Week -14 - Long Run - 18 miles

Target: 17 miles @ 8:45 pace Garmin link
18.28 miles
2:37:40
8:37 pace

Yesterday I got up early after not enough sleep and decided to finish out the week in Philadelphia, rather than attempting a long run in unfamiliar territory. Took the old familiar loop, but did a U-turn at the 9.5 mark to squeeze 18 miles out of a 15-mile course (ending at the convenience store a mile from home to buy a Powerade). It wasn't hard to settle into a 8:35 pace and keep it more or less there. Only the last mile, which was on top of the target distance, was a little uncomfortable. I should have quit at 17, but the next long run is 20 miles, and I worry about being psyched out for it.

I'm now in a Starbucks in New York - here for the the NY Asian Film Festival. I'm grabbing Internet access when available, and haven't been successful uploading yesterday's run from the Forerunner yet. The bus I took here from Phila had wi-fi, and I thought I had uploaded it, but apparently it was not successful.[UPDATE - link now uploaded]

Today is a rest day, but I should be able to get some running in while in New York. I'm looking forward to exploring Central Park, and the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway path, which has an entrance ramp about a block from Julian's apartment and runs pretty much the length of Manhattan along the west side.