Sunshine in the Rain

I missed the ideal temperature window to run this morning, and by the time I geared myself up to do the run, it had begun raining. It was about 1:30 by the time I was able to get out there.

I reached a PR for 7 miles today. On Wednesday it took me 1 h 13 min to run 6.7 miles, and today it took me 1 h 5 min to run 7.0 miles. I did a counterclockwise loop of the 5-mile loop (bounded on the north by the 102nd street traverse), with a back and forth on the traverse to add 0.3 miles, followed by the 1.7-mile loop (bounded on the north by the 72nd street traverse). I had a chocolate PowerBar gel at about 45 minutes.

Today's run felt good - there was spring to my step, and my joints didn't hurt at all. I felt faster. Maybe the new shoes really are magic!

It's amazing how truly small yet large the running community is in New York. There's this African-American man in, maybe, his 40's who's clearly a professional runner. He waves to me when I run by. I've seen him on the bridle path and on the 6-mile loop, and he always does a salute to me. It's pretty cool. I felt legit - a part of the running community.