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Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run book started the fad on barefoot running. Since then, I had been considering buying a minimalist shoe like Vibram Five Fingers or something similar. However, all of them are upwards of US$100. The above strip completely reflects my own thoughts on such shoes. I agree barefoot running is more natural to the human feet, but can’t understand why these shoes are so darn expensive!
Reminds me of Sarojini Naidu quote – Its costs a lot to keep Gandhi poor!
Official Stats:
13.1 Miles
2:17:30 Minutes
10:36 Pace
My Garmin Stats:
13.21 miles
2:15:01 Minutes
10:13 Pace
Pic: The waterfront after mile 11
I had run this race last year too, but when I signed up again this year, I had wanted this to be a training run for my 2010 NYC Marathon.
Start: 6:30am at Central Park, Upper East Side
Temp: 57 °F
Thanks to Gautham again who not only convinced and motivated me to join the run, but ran with me the whole distance. Even when I was slowing down due to tiredness and pain he ran alongside and kept encouraging me. I finally completed the 23 miles run. It was physically and mentally tough, but I am glad I finished the run. The weather helped as it was not too warm.
With one more long distance run (26 miles) , I am back to my training schedule in preparation for NYC Marathon.
I ran with my Galloway group and we finished where we started at Central Park on the upper east side. As I sat down on the bench to rest my tired legs and recover my breath, I beheld a strange sight. I saw this white statue of a ballerina that I had not noticed before.
From where I sat, I kept looking at her still pose and was wondering when this statue was installed. I wanted to go closer and take a better look, but my legs were aching and sitting on the bench felt very good. I kept looking at the statue for what seemed like an eternity and then she gracefully moved to strike another pose! That’s when my curiosity got the better of me and I went closer and took the above picture. There was a bucket which can be partially seen on the left corner bottom. It said ‘please donate a dollar if you wish to take a picture’. We did donate. I was amazed by her stillness and grace.
I was happy to complete 23 miles though I was aching and sore all over.
My next goal – Newport Liberty Half Marathon on Sept. 26th.
Start: 5:45am at Columbus Circle, Manhattan West
Temp: 69 °F
Today is Friday and I usually never ever run on Friday. Monday being another non-run day. However I am going to be out of town this weekend and the next weekend I am going to Colorado for two weeks for my 10-day Vipassana sit. So when I learnt that a few of my Galloway group members were running the 18-miler today, I decided to run with them and get this distance done in preparation for my NYC Marathon training.
It was tough waking up at 3:45am on a week-day as I was tired from work the previous day. Nevertheless I pushed myself out of the bed, got ready and jaunted to the train station for my journey to New York. By the time I reached the start point I was late due to the train. I called up the group leader who told me where they were and I said I would run and catch up with them. I did meet up with them on the Hudson River walkway. I will let the pictures tell rest of the story.
Nomad Muse 