Happy Sunday! Today was just awesome!! Yesterday I never got to my long run, got held up cleaning my apartment, and watching the Subway Series! So instead I did two workouts from the 21 day fix series.
This morning I ran in the NYRR Run As One 4m race, and because I didn't do my long run yesterday I decided to run 5 more miles afterwards. It was really a gorgeous day outside, the sun was out, it was breezy and cool, the perfect spring morning!
I left my house so early and still managed to make it to the race almost late! Thanks to all the delays from the MTA, I was practically running to race central, and rushing to get my bib and head to baggage. I got my bib and shirt, but the geniuses behind NYRR had the clear bags outside race central! It was a mass of crowds, and the corrals were closing in 3 minutes, so I didn't wanna risk being too far back in the crowd, so I didn't check anything in and was stuck wearing two extra layers, my light running jacket and race tee.
Then the lovely Heather, found me in the corrals, and asked if she could run with me, which was totally fine with me! Heather, is an amazing runner, who is also 6 months pregnant (yes, still running!), but she's very motivating to run with, and I knew I could pace with her pretty well!
The race felt pretty crowded most of the way, but Heather and I weaved in and out of them with no issues, and ran pretty in sync!! We finished in 44:00, which was pretty awesome for a hilly 4 miles! After the race I grabbed an apple, some water, and chatted with a few teammates before heading back to Queens for 5 more miles to complete my long run.
It's funny but those miles brought me back to marathon training, because the last time I had run the bridge back into Queens, I was running my long runs in the summer over the bridge, for practice with the incline! This time it was for the Brooklyn Half, and when I felt tired, I remembered how much harder it was for the longer marathon training runs, and knew I could do it! It was tough but my legs pushed thru it, and I decided to finish my run by the East River in Long Island City. The views there motivated me to the end of my run, they were worth the aches I was feeling!
I'm beginning to feel strong again, this winter really messed with my fitness, and training. But in recent weeks I've been focusing on my diet more, and getting other workouts besides running in the mix! I really want to do well in Brooklyn with Amy and Heather, but I really want my legs to be strong enough for the WTC stair climb, that's making me nervous, but I know that's mental, bc physically I know I can do the climb! I even saw the Freedom Tower during in my run today and felt excited that I would be doing the climb in just 3 weeks!
Anyway, not much going on this week, besides spin class on Friday night, and maybe a run on Tuesday in Hoboken, so I'll try to write posts about that!
Til next time! ✌🏻
My friend Christina (@pretty_creative on IG) hosts a group run every Tuesday at the NJ Running Company store located in Hoboken, called The Casual Tuesday's where anyone is welcome no matter how fast or far you plan on running. I've only gone once before last night but it's a pretty great run along the water with a killer view of NYC. Also Christina's amazing, welcoming upbeat personality, is worth the trek! She started hosting the runs last summer, and weekly she produces an awesome playlist to give the run a theme, and a mandatory dance break two miles in! Yes, a dance break! Christina runs with a Bluetooth speaker, which is pretty genius, and runs along the group singing and dancing which is great motivation during a run!
