I was told it was about 3 miles around the red loop so my mom, dad and Josh set out to walk one loop while I was going to run two in order to hit my 6 miles. Little did I know the loop was just like one big hill! As we all know I don't really run many hills in NYC so I wasn't sure that I was totally up for the challenge.
After about 2 miles I thought I was going to give up. I kept telling myself I could push through each hill but they just kept winning. I decided to run back and find the family. About a half mile later I found them and my water bottle and handed off my zip up. I told myself to suck it up and get a move on. So move on I did and found myself running another 2 miles before getting to the beginning of the loop. At that point I had run 4.6 miles and I knew that I could finish this run strong!
I ran back to find my family (and my water!) and by the time I did I hit 5.4 miles. I quickly grabbed my bottle and ran back to the beginning of the loop finishing my 6 miles in just under 66 minutes with a 10:58 average pace. It definitely wasn't my best run or my most graceful, but I was ecstatic that I finished!
The scenery at the Reservoir is breathtaking both literally and figuratively! Overall it was a great weekend with the family and I was so proud of my run. Next week is 7 miles!
Only 4 more weeks til race time.
Looks beautiful!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know how much you and your blog have inspired me. I never was good at sticking to an exercise plan or routine but I've been running regularly now for about 10 days or so and I feel so great! I never thought I would be a "runner" and I definitely don't feel like one yet but the other day, I ran to the market and then walked home with the groceries. I dropped the groceries off and then felt like I WANTED to keep going, so I went off for another run! Thanks for the inspiration Dana!!