August 12, 2006 - Things To Do Today

• Laundry
• Pay Bills
• Run 13 miles
• Office Work
• Answer E-mails
• Return Chasing Amy to video store

Hmm, didn't get to the laundry, bills were opened, knocked off 13 miles this morning, office work was organized, answered a few e-mails, still have to take the video back.

That's right folks, 13 miles in Prospect Park. Finished nice and strong too. The weather was fantastic for running. Not too hot and almost no humidity. Luxury.

I'd take you on a tour of the route, but it's kind of boring. Basically I did two five mile loops of the park, a two mile loop and then an extra mile at then end. If you look at the map here, a
five mile loop in this park, is an one outer loop and to add the mileage an extra loop at the bottom of the park which takes you past Prospect Lake.

The Nike New York City Half Marathon in a couple of weeks is looking to be not so hard.

After the run we went to Kelly's (she's a mentor and team mate) apartment for a little barbecue. Hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, bagels, beer, soda, water, Gatorade, man O man, Kelly and her husband treated us right. It was a great little get together sitting in their back yard.

Looking forward to the Half Marathon the only thing that concerns me is the start time: 7:00am! The race starts in Central Park so I'm thinking we'll be taking a car into the city rather than rely on the subways at that early hour.

Next Saturday we'll be running across the George Washington Bridge and heading to the Garden State. I'll let you know how it goes.

-JP