stopped by the nyrr club after work yesterday to pick up bib, d-tag, and shirt for the nyrr 8000 tomorrow. given the weather forecast, it should be reclassified as an 8k swim around the park. heavy rain is expected to arrive late this afternoon and continue straight through the weekend - the bulk of the rain storm to hit us tomorrow :(
as for the race, given the weather forecast, it's going to be a slog. last year i ran this 8k in 33:36, a 6:46 pace. this time around it's just a training run (and race number 4 on the road to 9, for the 2011 nyc marathon). i'll be happy to finish it in under 40 minutes.
the race shirt once again echoes a retro flavor - just like the manhattan half logo from january's race. katie wants me to switch (or trade) mine for an adult small, so she can wear it! i'll give that a waterlogged try at the race tomorrow.
as always, if you're at this one - say hi!
Friday, March 12, 2010
packet pick-up for nyrr 8000
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It doesn't look good, but I know you'll have a great race.
We're doing a 20 miler training run tomorrow. I'm thinking of changing shoes after an hour!
Hey the weather has been wrong before, right? Right? oy.
Good luck! It's been raining hard down here in DC, you'll get it probably just in time!
You say it will be a training run, but in the rain, you just may end up racing to get to a the dry finish! Enjoy it.
Jeez, I'm such a space cadet - I thought the race was SUNDAY. The weather could be a real challenge - the rain is uncomfortable, but the high winds are the real problem, and could be downright dangerous
I was thinking of you when I was running over the Brooklyn Bridge at 8:30 this morning.
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