Final Training Run
24th May 2007
2 Mile Taper Run
Conditions: Sunny, Warm
Notes: Well here I am, writing my final log entry before my two hundred and eighty mile journey up north to Edinburgh, to run my first full marathon. Having had an extremely painful pre race massage two days ago, I was advised and decided to run a very easy two miles as my final run. I also decided to stop at my Grandparents, who live little over a mile from my house, to say hello and goodbye before the biggest day of my life so far.
I set out running at an unbelievably slow pace and just really enjoyed the mile (well just over) run to my Grandparents. I stopped at the mile marker to stretch out and shortly after made the hundred or so yard run to my grandparent’s house.
After a hello and goodbye I set out again on the return leg. I again ran very slowly and I just took the time to enjoy my final run before the big day. I thought about the race, the finish and the good times that I have enjoyed in training that make this whole thing worth while. I crossed the line neither tired or out of breath in the slightest, which shows how far I have come. When I started out I would run two miles round the block and come back gasping with a tight chest. Not anymore, as on Sunday I become a marathon runner.
Run Time: N/T
Days to Edinburgh Marathon: 3
Below are a few pointers for myself to help me on race day…..
1.Don’t go out too fast!!
2.Don’t go out too fast!!
3.Don’t go out too fast!!
4.Remember your hill training (Form and breathing) when it get’s tough!!
5.Picture the finish line in times of struggle and what crossing the line will
feel like!!
6.Imagine the feelings you will get when telling everybody that you did it!!
7.Remember songs that inspired you in training runs. Below are just a select few…..
• Superman – Syntax 10k
• Chasing Cars – First 10k
• Worlds Greatest – Those tough first few runs
• Rocky Tunes – All training sessions
"Dream barriers look very high until someone climbs them. They are not barriers anymore."
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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