8 days in to this experiment, 2 runs down and just just over 4 and a half miles completed. Not exactly firing out of the gates at a record pace, or even an average pace really. I'm supposed to hit around 20 miles a week, which is 80 miles a month. I know I'm not going to hit that goal in September, but I'm currently living under the delusion that I will get myself into game shape after my slow start and will easily make the mileage up with some distance runs later in the fall. We'll see how that goes.
Becky and I have been running a little bit here and there this summer and the 1.9 miles I did on the 2nd is on the course that we have plotted from our apartment, around the Central Park Meer and back again. It's a very easy run and it is also very boring. The one bonus from last Thursday was that they were shooting a movie on Central Park North so we got to peek at that a little bit as we ran through their set. It's something called Premium Rush with Joseph Gorden Levitt but it sounds like something Richard Grieco should have starred in in 1993. It's about bike messengers or something, so hopefully everyone dies in it.
Today's run was a little longer and sort of difficult. It's still really humid, as it has been all summer, but the bigger problem is I'm really out of shape and carrying a bunch of extra weight since the last time I tried to run seriously at all. Speaking of which, it's been well over 2 years since I ran my last marathon in Alaska. Pathetic and really unbelievable how quickly the last two years have gone. Hoping that I'll have my next marathon in sight by the time I get through this challenge.
Oh - another note from this morning's run. The path I chose took me on the carriage path around the Reservoir for a few minutes and who was out there getting his early morning walk in but Mr. Frank Langella. Kind of a cool New York moment to see him out there doing his thing with everyone else. That was the lone highlight from a pretty crummy run.
Better luck tomorrow.
September 8, 2010
Miles Completed: 4.6
Miles Remaining: 995.4
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