Upon hitting this streets this morning I quickly realized my plans were going by the wayside or should I say Slip-n-Slide. Relentless, hard rain completely drenched the Bridle Path, where I intended to warm up and then do some Yasso’s. After about 800 meters of puddle hopscotch, I decided to bag the idea of my normal warm up and head to firmer land. Even the asphalt was a mess. Between ankle-deep puddles and leaves everywhere, I accepted that any kind of technical run was out of the question today. Therefore, I was resigned to a fun run.
No GPS, no chrono, just running (although, I did know the distance of my route). If yesterday was desolate, this morning was absolutely barren. I counted 8 runners. Nonetheless, the run gave me the opportunity to head down by Tavern on the Green to check out the progress of the NYC Marathon set up. I wouldn’t say the workers were at a frantic pace, but who likes to construct anything in the rain? As I saw the finish line I could not help but imagine passing thru in about 370 days. I’ll be there Sunday to check it out, but as I was running by the bleachers I did get chills. I’ve got a lot of work to do before the 2010 race!
After passing the finish line, I continued on through the southern portion of Central Park. Again, I saw very few runners. More police cars than runners … it was fairly dark and with so many high-profile folks in town, no one wants an embarrassing incident before the race. The morning ended with 5.6 soaked, fun miles. Hopefully, the marathoners on Sunday get better weather than we’ve had for the past two days.
I plan to head to the Marathon Expo on Thursday. Will provide some pics and a report of what’s going down.