Island Hopping

It's been a fun, busy, productive ... almost overwhelming week. Amidst it all I restricted myself to 4 runs, totalling 21 miles. I'd been hoping to push it up to 5x and 25-30 by now, but I continue to be cautious. My last run was this morning in perfectly bright, cool, NYC spring conditions - a slow 7.5 up to and around Roosevelt Island.

When I got home, I was treated with the super delicious Mother's Day Matt special of sausage gravy and biscuits. I've decided this is possibly the best post-run meal in existence.

I wish I was the type of runner to be content with the level I'm at currently. After all, I'm infinitely happier now than I was during my long hiatuses, and I attribute 100% of that mood improvement to my sport. But I'm just too in love with the longer distances to be satisfied. I've already mapped out some brand new 20+ mile routes around Queens and the other boroughs. I can't wait till I'm ready to try them out.

In the meantime I hope to build up my work-week runs shortly. My company is moving our office two avenues further west, so I'm going to adjust my in-and-home bound routes to take in the West Side Highway and Central Park. Maybe when I get fitter, I'll approach from the south after coming over the Brooklyn Bridge. Our new office comes equipped with a shower - which is just about the most exciting work-related thing to happen to me in years. I look forward to being less offensive to my cube-mates after arriving to work on foot this season, as I have been in sweltering summers past.