Back to NY

So, last week I went to New York for a few days, the last time I will be there before the big day itself (which is far too close now), and so I decided that I'd familiarise myself with a little bit of the route. As I was staying near Central Park I thought an early morning run round the great park itself would be a great idea, so I planned to start at Columbus Circle, run up the left side, across the top, down the right side, and along the bottom, as I will do on November the 4th, finishing back at Columbus, rather than in the park.  However, whether it was the flight the day before, the not so great nights sleep or what I don't know, but my legs felt twice as heavy as usual, and that is pretty heavy anyway, given that each of them is about 40% of my overal body weight (all muscle - honest).

So I trudged and struggled up the street, it was a glorious morning, the sun was out, the air was good, there were lots of other people looking very fit running towards me and overtaking me, and I really couldn't get into it.

As I reached the top of the park, I figured it was going to take everything I had just to go back the way I came, so I did, and a very dejected runner ended up in the queue at JambaJuice waiting for a "Power Orange-a-peel" with added energy shot.