9th August 2007
Heanor Hospital 8 Mile
Conditions: Warm, Sunny
Run Type: Easy
Notes: I have named this run after Heanor hospital due to the fact that two miles into today’s run I stopped of at the hospital to see my Grandad. He was happy to see me and he and my Grandma had lots of running questions for me and it was nice that they were showing an interest.
Just before I reached the hospital the battery on my TP ran out so for the final 6 miles of this run I timed using my Ipod. This meant of course that I had no pacing so I tried to keep my pace as low as possible and as near to the pace I have been running as possible.
As I ran down through Hardy Barn towards the Venture I was feeling good and running at what I thought was a steady pace. I seemed to breeze through mile after mile and before I knew it I was home. The only clear thing I remember from this run was seeing a huge group of young female runners at Ozzie’s pond. Apart from that nothing is clear and it is almost like I was running in a trance. When I looked at my Ipod at the end of the course, I saw that I had ran all my miles at sub nine pace, which was the opposite of what I have been trying to do since my injury. What it does mean however is that I can run at the pace I want to in New York, comfortably.
In closing a solid run that I do not remember!!
Run time: 1:09:40
Pace: 8:43 / mile
Days to New York Marathon: 86
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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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