My goal was to run six miles (the longest yet post-injury) but my route would let me finish earlier if I needed to. I didn't want to though. I explored a bit more of Tribeca than I have on past runs and ran along the river through the promenade, Battery Park, and up the east side to South Street Seaport. I loved seeing so many other runners out this morning and the air was perfect.
The last few blocks went by quickly as I picked up the pace. I prefer starting my runs on the conservative side when it comes to pacing. The first half mile or so has been a warm-up recently and then my legs get used to the movement. But I've been keeping my pace pretty slow until I'm on the homestretch and then I pick it up. I push hard to the end but I know I could pick up my pace earlier in the run and be just fine. Tomorrow morning I'm going to run to yoga and push my pace as much as I can. It's only a little over a mile to get there and at that time of the morning on Sunday the sidewalks of Soho are still managable so I think this will be a good time to test my speed.
I finished the 6 miles and felt really good. My legs felt great, my heart was pumping and I felt like I could go farther! Success!! To make the end even better, I finished near a little farmers market set up by the Andaz Wall Street hotel each Saturday morning and picked up a few apples and a green pepper. I love that there's this little market in the middle of skyscrapers!
Now I'm going to fill the rest of my day with random things until the MSU football game tonight against Notre Dame! Go Spartans!!
Do you have tea or coffee before you run?
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workout stats -
6mile run
3x10 lat pull downs
3x10 weighted side bends
crunches
stretching and balanace exercises
10 comments:
Sounds like a great run! This morning's weather was perfect for it.
I don't drink tea or coffee pre-run--just not sure it would work with my tricky GI system.
Glad you had a great 6 mile run!
When I do run it's always immediately after I wake up; the coffee or tea comes afterward.
I am recovering from a back injury and ran my longest run in about 8 weeks yesterday.... 6 miles as well!
That's awesome! Not only did you finish but you felt great after. And I too love finding random farmer's markets amongst all the city skyscrapers.
Don't you just loves those great runs? :)
Awesome run!! So great to feel good post run, huh?
Sounds like a great run! I'm a coffee girl myself. I keep trying to convince myself to drink tea in the afternoon and it just isn't happening
that MSU/ND game was crazy!
I'm glad you're back in the running groove! Six miles sounds like a lot to me, so I'm impressed. I actually ran yesterday for the first time in ages. I probably ran 3 miles, which is a lot for me, since I don't run. I do drink coffee before my workouts!
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