23rd July 2007
Woodhouse 3 Mile Flat
Conditions: Mild, Sunny
Run Type: Recovery
Notes: Having tried to prove a point in my last training run, and failed miserably, I woke the next day and realised (to my horror) that I had aggravated my right hamstring again. It feels like a different muscle, but it is the same group and so it is basically the same injury. As advised I took a week off from training.
Now 99% of routes that I run incorporate at least one major hill, however, with my recent injury, I need to run a hill free course, so I have designed a six mile course that is as flat as I can possibly create, without driving in my car to another location. Today is also the first chance I have to use my new training partner, my Garmin Forerunner 305. This is basically a Playstation for your wrist that uses a GPS system to record your runs via a satellite, measure your heart rate, pacing, lap times and most importantly a virtual training partner that tells you how far behind a previous run or set time you are. It is basically my own personal coach, and I know without a doubt that this will help with my preparation for New York.
Having my new toy with me meant that I got excited and from the very start of this run I went out too fast. I obviously stopped for the one mile stretches but as soon as I set off again I was running too fast. It felt easy but I soon paid the price.
At mile two I felt a sharp pain in my diaphragm and this slowed me right back down. Basically I was pushing too hard and worrying too much about my time. I should have treated this like any other medium run. Yet again however I have learnt a lesson and will not be doing this again.
I pushed through the final mile but was happy when this run was over. I approached it poorly, I ran it poorly and I was happy to be back home. Tomorrows run will be different, time will not matter, quality will!!
Run time: 25:30
Pace: 8:30 / mile
Days to New York Marathon: 103
“Life is about feeling someone pushing from behind and realizing that it's you.”
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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