Today: 7.5 miles

Week: 43 miles

Workout: One full loop of Central Park and one lower loop.

Full loop in 45 min (7:30/mi). Humidity was uncomfortable.

Queensboro Bridge

Today: 6 miles

Week: 35.5 miles

Workout: warm up from Y to NTNY, NTNY - Queesnboro Bridge - NTNY, cool down NTNY - Y

WET

Today: 6 miles

Week: 29.5 miles

Workout: Fort Tryon Park & Inwood Hill Park

Half Mile Repeats

Today: 6.5 miles

Week: 23.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - E. Drive - 4x 800 from 84th St. to 94th St., recover back to 84th - return to NTNY

Today: 7.5 miles

Week: 17 miles

Workout: WSY - lower loop - 79th St. - Great Lawn - W. Drive - WSY (took a 15 minute break) - up W. Drive - 102nd - E. Drive - return to Y

Lower Loops

Yesterday: 5.5 miles

Week: 9.5 miles

Workout: 3 lower loops of Central Park

Mon., April 18th: 4 miles

Week: 4 miles

Workout: Boston Marathon course from about Mile 21 to Mile 25+

I went to Fenway Park Sunday afternoon to see the Red Sox beat the Blue Jays. Fenway Park is beautiful. After the game, I went to Niketown and bought the new Nike+ SportWatch. Met some people for a pre-marathon dinner.

I wanted to see the elite men and women run. But with the fans from the Red Sox game and all the marathon spectators using the subway, it was a nightmare trying to get to the course. I had originally wanted to go to Mile 16, but I knew I wouldn't make it. I was already getting text alerts (while I was on the subway) that some of my friends were already passing the half marathon point. So I decided to get off early and run to Mile 22.

I made it just in time. I was able to run with four different people between Mile 21 and the finish. The crowds along the way were great. Hopefully, I'll be running the Boston Marathon next year.

Sat., April 16th: 10 miles

Week: 38 miles

Workout: NTNY - lower loop - 102nd St - 2 Upper loops - back to NTNY

Thur., April 14th: 4.5 miles

Week: 28 miles

Workout: NTNY - Strawberry Fields - 30 minutes of hill repeats

Wed., April 13th: 15.5 miles

Week: 23.5 miles

Workout: 5 mile loop with WSY - 6 mile loop on my own - 4 mile loop

1h 59m

Tuesday, April 12th: 3.5 miles

Week: 8 miles

Workout: NTNY - E. Dr. - 72nd - W. Dr. - 83rd - return

Yesterday: 4.5 miles

Week: 4.5 miles

Workout: Y - clockwise 4 mile loop of Central Park.

Scotland 10K

Today: 6.5 miles

Week: 37.5 miles

Workout: Scotland 10K. Start on 62nd & W. Drive - one clockwise loop of C. Park

Matched my masters PR of 37:57 (6:07/mile) from 2009. Splits: 6:19, 6:03, 5:53, 6:12, 6:00, 6:17, 1:13. I should have run just a little harder, or gotten a better starting position.

Bridle Path

Saturday: 5.5 miles

Week: 31 miles

Workout: NTNY - Bridle path

Beautiful day for a run!

Indian Run

Thursday: 6 miles

Week: 25.5 miles

Workout: NTNY - 4x Indian Run from 84th to 94th on E. Drive - recover from 94th to 84th.

Mile Repeats

Wednesday: 7 miles

Week: 19.5 miles

Workout: 6x Mile on lower loop in Central Park w/2:00 minute rest

7:05, 6:15, 5:52, 5:44, 7:33, 7:30. The first one was basically a warm up. Paced Meggie on the last two.

Lower Loops

Tuesday: 5 miles

Week: 12.5 miles

Workout: 3x lower loop

Tempo

Today: 7.5 miles

Week: 7.5 miles

Workout: Y - counter clockwise in C. Park for 10 minutes - tempo pace for the rest of the 6-mile loop

I estimate that I ran about 5 miles at 6:20/mile. Then I ran the lower loop for a cool down.

Today: 13.5 miles

Week: 40.5 miles

Workout: Y - West Side Hwy - Battery Park - E. River - 34th St. - !st Ave. - 57th St. - 7th Ave. - Y

1h 39 m. The run felt a lot harder than it should have. I feel like I ran 18.

Today: 6 miles

Week: 27 miles

Workout: NTNY - First Ave. - 34th St. - E. River - 15th St. - return to NTNY

Strawberry Fields Again

Yesterday: 3 miles

Week: 21 miles

Workout: NTNY - lower loop - 4x Strawberry Fields Hill - NTNY

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)