Al Gordon Snowflake 5K

Ran the Al Gordon Snowflake 5K in Prospect Park this morning. Home court! There were so many runners for Prospect Park. It felt like well over 5,000 but actually there were 3987. It was cold but sunny; had a BLAST. Need to work on pacing a bit. Started out strong, but tried to go fast too soon in the last mile. Need to save the sprint for the last 200 yards or so...
3.2 miles still feels like a long run/jog. Tomorrow I am supposed to do 9.5 miles for the training. Hoping for the best!

5K finish time: 31:14
Pace/Mile: 10:04

Big loop

This week -- Tuesday and Thursday mornings -- I extended my distance and ran/jogged the big loop in Prospect Park. The loop itself is about 3.4 miles but door to door it's about 4 miles.

Feel great! Glad I'm able to get back into it... 5K this Sunday in the park :-)

Slow Recovery

I think the cold I had last week set me back more than I thought. Tried to run 8 miles today -- and it was a gorgeous, sunny, 56 degrees -- but after being out of the game and probably from my short jog yesterday, I just didn't have it in me. I did a mostly walk/jog around the loop and that was it. Decided I can do my 8 miles next Monday (holiday). Will run the full loop this Tues & Thurs ams, and then the 5K race on Sunday, and then will do the 8 miles on Monday to catch up with the training plan!

Back on the road! - again!

Whew. It's been rare that I get out for a jog these days. After last Sunday's race, I was knocked out with the bad cold that's going around. Today was the first day I felt at at all clear, after a 12-hour sleep and a lazy, lazy day. So at 4pm I went for a mellow jog/walk loop around the park. I'm supposed to do 8 miles tomorrow... I hope I can do it!

Today's run (jog/walk): 4.16 miles approx 50+ minutes

Gridiron Race - 4 miles in Central Park

OK, I suppose this is what I get for running only once in two weeks! My pace/time this morning was slower than the last race (though it was less mileage). My pace was 10:40 compared to 10:34, even though at 10:34 I had never run 5 miles or a race before and I regularly run 4 or almost 4 miles.
Henry ran, too. I came in 4,378 out of 5,256 and Henry came in 239th! Because we were early (overestimated how long it would take to find parking), we had a coffee and I bought into the hype of going fast... so I burned out during the first mile, went WAY too fast. I was wiped by the end of the 2nd mile and went much, much slower than my normal pace for miles 3 & 4.
Lesson learned: start out slow & steady, build pace. Oh, and run more often!
Next race is the Valentine's Day 5K in Prospect Park in 2 weeks. Hopefully I'll do better...