This morning was NYRR’s Coogan’s Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5K in Washington Heights, running up and down Ft. Washington Ave. from 173rd St to Ft. Tryon Park and back. It’s a fun race, with musicians lining the route. It has some solid hills on the route so it can be a challenging 5K. I ran most of the first two miles with Stacey and my friend Ben, who we bumped into in the starting corral. I also got to see Erica heading into the park as I was coming out and then saw her cross the finish line.
MapMyRun.com – Race: NYRR Coogan’s Salsa, Blues & Shamrocks 5K on 03/07/2010.
Time: 27:43
Distance: 5K (3.10 mi)
Pace: 8:56/mi
Splits
Mile 1: 9:40
Mile 2: 9:05
Mile 3: 8:13
Last .1: 0:45
RUN BACK
A group of us arranged to run back from Washington Heights, a route of about 4.5 miles along the Hudson River Greenway. Once we managed to get down from the Heights to the Greenway, we had a nice easy run down. It was a bit windy, but sunny and pretty warm…and mostly empty, which is nice on the more narrow Greenway.
MapMyRun.com – Run back from Washington Heights/Coogan’s
Time: 44:41
Distance: 4.44mi
Pace: 10:07/mi