Six more miles

I feel like I spend half my time reading running blogs and thinking about my next run. Then when I'm actually running, I'm thinking about how I'm going to write about it in the blog. I really need to start working full time again.

In any case, today's run was pretty good. My shin didn't really bother me, until maybe at the end. I did feel some little twinges here and there, but for the most part, I really felt good out there. I even enjoyed it. (It's been a while.)

Another nice thing was that I didn't get lost. I've tried to run this route before and ended up in the wrong place. I guess practice does make perfect.

It's really a nice run. There's a paved path almost the entire way, with the major exceptions being two bridges. Running over these bridges is kind of cool in it's own respect, especially the one over water. There's a nice breeze, and you really feel on top of the world as you run across it. For the time being I'm avoiding long runs on concrete, but sometime in the future I'd like to run over some of the more impressive NYC bridges like the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge. (And of course, I'm looking forward to running over the Verazzano in less than two months time!)

I'm trying to find out more about longer running routes in NYC. I've found several good pages online, and a map of all the bike routes. More specifically, I'm looking for the distances of the routes along the East and West sides of Manhattan. I think those would both be pretty cool runs.

In somewhat related news I've ordered the Forerunner 201. I'm not sure how well it will work in NYC, but since I don't live in Manhattan I thought I'd give it a try. So maybe once that comes I'll be able to do some of these long runs without having them all mapped out and measured in such detail beforehand. (For this weekend, however, I'll plan to run in Central Park. 2 loops for 12 miles.)