Weekend Warm up

I swore I wasn’t going to get outside until late March, but my good friend John got me out ahead of schedule. John is also training for the upcoming road race and strung together a week of outdoor running last week in the ice and snow. Friday night out for drinks and he convinced me to get out for an easy 5 mile run the following morning. Well, I gave in on the condition we start after noon.

2:00 P.M. we began at the Orange Community Center and headed Northbound on Orange Center Road. We took a left at Meeting House Ln, Ridge Road, Treat Ln, Old Tavern Rd, Peck Ln, a right at Pine Tree Dr, and a left at Orange Center. At the community center there is a walking track and we finished with 1 lap around the track.


We finished at 2:40 P.M. so it wasn’t a great time, but we weren’t really pushing it. It was a really refreshing run and worth the cold. It was also all residential back roads too, so there wasn’t a danger of traffic. I would highly recommend the run.

I didn’t feel winded after the jog so my confidence is way up. I think with a race mentality I could have run this particular 5 mile closer to 31 minutes. It was mostly flat with one slight incline toward the end of the run.

I’m looking forward to my next outdoor run. Maybe I can convince Dee to join me on a jog next weekend in Lake George? ….We’ll see.