Today’s run: 7.6 miles, 1:31:20. YT: 347.93 miles. Run mantra: Once you go forward, it’s hard to go back.
This run was intense. I left knowing I wasn’t in the best physical condition to set out for a 7-miler in the midday sun. But I decided I would anyway. I needed that cleanse of 90 minutes of motion. And I needed the miles.
In the first 20 minutes of the run, I was almost hit by a car, a 2-person bike, and a kid on roller blades.
At the Manhattan bridge, I started to feel nauseated. Not so good while crossing a gigantic bridge over moving water, with subway trains hurtling by every three minutes.
Run highlight: Getting to the water fountain in East River park after 3 miles of dry mouth that had me staring longingly at the puddles along the water front.
A bird shat on me at mile 7.
And now I feel pretty thrilled with myself for sticking it out. Also a little dizzy.
Sounds like an epic run!
I laughed out loud when you wrote the bird shat on you :D you have great comedic timing (or the bird does)! Props for sticking it out!
Is it bad to drink while you run–what about a camel pack filled with a sports drink to combat the dizzies?
yeah, i definitely need to start carrying water. it’s hotter here, and not so many water fountains as on my LA beach run.
when the bird “released itself” on me, i was just like, REALLY? and then i think i actually did laugh. it WAS comic.