A.M.
Man I hate the treadmill. I would have run down to Central Park and done a full loop but I had to get a 5:15am start because of early business meetings and I wasn't excited about running down 18 blocks of city streets in the dark to get to the park.
Still feel way too good for only three days after a tough marathon. 7 miles at 6:40s and four quarters at 5:24s.
I'm going to try and do some strength building exercises and some weights tonight. The family leaves for Seattle this evening so I'll be all alone. Figure I might as well focus on running stuff while we are apart.
P.M.
OK...now I know how the single and/or childless people have the time to run 120-140 mile weeks. I sent my wife and kids back to Seattle at 4pm today. Got back to my room and was lonely so I went for a run through Central Park. The only bad part was running in rush hour traffic from my hotel at 42nd and Madison up to Central Park. I actually found that dodging people was way harder than dodging cars. I also found the bus lanes to be express lanes.
Once I got to the park, I ran the Trials 5-mile loop backwards. I seriously don't remember any of the landmarks from the run on Saturday except the Museum of Art. During the race on Saturday I never saw the ballfields or reservoir. Not sure how I missed the two biggest landmarks in the race.
The run tonight did have a somber moment. I passed the boathouse where Ryan Shay fell and died. My heart skipped a beat. The boathouse was another landmark I never saw during the race and it was sad to pass by it once again.
It was nice to run around the course again. No regrets or disappointment. I did the loop in 6:30s with little effort. It was weird passing through the finishing area with no one there. Eerie silence. | 