Tonight I ended up going all the way to Central Park. It's such a great feeling knowing that you can just go anywhere at anytime and do whatever you want. I ended up running about 3 miles, on and off. Starting at Central Park South on E. 59th street and running all the way to around 89th street. The greatest part was walking through central park, and looking at the fog cover the buildings on Central Park South, from the great lawn. Once I made it to the UWS, I did a medium run from about 80th street to Columbus Circle, continuing around the corner, and straight back to where I started at E. 59th. Where I sat on a bench wanting to curl up in a ball in die. I felt great. I decided to do one more small 1/4 sprint around the area. I had my hood up, and It didn't look like I knew where I was going. I'm sure someone was onto me, with my sketchy hood up constantly looking behind me for pedestrians and bikers. Afterwards, I walked back to the west side at columbus circle, made my way down broadway, and then switched over to the Avenue of Americas. This is where I came across a very tempting halal truck. I ended up (after all of this running) getting a rice and chicken combo, He said "any toppings?" and I just incoherently mumbled and flung a hand gesture at him, saying "put it all" Best Halal ever. Then I began jokingly questioning myself "what if eating this puts my bowel control into a position I do not want to witness?" Then began thinking of how awful it would be to have diarrhea in my short shorts in midtown after 10pm. Easily a "runner" up for worst place to have diarrhea in the world. There are no Starbucks open, there are people everywhere, everything is cold and made of cement. You couldn't take the subway, and cab drivers wouldn't dare pick you up. I chuckled about it, then, I stopped day dreaming and finished my delicious spice hazard meal. Afterwards I walked the rest of the way to the BDFM Herald Square station and went home. What a productive night. I was going to try to walk all the way to 14th street, but being the only idiot in midtown wearing a hoodie and shorts in a light rainfall, in 40 degree weather, I figured it would be best not to.
I think I've found my new favorite place to run, and to get peace of mind. I can't wait to do this again. Especially in the summer, laying in the grass sounds awesome during breaks.
I am using this as a guide to see how much I progress while running in central park on a weekly basis.
My new goal is to run the entire outside length of Central park, all the way to harlem and back. It's only 6.3 miles. Not too too bad. I have until July 30th to accomplish.
The main reason I began running is based on my simple philosophy, If I can motivate myself to run, I can motivate myself to do anything. Simply put. I have a lot to accomplish in the city, I'm starting now.
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