Category: Runs

Today’srun in Central Park was awesome. I did 8.11 miles in 58:47, my first time this year at that distance under 1 hour. My pace was 7:15s–awesome, too! The weather helped a ton: It was 76 with only 25-30% humidity. Here are the deets:

Some things to report from today’s run:

– I practiced keeping my head up as opposed to down in this run. It seemed to help me keep speedy or speedy up rather than get bogged down by “visual friction” that comes with watching the pavement.

– When I walk, I have a bit of a limp in my right ankle area. It goes away when I run. At least mostly: I still have to be careful. Before the run I had 1 ibuprofen, which may have helped.

– I listened to The Flaming Lips’s album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, my favorite running album for Central Park. I have it pretty well synched to my runs such that I can figure out if I’m behind or ahead. I found out I was doing pretty decently in this run based on how I synched with the course.

– I ran in late afternoon. It was perfect running weather.

– When I started the run, though, I felt as if I was in slow motion. I immediately thought it had something to do with the beef I’d had at lunch on set. I ate a nice helping of it. I figured digestion was going on.

I hit the gym for abs, glutes, arms, back, and a little bit of chest after the run. On to see fireworks in the park!

Today I woke up at 3am, worked for 15 hours, and still got in an 8-mile run! Here are the stats:

I also almost did this distance in under an hour, which is my goal! I managed 7:24s in the dark of Central Park in ~80-degree heat with 67% humidity which was bearable. I did the run in 1:00:08, and almost no doubt do I have a faster time in me, both in this weather and in better weather.

I don’t have much time to write this entry (obviously), but as for injuries, my legs were a little “limpy,” particularly my right leg, on which even during the day randomly I had to limp for about 20 seconds. But that went away. And I felt pretty strong. I felt as if I was managing a pretty fast pace. I even passed some runners (who only eclipsed me as they sped to their ends).

That’s all for now! I need some rest!

Today’s run started out in 89-degree weather. It “cooled” to 87 by the second loop. But the humidity was only about 38%, so it was a very tolerable kind of heat. I ran a couple loops of Central Park with Elizabeth Corkum today. It was my first time running since Tuesday, partly because of work but partly because of other lovely developments.

This week tired me out so much that I actually skipped the race I was scheduled to do this morning; I got home from work around 4am and I just thought it would be stupid to race when a long run was more valuable to me. It happened to work out that Elizabeth was going for the same distance in the park around the same time so we coordinated it perfectly. Along the way we stopped for hydration and did PowerGels halfway through the race. We stopped once because of a knee problem Elizabeth was dealing with. Also, at one point I wanted to do a speedier mounting of a hill while she walked, then I reconnected with her by jogging back to her. In the end, this long run left me with plenty of energy left. I have a race tomorrow morning and that’s just about how I like today’s run, so I’m not pooped out.

I guess nothing more to say other than I hit the gym after hanging with Elizabeth for a bit. I did abs, glutes, arms, and a little bit of shoulders. I’m still a bit tired so perhaps that is why I left a little earlier than I expected to. Cheers for now!