London Training Log
Date: 3rd April 2007
Conditions: Mild, Dry
Notes: Having really enjoyed my first ever run in our nations capital I was really looking forward to my second run. It was just so fresh to have new surroundings and with that thought alone I know that regardless of fitness levels, once in Edinburgh the surroundings alone will get me round the course.
So, for my second run I ran the opposite way down the side of the river towards the Millenium Eye. The run there was steady and with still battling with fitness I didn’t push myself too hard. As I turned a corner I could see the Eye in the distance and what an amazing sight it was. I stopped to take a few photos and was amazed that when I asked a gentleman to take my picture next to the Eye and he looked at my ‘Heanor Running Club’ top and asked if it was Heanor in Derbyshire. This was amazing and it turned out he was from Ripley, mere minutes from where I live.
Having taken in the sights of the Eye and the Houses of Parliament I crossed back over the Millenium Bridge and ran back through Victoria Gardens which were again the most beautiful and amazing surroundings. This was a hot spot for runners as I passed many. I did feel myself tiring at this point but the shear beauty of the surroundings kept me going. I chose another footbridge to cross back over the river and soon enough I was back at my hotel.
In closing I enjoyed these runs that much that I know, providing I get in that I will definitely run the London Marathon 2008.
Positive: Running in London is just simply amazing.
Negative: I stopped occasionally, but only to take photos.
Days to Edinburgh Marathon: 53
Run Time: N/T
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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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