NYRR Bronx 10-Mile, then 5 more home

I felt pretty under the weather all week following my trip to Montreal. 3 miles in the humidity on Wednesday was like torture and I cut Thursday from 7 to 5 miles as my throat was still sore and I was still tire. Friday, I decided to skip the 4 miles completely.

Distance:  10 miles, 16.1 kilometers
Date/Time:  September 9, 2012, 8:00 AM
Location:  Bronx, NYC
Weather:  63 degrees, 81% humidity, 6MPH, Fair

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Country

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Net Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

Freedman

David

M38

4604

TCON

New York

NY

USA

2763

2010

415

1:30:01

09:00

1:27:13

2178

50.89 %

Seems like the rest did me good. The race started in pretty good conditions, 63 and bright. It was nice to get out of Central Park for an NYRR race and there was definitely a different vibe.

I had to be careful not to go off too quickly. Having a best 4 mile time of 7.59 pace, I was with runners much quicker than I wanted to go. Even then, I had to bear in mind that the 10 mile race was only 2/3rds of my race distance!

So I let a lot of people overtake me at the beginning. I think this was a pretty good thing to have the discipline that I may need on race day. I started pretty steady and once I got through the usual tightness in the legs, around 4 miles, it was actually a pretty easy run. Fairly flat, the odd slope, nothing too troubling, and a good atmosphere. Also got some good practice with the drinks. At some drink stations, I stopped to drink and others ran whilst drinking through a 'spout'. Either way, nothing really slowed me down. At the end, I felt pretty good and managed to pick up my medal and keep running through the finish area, which was good as I didn't fancy stopping and restarting.

I was pleased to see I wasn't the only one running back to Manhattan. I had been really worried about running on my own after the help of a crowd, so to spot a group in front of me running almost the same pace was amazing. I could follow them and get dragged home!

Down the bottom of Grand Concourse we joined the Marathon route, over Madison Ave Bridge to Fifth Ave. It was actually pretty good for the next 2 miles. Then I hit what I knew would be the toughest bit, from 110th down to 90th St, which is uphill, just enough to hurt. Still, I managed to maintain pace before heading off home.

I finished the 15 miles in 2 hr 14 min 34 sec, 8 min 58 pace. I was surprised to go so well after the last week. I kept all miles within a range of 8.45 to 9.07 so pretty steady pacing.

So next week, 16 miles. Considering running it on Thursday instead of Sunday so I can do it jet-lag free before going to UK.....will let you know!