Marathon Kick-off Race
Today, Elizabeth and I did the marathon kick-off race, a 5 mile race in Central Park that officially opens marathon week. It started on the west side near Tavern on the Green and ends at the actual finish line for the marathon. The last 2+ miles of today’s race were the end of the marathon. It was pretty fun to run the end of the course. I did the first two miles as a warm up, running just under 8’s, then at mile 2, I picked up the pace and tried to do 6’s. I ended up doing about 6:15’s, which is totally fine. I finished really strong and that’s still a lot faster than my goal race pace. There were a ton of people out there this morning who are doing the marathon and I ran into a couple people I haven’t seen in a while who are doing the race. My legs felt great today. I’m not sure what made them tired on Saturday, but riding the night before now seems like an even more logical answer.
Tomorrow is an off day and then the rest of the week are short runs of various intensity (mostly pretty low intensity).
Run – October 29
Distance: 5 miles
Time: 33:49
Course: Central Park
Conditions: Sunny, brisk, very windy