Training Run 1

My 27th training run for the 2008 New York City Marathon.

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Distance: 4 miles
Run/Walk Combo: 2 minutes run, 1 minute walk
From: 9th Avenue and West 23rd Street
To: Canal and West
Route: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=228546
Time: 43 minutes 22 seconds (20m 48s out, 22m 34s back)
Soundtrack:

• "Hey Boy Hey Girl" by The Chemical Brothers
  
• "Round Round" by Sugababes
  
• "Lessons in Love" by Level 42
  
• "Swamp Thing" by The Grid
  
• "She's A Woman" by Green featuring Shabba Ranks
  
• "Welcome to the Cheapsheats" by The Wonderstuff
  
• "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" by U2
  
• "America: What Time Is Love" by The KLF
  
• "Theme From S'Express" by S'Express
  
• "Hard To Beat" by Hard-Fi
  
• "No Good (Start The Dance)" by The Prodigy
  
• "Step On" by The Happy Mondays
  

I have not been keeping track of my distances and stuff, so I've decided to restart my statistics from today.

So far:
Longest distance run: 4 miles
Total distance run: 4 miles
Total time taken: 43 minutes, 22 seconds

Best recorded times for given distances:

1 mile: 10 minutes, 24 seconds
2 miles: 20 minutes, 48 seconds
4 miles: 43 minutes, 22 seconds

Introduction

On the 4th November 2008, I will be running the New York City Marathon.

The longest training run I have done this year, as of the 4th May 2008, is 0 miles.

Follow me going from 0 to 26.2 in 6 months.

I am running for Pediatric Cancer Research, and any sponsorship will be very welcome:

https://fredsteam.mskcc.org/fundraising/Controller?action=userHome&user_id=36023&event_id=113

I will be updating this blog with details of my training runs and any thing else that seems relevant.