Long Run Along the Hudson

I love running in Central Park, but every once in awhile I long for a different view (and a flatter course, let's be honest). On Sunday, I finally ran along the West Side Highway again - part of the Manhattan greenway.  I usually go south, down to the tip of Manhattan, but I decided to go north, for a change. It was nice. It's amazing the greenery right next to the Henry Hudson parkway!

The only downside was that the Garmin failed to locate me until after I got through the park. I think it would have been 8 miles.

I need to get my mileage up. This time next week it's the Flying Pig!

Moving the Finish Line

I play this game with myself when I run. I start small. I think to myself, "I'll only run the small loop today." But then when I get to the park, I'll usually head to the larger loop. Today, I stuck to the smaller loop, after all I'm "recovering." But while I was running the lower loop of Central Park on a beautiful spring day, spying greenery on top of glass buildings and dreaming of water, I noticed that while I ran over 2 miles, I was shy of 30 mins. I read recently that people should get 30 mins of aerobic exercise 5 times a week. So, I said to myself, you're close to 30 mins, run until you reach 30 mins. So I did. But when I hit 30 mins, I noticed I was just shy of 3 miles, so what did I do? I told myself, "Just run to 3 miles." And I did.  But this is what I do a lot on longer runs or whenever I feel really tired: I set a short attainable goal, reach it and then push the goal back, and repeat.
 


Now, if I could only find a way to make this strategy work for 26.2 miles.

More Half marathon

Today I ran the More Half Marathon. I've run this before - once when it was so hot they changed it from a scored race to a "fun run." Last year, it was 2nd half marathon of the weekend. This year it will go down as the half marathon that snuck up on me. I forgot I was running it until about a month ago. Of course, during the intervening month I managed to get a really bad cold and was out of commission for about 2 weeks.

I ran this with EH, her sister and her mother. Actually, I spent most of the first loop running/walking it with EH and then her sister. It was nice, especially since it was starting to warm up. This is a run I could have done in shorts and short sleeves, but didn't.

As you can see, I had a negative split. All in all, for what little training I did, it wasn't horrible.


So what did I do after? Well, I went to see a musical, "Once." Standing room only ticket. Yep, in the "Stupid Things Lynn Does After Running," this might take the cake! As if my legs hadn't been through enough, I decided to stand for 2-1/2 hours.  But, it was worth it. It was a good musical.


Now I'm not going to leave my couch tonight!