Well, the GMATs were great. Most especially is the part that they are over! Whew, I did a lot of studying. But I got a decent score too. It puts me in the good 'middle' range for what is accepted at the schools I'm looking at.
It was a pretty intense week as I prepared for the exam and did last minute practice tests. I didn't get to the gym or central park as much as I would have liked. The treat I was anticipating all week for when I finished was a long run....
I had a 20 miler on my training schedule for today, a beautiful sunny day. I started off on my usual path towards central park, but realized maybe it was a good day to head back to my fall running route along the river. I had abandonded running in riverside park because of the winter winds, but today there were none to be had. I was planning on a 10 mile run south along the running path and then turning around for 10 back. After 10 miles I had already passed the bottom tip of Manhattan and was running up the river on the east. I figured I'd keep on running (just like ol' Forrest Gump). My watch tells me my milage, so I figured I'd just run until 20 miles then hail a cab.
The run was glorious and I was able to keep a 10:10 pace for 20 miles! At that point I was so close to home I just extended my run for another 3 miles back to my apartment. I realized that my next long run would be in Thailand, in hot weather, so I should make todays run my longest one. 23 it was (although the last 3 were a little slower).
I can't seem to paste it here, but you can check out the loop here: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=124571
- it was a full loop running from 120th down the western side of Manhattan back up the eastern side of the island to 120th- then across.
