Strawberry Fields

Yesterday: 4.5 miles

Week: 18 miles

Workout: YMCA 1 loop, rest, 2 loops, rest, 3 loops, rest, 2 loops, rest, 1 loop.

Rest 90 sec., 2 min., 2 min. 90 sec.

1 loop 2:39

2 loops 2:28, 2:29

3 loops 2:27, 2:33, 2:30

2 loops 2:21, 2:25

1 loop 2:15

Reservoir Run

Today: 5.5 miles

Week: 13.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - 2x reservoir

Tempo

Today: 8 miles

Week: 8 miles

Workout: Warm up from YMCA around lower loop to 72nd St. Transverse & E. Drive. From there run 1 loop of park at tempo pace. 1 mile cool down back to Y.

Damn train delays! 2 train was all screwed up today. I missed meeting up with WSY runners and had to do this workout on my own. Ran the 6-mile loop in 37:52 (about 6:19/mile). I was supposed to pick it up on the last 1.5 to 2 miles. I may have cracked 6:10 on my last mile.

Today: 9 miles

Week: 41 miles

Workout: Central Park 5 miles on bridle path, 4 mile loop

Ran in opposite direction of the 15K race so that I could look for people I knew.

Queensboro Bridge

Today: 10 miles

Week: 32 miles

Workout: NTNY - 2x Queensboro Bridge - York Ave - 63rd - E. River Dr. ped path - 74th St. - back to 63rd - north on York Ave. to 73rd - turn around and head back to 57th - NTNY

Nice day, although a little windy on the bridge.

Indian Run

Today: 6.5 miles

Week: 22 miles

Workout: NTNY - 84th & E. Drive - do Indian Run from 84th to 94th - run 94th to 84th as recovery. Do 4 repeats.

Heckscher Ballfields

Wednesday: 4.5 miles

Week: 15.5 miles

Workout: 2 loops of ballfield for warmup, 1 loop ballfield, 90s rest, 2 loops, 2min rest, 3 loops, 2min rest, 2 loops, 90s rest, 1 loop. Did loops at marathon pace.

Tuesday: 4.5 miles

Week: 11 miles

Workout: NTNY - lower loop - 72nd St Transverse - E. Drive - 102nd - return

West Side Run

Today: 6.5 miles

Week: 6.5 miles

Workout: Y - up West Drive - 102nd St. Transverse & E. Drive - return

Legs were sore. So I did today's run nice & easy.

NYC Half Marathon

Today: 13 miles

Week: 40.5 miles

Workout: 1+ loop of Central Park - 7th Ave - 42nd - West Side Hwy - Chambers Street

I made it to Central Park a little early. I decided to check in on the WSYRRC gang, who were setting up the Mile 5 fluid station. It was 6:00 a.m. and they had already been there for an hour! I walked over to the starting area on East Drive. The race wasn't until 7:30, but there were already thousands of people there at 6:30.

I checked my bag, made a bathroom stop, and went to the corrals to meet up with Taegin, who I would be pacing in the race. Standing around for 30 minutes trying to stay warm in 37 degree weather wasn't fun. But as soon as the race started, it was fine.

The first few miles in the park went by quickly. I was a little worried that we were running too fast. Taegin's goal was 1:30 (6:52/mile), and we were running 6:44s, and even did a few miles under 6:40s. But I decided not to worry about it since she seemed OK.

We passed by the Niketown cheer zone at the exit to the park, on 7th Avenue. Nice seeing people you know during a race. Going through Times Square, YMCA by the Village People was playing. Of course, I was wearing my YMCA singlet. That's the second time that's happened in this race.

Gotta love the slight downhill on 7th Avenue and on 42nd Street. I looked at my watch and it showed a 5:51 for Mile 9! No way! It must have been measured short because Mile 10 seemed long at 7:07. As we made a right turn on the West Side Highway, we ran right into a strong headwind. But it only lasted 2 blocks as we made a U-turn and headed south on the West Side Highway.

Taegin seemed to be getting a little tired but wasn't slowing down any. I was also beginning to get a little tired but knew we were way under her goal time and wanted to bring her in under 1:28. As we went through Mile 11 and 12, it was obvious that we were probably going under 1:27.

We crossed the finish. Taegin's official time 1:26:18!

Mile Splits

1 - 7:11

2 - 6:46

3 - 6:44

4 - 6:44

5 - 6:34

6 - 6:39

7 - 6:34

8 - 6:26

9 - 5:51

10 - 7:07

11 - 6:23

12 - 6:21

13.1 - 6:51

Total 1:26:16

Avg. 6:36/mile

5K Splits

5K - 21:24

10K - 20:42 (42:06 for the 1st 10K)

15K - 20:11

20K - 19:47 (39:58 for the 2nd 10K)

Yesterday, I went and picked up my bib for the NYC Half Marathon. The woman gave me my bib and put this wristband on me. She told me I needed to wear it in order to get into my corral on Sunday. Hold on! You mean I need to wear this for two days?!

Last night, I woke up in the middle of the night. I saw the wristband and for a split second, I couldn't figure out what it was. Was I in the hospital? Was I at a club the night before?

Strawberry Fields

Today: 4 miles

Week: 27.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - 20 minutes of Strawberry Fields - NTNY

Lower Loops

Today: 10 miles

Week: 23.5 miles

Workout: 6x lower loop, progressive

13:00, 12:04, 11:43, 11:48, 11:34, 11:21. By the last loop, I was doing a shade under 6:30/mile. Felt good. I think I ran right by Kara Goucher in the park today, and I never noticed her. I had a bad allergic reaction at the end of the run. Rash on my arms and stomach, itchy eyes, runny nose. Thank goodness for powerful, over the counter drugs.

Today: 5 miles

Week: 13.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - 2 loops of reservoir - NTNY

Nice, relaxed run. Hoping for warmer weather on Sunday. (NYC Half)

Reservoir Run

Today: 8.5 miles

Week: 8.5 miles

Workout: Y - 4x reservoir - Y

I was supposed to do all the reservoir loops at a consistent pace, but I kept getting faster. 11:10, 10:44, 10:08, 9:51.

Today: 11.5 miles

Week: 50 miles

Workout: 186th St - Riverside Drive/West Side Hwy bike path - 79th St. Boat Basin - back to 186th St.

1h 25 m.

West Side Hwy

Today: 6 miles

Week: 38.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - West Side Hwy - 28th St. - NTNY

10:00/mile.

Cat Hill Repeats

Today: 4 miles

Week: 32.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - 4x Cat Hill from 72nd to 80th

Rain + wind + cold = misery

Upper Loops

Today: 9.5 miles

Week: 28.5 miles

Workout: WSY - 102nd St. Transverse - clockwise 4 x upper loop of Central Park @ Half marathon pace.

Splits on each loop: 9:23, 9:04, 8:49, 8:38. Windy. Harlem Hill wasn't too bad. It was the other hill that was tough!

Reservoir

Today: 7 miles

Week: 19 miles

Workout: NTNY - 3x reservoir - NTNY

Yesterday: 12 miles

Week: 12 miles

Workout: One clockwise loop of Central Park; followed by one counter clockwise loop.

The workout was only supposed to be 6 miles. I had planned on doing a little extra, maybe 2 miles. But I felt so good, I decided to keep going. Second loop was 43:11 (7:12/mile).

Coogan's 5K

Today: 5 miles

Week: 39.5 miles

Workout: 1 mile warm up - Coogan's 5K - 1 mile cool down

The temperature was a lot warmer than the past couple of years, but there was a bit of rain. I love this race since I can wake up late, and run a warm up to the starting line.

I got off to a relatively good start compared to one of my typical races. I only lost a couple of seconds having to weave my way around runners in the first 1/2 mile. The hills weren't as bad as I thought they would be. I kind of died in the last mile, which is obvious when you look at my splits. My goal was to do 5:50/mile, but I was happy with today's results.

Statistics

Splits: 5:53, 5:52, 6:00, 0:36 (last 0.1 mile). Total: 18:22. Avg. 5:55/mile

158th out of 2847 men

12th out of 384 in my age division

WSY Men 15th out of 62 teams

WSY Masters Men 12th out of 53 teams

Today: 6 miles

Week: 34.5 miles

Workout: One loop of Central Park

About 10:00/mile. Nice, warm day for a change.

Yesterday: 6 miles

Week: 28.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - Central Park's East Drive - 4x 800m (84th to 94th) - recovery 94th to 84th - back to store.

Tempo + Cat Hill repeats

Today: 8 miles

Week: 22.5 miles

Workout: West Side YMCA - 72nd St Transverse & E. Drive - 4 mile loop @ Half marathon pace - 6 Cat Hill repeats.

I ran the 4-mile loop in 27:17 (about 6:50/mile). I probably should have done the run slower. Legs still haven't recovered from the weekend runs.

Yesterday: 8.5 miles

Week: 14.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - lower loop - up W. Drive - around top of C. Park - 102nd St. Transverse - another upper loop - back to NTNY on W. Drive