The Big Apple

Runs:

5/3/06 - First Speedwork Session of the year
5x1000m repeats at 5K pace. 1 mile warm/cool= total 5.1 miles

First repeat was too fast. 3:45 (6:00 pace)
2-5 were better at 4:17-4:10 ( 6:40 pace-7:00)

Part of the problem is I don't really know what my 5K pace is. I've only raced a 5K once in the past 5 years. I'm a little sore. My ankle feels no different after this workout and my toe issue is not much of a problem. So, I think I'm good to go for returning to training. I'll try to get in another 15 miles this week.

Since my last post, we went to New York City for my cousin's wedding. We stayed at the Residence Inn, on the corner of 39th Street and 6th avenue. I recommend this hotel very highly. Free breakfast, large rooms with a kitchenette. It's close to the subway, and Times Square. The weather was great, and if I wasn't letting my foot heal, I would have had some awesome running weather. I would love to have spent some of my younger years living in NYC, but at this point, the drop in lifestyle to live there isn't worth it. Whenever I visit NYC, I realize Chicago is not NYC. Chicago is great in it's own way and in many ways, superior. But NYC has something special, that I don't have the ability to put into words.

N and A had a great time. N played in this very cool park in Central park with a very large stone slide. He was getting nudged out of the way by older kids who took a shortcut to get back to the top of the slide. This annoyed and frustrated him, but he didn't lose his cool, surprisingly.

The wedding was at the Brooklyn botanical Garden. Apparently, Manhattan cab drivers do not know how to get there. Many people attending the wedding has similar problems and my Dad arrived 5 minutes before the bride walked down the aisle.

I had my favorite Pizza in the world and some Indian food called "Kati Rolls" which were awesome as well.