I ran the Fitness Magazine 4 mile race in Central Park last weekend. The remnants of Hurricane Ivan were flooding the streets, so I was certain that the race would be cancelled (or that I would chicken out). Neither happened as the sky cleared 10 minutes before the race started.
I didn’t warm up as much as I would’ve liked, but the first 2 miles went suprisingly well (7:11, 7:16). The hills on mile 3 killed me (7:51), but I was able to pick it up at the end (7:29). I actually thought that I looked pretty good at the finish until I saw the pic posted at the NYRR website:
My Finish Time was 29:47. Here are some more pics from the race.
Comments from old site
Out of Shape
Boy I must be out of shape because I look like that after I walk up a few flights of stairs. Good for you to be able to still run these races at your age.
Andy Drout 2004-09-26 19:42:51at my age
Hey, I'm as old as you are, so watch it with the "old-age" comments :-) In any case, I'm sure you can still swat a baseball a lot farther than I can.
Vinod Kurup 2004-09-26 22:47:09