KristenRuns

Long run on Hudson/East River Paths from home to Fulton Street and back. Brutally hot and humid, so I ran extra slow to mitigate suffering. 9:2x first half and 8:5x second half. I still suffered.

I'm back in a rhythm with training again, finally, after moving to NYC this year and recovering from my stress reaction in tibia from last year. Been running less than 20 miles a week all summer, and want to start bringing the miles up again. Will be using the blog again to track miles. 

Easy run on Hudson River Path (south). Ran the piers down to Battery Park City and back. Another hot one, so I took it slow again, about 9:00 pace.
 

Cross fit-type strength class after work today. I have done a few of these classes recently. I think the format encourages slopppy form. It is high reps of different strength or cardio moves for a set number of minutes, and then you rotate stations. I might be done with these.

Progression run in Central Park after work. Did the big loop (so I could run the Harlem Hills, as it is so flat in NYC!) and the Bridle trail where it was parallel. Last three miles at 8:1x. Then 5 strides. Felt almost cool tonight, relatively speaking. I love running in Central Park. The energy is amazing. It is like race day because there are so many people out...interesting people!

Open level vinyassa class at Sacred Sounds Yoga in Greenwich Village. One of the best yoga classes I have been to so far in NYC. One thing I really miss about San Diego is my yoga teacher, Sarah! And hummingbirds!

Long run through NYC. Today was the last Saturday of Summer Streets, where they close down Park Ave. for 7 miles from E. 72nd Street all the way down to the Brooklyn Bridge. Since it is NYC, there were big sponsors at every rest station--a huge inflatable slide and beach scene (with sand) at Folely Square, a 100 m dash by Nike with 12 foot tall photos of Olympic track stars (and Serena), a zip line, etc.--but no bathrooms. 

It was a great run, and I regret not taking advantage of Summer Streets on prior weekends! I ran with easy/moderate effort and then a faster finish. My GPS was whacked because of running among the skysrapers along Park. But I think it was probably about 11 miles in 90 minutes. This is the longest run I have done this year. I felt really good!

Yin yoga class at Intergral Yoga.