with the running club just before the Heanor 10k. I had struggled with this run before but I decided not to let this effect me mentally whilst warming up for this run. I set out at a steady pace a felt good for the first mile.
The second mile led in the American Adventure car park and looped around it before proceeding back along the way I came. As I entered the car park I felt good but it was very dark so I had to slow my pace a little, so to avoid the risk of tripping up and subsequent injury. Regardless of my slowing down I still ran a sub eight minute mile which was fast for training pace. I passed the mile two marker well within my 10k race pace so I decided that I would continue and push for my fastest three mile training run to date.
I was running well and the hill that took it out of me on my last run with the running club came and went a lot easier than before and once at the top I really pushed it to try and beat my best time so far. It turns out the hill took a little too much out of me and I marginally missed out on my best time but I was not at all concerned. This was a training run that I thought I was taking steady. My pace is improving and with only a few sessions left in 2006 I am relishing the next step in my quest. With 2007 just around the corner that also means serious training is just as close. I am going to enjoy Christmas with a well deserved break before the January detox begins.
Positive: I ran three consecutive sub eight minute miles.
Negative: I had a slight stitch but nothing like the Bolsover 10k.
Fast Mile: 7.52
Slow Mile: 7.58
Run time: 0h23m46s
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The Five Boroughs
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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
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Bronx
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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."
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