Traveling almost half of the year means that it is difficult to race often enough to qualify for the New York Marathon by running in nine of the NYRR club "marathon qualifier" races. So, I've been trying not to miss any, no matter the hour (5:30 am for the NYRR 50th Anniversary Race) or too hot, like today. And, since I had missed out running in a recent qualifier just because I don't happen to have a second X chromosome, I wasn't going to let being straight keep me from racing in today's qualifier, the New York Gay Pride Run.
It was over thirty degrees at race time and under the hot sun and this was a tough damn run. I'm still not getting the speed and hope that by cutting back on my bike riding my legs with morph back into runners' legs in time for the marathon in November. So, today's splits were:
| HR Average | Speed km/h | Time | |
| Mile 1 | 146 | 11.7 | 8:32.9 |
| Mile 2 | 154 | 11.9 | 8:31.4 |
| Mile 3 | 163 | 11.7 | 8:31.3 |
| Mile 4 | 170 | 11.1 | 8:49.9 |
| Mile 5 | 173 | 11.6 | 8:29.3 |
| Total | 161 | 11.6 | 42:53.8 |
Good heart rate acceleration, but no kick. Just too damn hot.
After the race, I was off to the races. In eleven days I’ll be in Germany (for the European Cup final), Qatar, Johannesburg, Bangkok and Seoul. Faster than I ran in the park this morning. First leg this afternoon from LGA to IAD and then tonight on to FRA.
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