Marathon Training Week 2 (Night Run)

Tuesday night we met at the coffee shop at 6:40pm as usual. The weather looked bad all day. Rain, rain, and more rain. I wasn't really looking forward to getting soaked in the cold. But Mother Nature was kind, and it stopped raining while I was on the subway headed to Brooklyn. It was actually pretty warm for December - about 45 degrees. I'll take that!

I decided to run with only a base later (a Craft one that I bought that is known as "the furnace") and a windbreaker. I left the fleece back at the coffee shop, and I was really glad that I did. A lot of people were over-dressed and sweating to death at the end of the run.

Tonight we continued working on proper form with our arms when we run. Head up, shoulders relaxed, hands held loose (no tight fists), elbows behind your body, and leaning slightly forward with your chest. We did 4 laps of the same section of the park, which I think is about 4 miles.


I'm lucky that I have been taking the triathlon training class with great coaches for so long. Running with proper form has been drilled into my head so much that it is second nature.

This Saturday - Another First - My First race over a 5K (3.1 miles)

We aren't having a group run this Saturday. Instead we are all doing a NY Road Runners race in Central Park called the Holiday 4 Miler. I'm hoping for a time under 38:00 for that one. I think I can do it.

Here is a picture of my friend Elizabeth and I after our run on Tuesday.