Sunday, October 14, 2007

Wanna-be New Yorker :)

I'm currently in NYC for a conference this week. But don't worry - I'm still keeping up with my training! Sort of, anyway. I didn't do much after Chicago... Monday I flew back, Tuesday I got my massage (thanks G and J!), and Wednesday... I don't know, I think I just wanted to watch Gossip Girl. :P

I finally made it back to the gym on Thursday for some easy elliptical work. Unfortunately, Friday and Saturday ended up being rest days as well.

Now it's one week from my marathon so I must get running again! Luckily, I'm in the perfect place - NYC, and my hotel is just 6 short blocks away from Central Park. I never actually ran there, just people watched. But I did some quick googling and discovered that there is a 6 mile running loop along the perimeter of the park. PERFECT!

I didn't even get out there until ~9;30AM but the weather was fantastic! Such a refreshing change from Chicago. :) I could tell that there were a lot of runners getting ready for the upcoming NYC marathon with their fuel belts and Gu's.

I also learned that in two weeks, the Men's Olympic marathon trials will be held on my running route! It's interesting... the trials occur the day before the big NYC marathon but the Olympic hopefuls will not be running that marathon course, instead they are running the Central Park loop 5 times.

Anyway, here are some pics I took from my cell phone during my run.

Hard to tell, but there are some horse-drawn carriages on the right. Fun to run alongside them, until you smell the poop! Ick!


The Reservoir in Central Park

3 comments:

Amanda said...

Work it girl! Glad to hear that you got some R&R before running some more! Let me know if I can "stalk" your running time on the Nike run somehow!

Anonymous said...

It's awesome that you're sticking to the regimen even after Chicago!

kirby said...

good luck at the nike women's marathon this weekend!!!

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