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). ~Dave

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.

Dave, I've run with these folks. They are dangerously good! 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?

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.

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.