I'll be the first to admit, I have a crazy life. How do I wake up one morning running on the beach getting a tan by the ocean, and then be eating a thin crust pizza slice in Time Square for dinner? The only thing that keeps my life normalized is running. No matter where I am I can always wake up and do one thing that's consistant. What a difference 20 degrees and 30% humidity makes, started from my hotel (Marriott Marquis) in Times Square, ran up Broadway to the park (about 1 mile) and then ran the "long" inner loop about 5 miles. When I got back to the corner of Central Park and Broadway I decided 7 miles wasn't enough so I did one more "short loop" and then back. For just over 9 miles. In Miami I sometimes struggled to keep an 8 min/mile pace, this morning I kept looking down and seeing sub 7:00's for the same perceived effort. I kept telling myself to slowdown, I guess being on the same road that some of the fastest marathoners in the world have raced on makes me want to run fast. I decided 7:15 is where I wanted to be for this mornings run, slower on the uphills faster on the downs. On one of the longer downhill sections I decided to push the pace and bit and see how it felt, my hip felt a little bit twingy at 6:15 pace so I backed off, I'm not quite ready to push it that hard yet. Ended up with ~9 miles, (GPS doesn't work until I get to the park) in ~ 1:06. 7:20 avg pace after dealing with traffic coming back down Broadway. Oh! that was the other huge difference, it gets very light here at 5:00 am. Who'd of thought I could do a 50 mile week after not really running for almost 12 weeks. Crazy! Biking and swimming paid off.
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