7.01 miles; Duration: 58:59; Average Pace: 8:24min/mi; Average BPM: 139; Steps: 9, 204
For my weekly longer run, I wanted to try something a little different because life is all about mixing things up. Normally, for my long runs I like to do an 'in and out' from Crunch Gym on Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn to the Lower East Side and back via the Williamsburg Bridge. Although the views are beautiful from the bridge, I have been getting a little bored with this route. I opted to do the long run in Central Park. I cannot remember the last time I ran in the park . . . aside from running NYRR races.
I will say that I had a pretty nice run and the Park was not too crowded so most of the trails were relatively free with little to no annoyances aka tourist with selfie sticks. The run itself was pretty nice, I feel like I am making decent progress with my pacing, but I have a long way to go if I am going to complete my half marathon in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Actually, I do not know if I am going to make it because I have to run an average pace of 8:00 min/mi and I am still at 8:24 min/mi. I do find that I do a little better during races because my 'competitive" nature kicks in a bit. Maybe I will register for a race this week.
For the most part, this run was more of an easy tempo run. However, I did try to incorporate some quick sprints during the last 800 meters of each mile. I did not feel too tired doing these and actually, these quick sprints made the run a little more interesting, especially when a good up tempo song came on.
My route. Some people on Facebook think that my route may be sexually explicit.
Song of the Run.