6 Mile Run = Home – Morley Hayes - Doctors - Home
ate: 8th April 2007
Conditions: Warm, Sunny
Notes: Having returned home from London it was back to the ‘hilly’ countryside of Derbyshire to continue with my training. My fitness level is rapidly coming back but there is still a long way to go.
For my Sunday run I decided to run the Heanor 10k course, but start and finish at my parents. I set out and before I knew it I was on Bell Lane and tackling the tough gravel that led down to Ozbourne’s pond in Marlpool. This was a hard part of the run and with the warmth of the sun this made this a very hard mile of the course. I remember stopping also due to my legs aching and I believe this to be partly down to the surface but it also seconds my first opinion that I need to do some strength work in the gym.
With the gravel behind me and having entered Shipley Park I was feeling good again (although tired) and seeing the many families out with their children really gave me inspiration to carry on without stopping.
I did have to stop once more just before HGIS but with that out the way I tackled Smalley Hill and pushed through the final mile to make it home pleased but tired.
Each run is getting a little easier and more enjoyable and I am now ready to resume training with my Running Club.
Positive: It was a beautiful day and I really enjoyed parts of the run.
Negative: I still had to stop occasionally.
Days to Edinburgh Marathon: 48
Fast Mile: N/T
Slow Mile: N/T
Run Time: 52.45
"It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys."
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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