18-miler

Well it i has been a few days since my last long run, but it was a great one! Saturday morning we met over on the west side, at 72nd street and the Hudson river. Over there is a beautiful path that stretches all the way downtown to Battery City Park and up the East River on the east side of Manhattan-That's the path we ran. Running down the west side/Hudson river, we had a gorgeous view of New Jersey and the statue of liberty. It was quite a maze to run through the tourist in Battery City park awaiting the boat to go over to The Statue. One we navigated around them, We headed up the east side. I was in awe of the gorgeous view of Mid-town manhattan as we ran- notably the Chrylster Building and the Empire State building!

The east side was a bit more difficult, as the sun had risen higher in the sky and heated up the air....not to mention the east side has fewer water fountains. On the east side I waved to my apartment as we ran past it (a little depressing as i thought of my nice cushy bed and hot shower inside!). Finall we cut ascross all of the avenues and Central Park to return to our west side starting point. All in all, it was a 17-18 mile run, and I felt very good and it was a great new way to see the city I live in!

Tuesday night run

After an awesome night at the US open on monday (a a day off from running), it was back to the training tuesday evening. To re-cap my experience at the US open, all i can say is WOW. The village is very nice, lots of things to do, good eats and tennis abound. ALthough our seets were the second from the last row in the Arthur Ashe stadium, they had a great view of the court. I don't think there is a bad see in the house! In addition we could look out and see the manhattan skyline, with the empire state building and chrystler building all lit up at night. Headlining the matches was the Federer v. lopez match, and it was a great one to see! I'm alsready looking forward to more tennis.

On to the running. Tonight was a slightly humid, but mild night in central park. It was a test of sustaining a speedy pace. We warmed up for a mile and then "tempo ran" the rest of the loop ( another 5 miles). I was feeling good-physically and mentally. I held steady up the hills and pushed a little more on the tops; i let the downhills be a bit of a rest, but not too much. All in all it was a great run!

To cap off a good run, my mets boys won 11-7 with 2 big homeruns by paul loduca.

Not holding up my end of the bargain!

I am definitely not holding to my promises with this blog. It has been almost 2 month since i've kept you all updated on my progress. It's been a busy summer with trips and work and of course running. I have been running even if i have kept everyone in the dark. I shall bring everyone up to speed as to where i am. Currently I am at 16 miles! I believe last you all knew i was at 9. I have been climbing up with the mileage each week for my long runs, with a week of lower mileage (6 or 8mi) every now and then.

This past week I ran my first long run solo on friday morning. Central Park was peaceful, even with all the other runners, bikers, walkers etc. New York has been unseasonably 'cool'-in the 70s, making the runs even easier.

Each week i have tackled either speed workouts or hills, which always seem to make my legs and bum sore the next day. The rest of the days i spend doing easy to medium runs to keep my legs loose and happy!

With that, I am off to enjoy my labor day at the US Open!

Until next time (which i promise to be soon!)