16 Miles in New York City, Central Park

I was scheduled for an 18 mile run this weekend, and I was excited that I would do it in Central Park.  The loop around Central Park Drive is almost exactly 6 miles, so three loops would be a perfect run!  If only it worked out that way...

Problem #1 - We drove up to NJ on Friday after work.  We didn't get to the hotel until 11:00 and weren't asleep until midnight.  Then next day we woke up at 5:30 so that we could drive to NYC and run before it got too hot.  Not enough sleep.
 

Problem #2 - The night before my big run all I ate was some cereal with walnuts and craisins (no milk), a peanut butter sandwich and a ClifBar for dessert.  Not enough fuel.

Problem #3 - I was so excited about running in Central Park I started the run too fast.  And I kept running fast.  I was actually feeling good for the first two laps of the park.  The average pace for my first 14 miles was 9:09!!! My pace was too fast.

So all things considered I'm impressed I did as well as I did.  Next Saturday I'm going to run the 18 miles that I couldn't do this weekend.

Oh, and today I was supposed to run 8 but the drive back from NJ coupled with a friend's birthday party ruined that plan.  So I'll run that 8 miles tomorrow morning instead.  Then I'll get back on track with Tuesday's short run.