This morning I woke up in a hotel on 31st Street in New York City. After brushing my teeth and throwing my running clothes on I jumped in a cab and headed to Central Park. After spending several minutes getting my bearings and waiting for my Garmin watch to get a satellite signal (which it never did), I started my six-mile run around the park. I honestly do not remember the last time running felt that easy—the uphills, the downhills, the flat portions—at the end of the run I felt like I could easily done another loop. I did not time my run, but it felt really fast—I am guessing the pace was 7:15ish. I even ended up walking all the way back to the hotel (a good mile and a half, maybe more) as a warm down. I have now decided whenever I come to New York I am definitely running in Central Park weather permitting—I just can’t easily replicate this experience in the Chicago area.
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