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posted: 5/29/2008 at 10:37 PM |
Anyone do these in your city (assuming you live in a metro area that Nike organizes runs in)
I ran with the NYC Nike training group out of Niketown Tuesday night. They have pacers, coaches, etc and a lot of people show up. It's fun. This time they were doing 2 distance options that both ran a short lower loop of Central Park. Option 1 was 5.1 miles, option 2 was a bit more than 3 miles.
I ran the longer distance in the front pace group. I was thinking they'd run a quick but easy 7 min pace, but MAN they went out fast. 5 or 6 of us went out at around 6:20 or 6:10 pace. I kept up for one loop (which I estimate was 1.7 miles or so, did not have my garmin on me). They dropped me and 2 others on loop 2 but I kept them within sight. Loop three the lead pacer and the few others left with him were gone.
I finished in 33-34 minutes, maybe less (a rough time was called out to me when I finished). Leads came in around 31 minutes I think.
Anyway, damn those guys were fast. Anyone else do these runs and wanna run with me next time? I want to run slower than the fast group but faster than the second group. Slight sub 7 min pace or 6:45 I suppose would be comfortable.
Give a shout if you're in the city and you run these.
By the way, the runs are free, have some food/water afterwards (also free) and sometimes they give out dry fit shirts or socks. They do them in at least a dozen cities other than NYC (and no, I don't work for nike, I don't even wear their shoes, but I like their sportsmanship).
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posted: 5/30/2008 at 2:30 AM
modified: 5/30/2008 at 2:32 AM |
| thats what u get for tryin to run with the big boys, clown. i woulda been in the lead pack, looked over to my friend beside me and been like "yo, lets lose this clown, he's crampin my style" and then i woulda dropped u with like a 5:55 or so |
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posted: 5/30/2008 at 2:47 AM |
| I'd love to be able to participate, but all the group runs in NYC seem to start at 6:30... Which is right when I get out of work. It's great for people who get off work at 5:00, but not everyone does. |
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ultramarathon/triathlete |
posted: 5/30/2008 at 2:57 PM |
| Quote from Carps10 on 5/30/2008 at 2:30 AM: thats what u get for tryin to run with the big boys, clown. i woulda been in the lead pack, looked over to my friend beside me and been like "yo, lets lose this clown, he's crampin my style" and then i woulda dropped u with like a 5:55 or so
yeah... I bet.
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ultramarathon/triathlete |
posted: 5/30/2008 at 8:50 PM |
yeah start at Niketown or Paragon, etc. Basically it breaks out like this:
NY Running Co.
Time Warner Center, 2nd Floor
Mondays @ 6:30pm
Niketown
6 East 57th street @ 5th ave near Tiffany
Tuesdays @ 6:30pm
Thursdays @ 6:30pm
Saturdays @ 9:00am
Paragon Sports
867 B’Way (corner of 18th street)
Wednesdays @ 6:30pm
Starbucks
Park Slope, Brooklyn
164 7th Ave
Saturdays @ 9:00am
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posted: 5/30/2008 at 11:38 PM |
| Back in Feb I had a business trip to Atlanta and needed to find some running routes. Unfamiliar with the area I got hooked up with 2 different Nike places that had group runs. Work out great. |
Quit being so damn serious!
When we change the way we look at things, the things we look at change. |
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Carps10 view log |
posted: 6/1/2008 at 1:48 PM |
| Quote from kosherdave on 5/30/2008 at 2:57 PM: yeah... I bet.
lol dude ur the one who got dropped, im the one who went 16:20 at regionals clown |
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posted: 6/1/2008 at 2:16 PM |
| Quote from Carps10 on 6/1/2008 at 1:48 PM: lol dude i'm the one who got dropped on his head when his momma spiked him like a football, sorry i'm such an arrogant clown. i wish i was bak in skool so i could talk smack wit my frends instead of random peeps on the internets
Fixed that for you there, retard. |
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posted: 6/1/2008 at 2:38 PM |
| If you are in Atlanta in June P'tree rd (Lenox Mall) to Piedmont pk is a nice run. I am volunteering w/ATC on 6/07/2008 to give out water from 7-10 at the Benihana on P'tree. Hope to see some RA runners. |
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However, there were plenty of Joe's like myself that were managing at 8-9 minutes per mile too. I ran Saturday morning however, because I work out in Suffolk county during the week. Do you guys meet up at Niketown, and then head out to CP south to start?