I ran my first half of the year on Sunday. It was a PR for me by a long shot so I'm pretty happy about that. 1h 45m, 8 min/mi.

At least, I was pretty stoked about it... until I came on here and saw daft twat talking about running sub-7's!

Sorry but I never ran in NYC so can't really help you there.

One lap around the entire park, if you just follow the main path, is about 6 miles. And yeah it's clearly marked and easy to follow. Here's a link from mapmyrun.com

http://www.mapmyrun.com/us/manhattan-ny ... se-1400498

I would have thought a jog around Central Park would be at least ten miles round trip. Though I've only been to Central Park once, and that was in 1998, and I only went to Strawberry Fields and Tavern on the Green. Still, that park seemed larger than life to my 15 year old eyes and small town sensibilities.

I've got a 10 mile race this Sunday. I think it's my first race in 2 years, and it's one I haven't done before, so that's got me excited. My training hasn't been spectacular, so I'm just hoping to finish comfortably.

Got a new pair or running shoes. Makes such a big difference.

I love a new pair. What'd you get?

Asics Gel Kayano 22

Those look snug. Do you get a professional fitting when you buy?

I have before. I didn't this time. They seem to be pretty consistent each year. This is probably my fifth pair of the series.

Starting a new workout plan, prepping for my first Tri of the season next month

Mon - 30 min lap swim
Tues - X2 core (P90x2)
Wed - 30 min lap swim
Thur - 10 mile bike + 2 mile run

Streak: 4

Ran 3 times this week after getting almost no running in for a month. Felt really good but my endurance was gone.

Huge weekend!
10 miles Saturday. 7:10 pace.
20 miles Sunday. 7:23 pace.
The wind pounded the absolute shit out of me. Thanks to it and a pretty consistent incline, my slowest mile during the 20 was mile 5.
I type this Monday morning with ice on my knees. I am scheduled for 5 today. I hope I am able to do them.
5 weeks until the marathon.

Keep it up, man! You got this!

Thanks!
2nd and final big weekend finished this morning.
10 miles Saturday. 7:07 pace.
20 miles Sunday. 7:34 pace.
I took a much harder route for the 20 (miles 14-17 were mainly uphill) so I am chuffed with my time. I feel better than I did two weeks ago.
I have a hill workout Tuesday, but otherwise it's basically taper time. 4 and 12 next weekend. 4 and 8 the weekend before the race. Might not reach my goal, but barring injury or high temps, a pr seems likely. Where the hell is T2B?

Sounds great man. Stay strong. Keep at it. Super excited for you.

Well, this was nearly a disaster. The morning of the race was sunny, 72, and very humid. By mile 9, my brain knew I couldn't maintain goal pace, by mile 11 my body agreed, and by mile 17 I was worried about even finishing. Wound up running 3:48:05 - almost 30 minutes slower than last year. It was disappointing, but I will continue to train and run the Twin Cities marathon in October rather than quit now.

im running a 10k obstacle course saturday

terrainracing.com, pittsburgh

it was nice not knowing you people

12 miles today. Going into my 6th week of marathon training. Hopefully this is the year I can get this done and not pick up any knocks that derail the goal.

What's the goal? What marathon are you running?

I did 11 today. Felt pretty good.

How did this go, Peeps? I remember you lost significant weight a while back. Keep most of it off? Ever consider doing a half?