Halloween is my favorite time in New York City (this is a picture of my costume) but before I get into that...
A week ago I ran 3 miles (approximately - I ran 12 laps on a 400 meter track. One mile = 1609.344 meters, 3 miles = 4828.032, 12 laps = 4800 meters) in under 20 minutes. This has been a long standing goal for me. It means I needed to keep a average speed of 9 mph or above for the length of the run (.2 mph faster than my goal 8.8 mph for the half marathon). This felt so good - I can't say my EXACT time because I was wearing an analog watch, but it was somewhere between 19 and 20 minutes.
Other than this, training for the half is going o.k. I sort of hurt my left leg in a basketball game on Wednesday, but it feels much better today. Tomorrow I plan on going on my long run, ten miles, hopefully it will be nice out.
In other news, this weekend is not only Halloween, but the New York City marathon! And even better than that is the New York City Marathon Health and Fitness Expo: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/expo.htm - Dean Karnazes is going to be there (see previous post.) Although I have lived in the city the last three years I have never watched the marathon or gone to the expo. I've never been interested before.
Why is Halloween the best time of year? Because of the Halloween parade on 6th Avenue, because everyone is in a wild and crazy mood, and that's it. Those two things are what makes it so good.
Preview: I will soon be doing a performance where I walk 50 miles from Succasunna, NJ, my hometown, into Manhattan, and then to Fort Tilden Beach in Far Rockaway. More to come on this soon.
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