Fred Lebow Classic 5M in Central Park

Ran 5 miles for the first time today! Completed the distance in little less than an hour - walking around 40% of the distance. One thing I can be proud of is that I beat Larry-the-light-house, Wendy-the-wind-mill and another person who were running in interesting costumes.

Aaron from work, his wife Elodie, Teresa and Freddie accompanied me in this race. Aaron mentioned about meeting Charles at the beginning of the race; I did not get to meet him.

Good to have company! Motivation in loads :-)

This race is the first in a series of races which I will run to qualify to the NYC Marathon in 2008. Next up is the NYRR Gridiron Classic 4M on Feb 3rd. A personal goal for this 4 mile race is to be able to run the whole distance without stopping or walking.

Elodie mentioned she is self-training based on the training schedules on Marathon Rookie Web-site; will follow the training plan for 5K to prepare for the 4 Mile race - with suitable adjustments, of course.

Results from the Race:
Overall Place : 4128
Gender Place : 2266
Age Place : 784
Finish Time : 58:39
Pace / Mile : 11:43
AG Time : 57:24
AG Gender Place : 2308
AG % : 37.1 %

Interesting set of Age group statistics; I should be able to improve it over the next two races in Feb '08.