I took most of this week off after last weeks running, partly due to the poor weather, work schedules and sleeping in!
Got back into it on Friday by deeming it safe to resume the 5am bike ride into work. It was a bit colder than the last time I did it back in December and my hands and toes were cold by the time I got there. It didn't help that the manager on duty was late and we had to wait outside for nearly twenty minutes! Did my warehouse shift then cycled back home.
Two hours at home and I was off on the train to the New York Road Runners office on the upper east side to pick up my number for Saturday's race. I then ran across Central Park and then took another train down the west side to where we play football, as Friday night is 'soccer' night.
The new pitch we use is a lot wider and firmer than before though, and it kills my muscles. It's funny, I can run up the Empire State Building and race ten miles with no pain but a game of football leaves me with a real sore hip and two sore ankles from a bad tackle and a blocked shot. The fact we do no warm down and sit on the train for 40 minutes home doesn't help, I could barely make it up the subway stairs!
After Friday's 4.30am start, Saturday's 7am alarm was like a lie in. It was the Al Gordon Classic 4M in Prospect Park and with an 8am start I jogged over at 7.45am just in time to jump in the appropriate coral before they closed it off to others.
It was about 5ยบ with drizzle in the air but with little wind this time. Waiting at the start line, the announcer made reference to the number of Scottish hats he could see and how the weather may well have been imported from Scotland. I had noticed at last weekends race that there were a few Saltire hats, probably given out in the NYRR's Scotland Run. Coincidentally, another upcoming (April) race I have just entered.
From the photos on the Road Runner's website I made a little compilation of the hats on show:
The first half mile was pretty tough making my way through the crowds but after that I got into my own pace and finished in 26.48, around 6.42 pace. There were some fast runners out there as this was 180th place out of the 3605 finishers.
Pretty shattered now but thankfully I have Sunday off too before another opening shift on Monday.
According to the Road Runner's website "Saturday morning's Al Gordon Classic in Prospect Park was a four-mile tribute to a man who lived for 107 healthy, active years.
Gordon started running marathons at the age of 80, proving that it really is never too late to start. And it's never too early, either: More than 200 of the finishers in the four-mile race were between the ages of 12 and 19."
Got back into it on Friday by deeming it safe to resume the 5am bike ride into work. It was a bit colder than the last time I did it back in December and my hands and toes were cold by the time I got there. It didn't help that the manager on duty was late and we had to wait outside for nearly twenty minutes! Did my warehouse shift then cycled back home.
Two hours at home and I was off on the train to the New York Road Runners office on the upper east side to pick up my number for Saturday's race. I then ran across Central Park and then took another train down the west side to where we play football, as Friday night is 'soccer' night.
The new pitch we use is a lot wider and firmer than before though, and it kills my muscles. It's funny, I can run up the Empire State Building and race ten miles with no pain but a game of football leaves me with a real sore hip and two sore ankles from a bad tackle and a blocked shot. The fact we do no warm down and sit on the train for 40 minutes home doesn't help, I could barely make it up the subway stairs!
After Friday's 4.30am start, Saturday's 7am alarm was like a lie in. It was the Al Gordon Classic 4M in Prospect Park and with an 8am start I jogged over at 7.45am just in time to jump in the appropriate coral before they closed it off to others.
It was about 5ยบ with drizzle in the air but with little wind this time. Waiting at the start line, the announcer made reference to the number of Scottish hats he could see and how the weather may well have been imported from Scotland. I had noticed at last weekends race that there were a few Saltire hats, probably given out in the NYRR's Scotland Run. Coincidentally, another upcoming (April) race I have just entered.
From the photos on the Road Runner's website I made a little compilation of the hats on show:
The first half mile was pretty tough making my way through the crowds but after that I got into my own pace and finished in 26.48, around 6.42 pace. There were some fast runners out there as this was 180th place out of the 3605 finishers.
Pretty shattered now but thankfully I have Sunday off too before another opening shift on Monday.
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| My strong finish ©Marathonfoto.com |
According to the Road Runner's website "Saturday morning's Al Gordon Classic in Prospect Park was a four-mile tribute to a man who lived for 107 healthy, active years.
Gordon started running marathons at the age of 80, proving that it really is never too late to start. And it's never too early, either: More than 200 of the finishers in the four-mile race were between the ages of 12 and 19."
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