I signed up to be an 11 min per mile pacer for a 20 mile long run. I did it so I would actually run 20 miles. I couldn't bail. So, I got to Jack Rabbits at 6:45am and at 7am we left. It was a fairly large group (I didn't think many people would show.) Of course, my Garmin was acting up It would say we were running 12:45 when in fact we were running 10:30. If you look at the mile break down, there are not many 11 min mile miles. But I had fun, even if I wasn't a good pacer.
We ran through the park, down the west side, across town via Warren Street and then crossed the Brooklyn Bridge. After, we ran through Dumbo and other Brooklyn neighborhoods to Pulaski Bridge and crossed it into Queens. And then from there to the Queensboro bridge back into Brooklyn. One of the runner's had a knee problem so I ran with her back to the store cutting a bit off of the run. (We were supposed to go back through the park, instead we ran up Lex.)
It was fun running across the bridges in a way. Not the actual bridge itself because it's usually a long, slow uphill, which I hate. But the views off of them were amazing and some had wonderful views of the Manhattan skyline. It also gave me a glimpse of what I'll be running in the NYC Marathon.
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