Moorways 7 Mile w / 8x100m
Conditions: Mild, Dry
Date: 26th June 2007
Run Type: Easy / Interval
Notes: Finally it is upon me, my training for New York has begun. These past few weeks I have felt somewhat lost with my training as I was in my recovery period and I was doing ‘as and when’ training. I was missing the structure of a training schedule. As you will see from my logs and the type of run I did tonight, I have upped the level of training I will be doing for New York. This not only means the intensity but also scientifically. I will be doing more interval running, more marathon pace runs and in general a hell of a lot more mileage. At the end of the day I pissed around with training for Edinburgh. This time I will give the Marathon more respect.
I set out on my first session from work and made the three mile journey towards Allenton (the location of my first ever race) and Moorways running track. I had learned from a call earlier in the day that athletics clubs use the track on a Tuesday so I would not be able to do my intervals on there. This however was my first training session and the inability to use the track was not going to stop me. Using Google maps I had marked out a hundred meter repeat next to the track and would be using that for today’s session.
I gave the repeats some respect having learnt the hard way from running with Heanor Running Club, and didn’t go out too fast. I pushed hard towards the half way point but in all my splits were pretty even. The final two were the quickest as I really pushed for them. With this being my first session however and having a 3.5 mile return leg ahead of me I never pushed myself to the limit. In all thought I was happy with the main part of today’s run.
As I set off for the return leg home my legs felt very tired so I ran at a recovery pace as I made my way through the back streets towards Osmaston Road. I enjoyed the new surroundings but did start to feel very tired for the final two miles.
As I entered the City I upped the intensity and speed of the run, and once I crossed the finish line I remember feeling pleased with my first session back in full training.
Run time: 59.45 *Course PB
Pace: 8.33 / mile
Days to New York Marathon: 130
“Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win.”
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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