Cancun Training Log
Date: 9th March 2007
Conditions: Hot, Dry
Notes: Having been in Mexico for around three days I decided it was time for my first run. I had stayed in the previous night having not felt too great so with semi-clear system I believed it was a good time to tackle the Mexican roads.
I set out around 10.30 am and it was cloudy, but very warm. After around 1km the heat and pain in my chest was too much to bare and I had to turn around and head back.
In all I did around a mile but it felt like ten miles. The heat was unbearable and my heavy partying took its toll. This was the only running I did in Mexico and I know that my Edinburgh time will suffer but all I know now is that the main thing is getting round the course.
Positive: For the first time ever I cannot think of anything positive
Negative: I know my Edinburgh Marathon time will evidently suffer.
Run Time: N/T
"Tough times don't last but tough people do."
New York City
"Running 26 miles around this place.....I can think of nothing better"
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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