What a great training run!!!! This is an AWESOME way of doing a long training run (especially for those of us who have never run this distance before!) The NYRR really did a great job of hosting, everything was so well organized. And I got to meet Gary and Lynne who are running NY beforehand (Sorry you woke up late Katherine!).
They had pace teams and they staggered each group, so that you could stay with your group for each loop. There was a 6 mile loop, we ran the 5 mile loop twice, and then finished with a 4 mile loop, and there was a brief 5 minute recovery after each loop, where there were bathrooms, Powerade gel, water and fruit/food. My left knee was stiff and sore in the third loop, but it worked out so I could finish in 3:32!!! I'm very happy to have jumped that hurdle, and now I know the Marathon is within reach!!!
My reward (after an afternoon of recovery) was a great night out in Manhattan!!!
-Betsy Parker (MCM team)
