One word-COLD! Second word-SHORT!
Mile splits are 7:34, 7:10, 7:34, 7:26.
Not much to say, it was over before the snot had a chance to freeze in my nose. One to remember on those hot days in June.
But my goal was a 30 minute 4 mile, based on last weeks performance the McMillian calculator says I could do a 30:57, so I knew it was possible. But it would mean I would have to run a lot faster than I am used to. In other words, I would have to race…This is not my natural inclination. I am more of a zone out grinder. Plus any time I have gone out to run intervals I have had the worst experience, I just get wacked out and can’t recover. So pacing in a race is new to me.
The first mile I thought I went out way too fast-everyone was cold and it seemed we had the wind behind us, and the timer at mile 1 was not working, so I had no idea. This got me a little worried, but the ticker was not really pumping so I didn’t have any thoughts of Fred Sanford yet. Wheezy!! Then the second mile was downhill along the West Side of Central Park, this was even faster and really had me thinking reel it in. I saw the time of 15-something so I knew I was pretty close to 30 but would need to keep it up. Like the girl says, “just breathe.” So mile 3 was Cat Hill, I finally saw the damn cat sculpture just before the Obilisc, never knew why people called it that. I remember the split to be 22:22, and subtracting the starting offset of around 20 seconds I knew it was looking good. Faded a little in mile 4 or so I thought but got the gift of the downhill at the end and rounding the corner I saw 29′s on the clock and knew I had it.
Next week is a 15K in Central Park, we will see what the weather is. I am running that one with a friend so I don’t know what the target is, enjoyment or punishment. According to the calculator it says I can run a 1:13, or 7:50′s the whole way, I somehow doubt that. A loop and a half of the park, some hills, I think 8′s are optimistic still.
Yes I will talk about photography. on monday, some words about the Eggleston show at the Whitney.
This is iphone from the N train on the way in at 7:30am this morning. What were you doing?
