I had an early flight this morning to NYC for a quick business trip. Monday is my double day which made trying to catch a 6:35am flight that much harder. I decided to get up at 3am and get 10 in at home and shoot for 12-14 more once I arrived in NYC. It's the first time I've run in the dark in quite some time. It was kind of cool though. We are so far north that the sun rises very early in June. It was 3:30 when I noticed the first light on the horizon. By 4:15 I didn't need my headlamp anymore. Crazy how early it gets light here and how long it stays light in the evenings. Of course, the flip side is it's dark as early as 4pm in mid December on the classic rainy evening.
Long but OK flight to NYC. I was upgraded to 1st Class so that gave me a bit more room to stretch and stretch out during the flight. Got to my hotel and got caught up on email before heading out to Central Park. So many fantastic memories of Central Park that will forever be engraved in my brain. It's still weird to run by the boathouse. Every time I run in Central Park, I go the opposite direction which is how we ran it at the Olympic Trials. Many of the mile markers are still visible on the pavement. My favorites are the "1 mile to go" the 800m and the 400m to go. I have to admit that running the course today got me a little extra excited about the upcoming marathon. I'm no more certain 2:19 is within my reach, but I'm a bit more excited. I get to run one more time in Central Park tomorrow morning before I head off for meetings and then back home for a workout on Wednesday. | 