December 17, 2010

I Said Brrrrr, It’s Cold Out There!

Happy Things, Running

I have today off from work and so far my day has involved only one thing: running.

I forced myself out of bed at 8:45 am. I feel guilty when I sleep in. Does anyone else get that? Like if I sleep too late, I feel like I’m wasting the day.

Anyway.

I ate some breakfast, did some crunches, stretched a bit and caught up on all of my favorite blogs.

Then I suited up and made my way to Central Park.

It was 25 degrees. Not too bad!

I ran 12.2 miles. Not too bad!

I’ll admit, the run wasn’t easy. My legs tightened up a few times and I stopped to stretch at the top of almost every hill I conquered. I don’t know what pace I stuck with, and I did stop at the lovely new Tavern on the Green bathrooms at one point.

Before I get my act together and head out for an afternoon of Christmas shopping, here’s my own little photo essay chronicling this morning’s run through Central Park. Enjoy!

photo(80) — This is where I enter the park: Right around 79th Street on the East Side, AKA the top of "Cat Hill"

photo(81) — The cat! He says, "Meow, run faster!"

photo(82) — The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. Pretty, just like Jackie O.

photo(83) — Hello, West Side. Hello, hills.

photo(84) — Stop, stretch, take a picture.

photo(85) — These trees will be covered in snow soon enough.

photo(88) — I love, love, love the pretty fence around the Reservoir.

photo(89) — Looking up toward the Reservoir from the running path.

photo(91) — Hey Guggenheim. How YOU doin?

photo(92) — The former Tavern on the Green. Now it's a Visitor's Center and food truck stop.

TELL ME: Where do you love to run and why?

Ali

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Katy says:
December 17, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I love to run in Downtown Jacksonville. It isn’t (to0) busy and running along the St. John’s River is lovely!
I also love running the Mall in DC! 🙂 Running by all the monuments is so cool! I’m hoping to do it next week!
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Michelle says:
December 17, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Beautiful pictures! I’ll take your 25 degrees and no snow over the -5 (that’s “negative” 5), snow, and ice I had this morning! I just ran 4 miles around the neighborhood I live in; that was all the cold my body could handle.
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Emilia says:
December 17, 2010 at 2:12 pm
I live in Astoria, Queens and love to run across the Queensboro Bridge…I’d heard that’s one of the toughest parts of the NYC marathon course, so I was a whiz at it by the time Race Day came along. 🙂 Love running to CP from there, but hate having to get through soooo many people on the UES.
I also love to run through Astoria Park, which is along the East River.
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Cynthia Laforge says:
December 17, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Wow! I have been to Central Park once last year and I only got to the zoo part. I had no idea it was this BIG!!
My favorite place to run is the Lakeshore. It motivates me to run as I see other runners and the lake is so beautiful to look at. You just don’t see the mileage add up when you run in a nice place 🙂
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LiveForTheRun says:
December 17, 2010 at 1:25 pm
This was amazing. Beautiful pics and really cool to see everything. I’ve run in Central Park before but had no idea what was around. I would kill for a great path like that in walking distance. That’s great:)
I really enjoy running routes I’ve never down before, really helps break monotony on long runs.
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I’m the creator of the Ali on the Run blog and the host of the Ali on the Run Show podcast. I’m also a freelance writer and editor, a race announcer, a runner and marathoner, a mom, and a huge fan of Peanut M&Ms, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (way better than the first one!), and reliving my glory days as a competition dancer in the early 2000s. I’m really happy you’re here.