7th September 2007
Syntax 8 Mile Finale
Conditions: Hot, Sunny
Run Type: Easy
Notes: Having agreed a leaving package with Syntax I ceased working for them on 4th September and have since been concentrating on building my business with my Dad. I did however have a few things left at work so I decided to run into work and collect them, and then get a taxi home (or even a sneaky lift).
As I left my house it soon became apparent how hot it was. I struggled with the early part of this run but as soon as I passed Morley I was running well. I remember really enjoying the run down towards Broomfield as so many times on ‘Syntax 10k’s’ I have struggled up that same hill.
After the short climb up towards Oakwood I became very hot but I pushed through it and soon enough I was passing the Odeon Cinema en route to Syntax.
I arrived at Syntax at mile seven and managed to get a lift back to Smalley Cross where I ran the final mile up into Smalley.
This run was the end of an era for Syntax based runs, but that chapter of my life has now come to a close, it is time to start a new chapter.
Run time: 1:14:34
Pace: 9:20 / mile
Days to New York Marathon: 58
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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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