Bret

AM - just a 5k with Dan and Finn at Milton HS - cold again today (28 degrees in my jeep) - Running in NYC on Sunday so kept it flat and comfortable with not too much volume.   Honestly though I am too old and have not been 100% healthy most of the year with various injuries to be thinking about running a "good time".   Mainly now I am running to complete the course and enjoy the social experience at a manageable pace.   I am registered for Tokyo in March and likewise don't want to overdo this one and end up with an injury that keeps me out of getting my 6th World Marathon Majors medal.  Hopefully Richie's fitness will have improved some since Berlin last month and perhaps we will run closer to 9 min pace in the first half of the race and edge faster in the second half if he's feeling well.  Oddly both of us are running this one as our 13th NYC race.   Richie actually has 13 starts, but he DNF'd in the early 90's when he was young and over-zealous with his pace early-on, only to crash and burn late.   If I understand the rules at NY correctly, if we complete 15 of the races - we become a "Legacy" runner and will obtain guaranteed entries to the event without going through the lottery system or charity entries.   (Odds are that if I could complete 2 more after this one, that I may not have any more desire to do another one! :) )