I was recovering pretty nicely from Sunday’s long 17.5 mile run. By Tuesday, I only had some muscle tightness in the right leg. Otherwise felt fine. So, went ahead with my normal Tuesday night speed workout in Central Park with NYRR. I hardly ever stretch on my own, but in this class, there is a very thorough 15 minute stretch before we get started. Good thing, because it loosened up any lingering muscle tightness and I was ready to go. The workout was 2 mile intervals at the lower loop of Central Park. The problem was that some sections of the course were icy from the snow over the weekend. The lower loop is 1.7 miles, so our 2 mile course was slightly longer than 1 loop. I would estimate that about 1/3 of that loop had poor footing conditions due to the ice. That kept the times down a little bit. My intervals were completed in 16:15 and 16:20, very consistent. Weather was on the cold side, about 25 degrees, thankfully with little wind.
I’ll get 1 more run in before Sunday, where I will run the Manhattan Half Marathon at training pace, and then complete another 6 mile full loop of the park. This will be my 2nd to last long run in preparation for the Austin Marathon, quickly approaching on 2/15.
Made it to the gym tonight – been able to go 1-2 times each week. Not a lot, but enough to keep some momentum.
