Italy Run 5M: Race Plans
Another Sunday, another race. (Seriously … this is my 3rd race in 4 Sundays, and the one Sunday I didn’t race I didn’t run at all because it was a holiday)
Date & Location:
Sunday, June 3rd, Central Park
Getting My Stuff:
Picked up my stuff at the NYRR RUNCENTER last week after work one day. I wanted to go before work, but … subways. Whatever. Picking up after work was fine. I got my bib (corral J!) and my shirt and that was it.
Outfit:
Not entirely sure. Weather is supposed to be low 60s with humidity in the mid-50s and dew point in the high 40s, so definitely short sleeves (even though that would be long sleeves for training, for races I’ve learned to switch over to short sleeves at colder temps). I don’t really have that many non-race short sleeve shirts, so … yeah.
I’m thinking maybe my black skirt and my
Raw Threads mermaid shirt, but I’m not sure. It’s a little bit more low cut than I like.
The other option is my gray shirt (also a little low cut) with whatever skirt I feel like wearing … but I’m not so excited about that idea either.
The new Garmin will probably not be here by then … and even if it was, not sure I'd want to use it for a race before I start practicing with it, so this will probably be the old Garmin’s last race. I was also thinking of wearing the old 880s (which is what I wore on Sunday and will hopefully by dry by then) for their last race, but since they’re already over 400 miles, I’m not sure - I can probably get 425 out them, but in case I’m wrong, I might not want to be running in them so far from home. I may end up in the Zantes instead (although Guava Lava probably matches the mermaid shirt best, so … there’s that). I dunno. I’ll figure it out eventually.
Getting To The Race:
So … it looks like the race starts on the west side, but Race Day Central (which is where bag check is) is on the east side. So … I dunno. F is running normally to Lex & 63rd and on the Q from there, so I think my best bet may actually be to just take the F to the east side and walk.
The race starts at 8. Last race I did that started at 8, I left the house at 6:15 and got there mad early. So this time I’ll probably leave closer to 6:30 and get there closer to 7:30-7:45. I think I’ll be okay.
Race Plan & Goals:
The plan for this race is Easy/LR intervals, for an average pace of 12:46/mi. I’ve been a little slow on these runs recently, so I’m expecting a pace closer to 13:00/mi. Time goal is 1:05.
Really, the goal is to actually take it easy and not get swept up in the race excitement and stick to the plan.
Post-Race:
I'll stick around to see if I can get some Nutella and/or chocolate. Because the presenting sponsor of this race is Ferrero. And I love Nutella.
After that ...
Starbucks. Granola bar (or something of the sort). And then home. Sunday is actually the Celebrate Israel Parade (aka Israeli Day Parade), and I could march with my alma mater if I wanted to, but a) I don’t want to wait around for them to start, and b) really, I’m not as excited by the marching as I used to be. I think doing it almost every year from ages 6-20ish was probably enough.
Track Me:
My bib number is
556 (yeah, I know, if I had gotten there a few minutes earlier I would have been 555).
Live tracking is available at
https://liveresults.nyrr.org/e/NYRR-ITALYRUN-2018.
Last I checked, you can’t search for me yet. Based on the last few races … you should be able to search for my bib number at some point on Saturday. Everything should work by the start of the race. I think.
And that's it.
Sorry to get your hopes up, @jennamfeo. 
