Lori Runs...New York?

Dani and me

A very big thank you to my friend Dani for her donation to my Boston Marathon fundraising page!  Weight Off My Shoulders - she's truly amazing.  She's also mastered the art of the mid-run selfie, which you can learn more about in her Zelle piece!
Dani will be running the Marathon as a charity runner too as a member of Teddy's Team, so I appreciate her help.  You should check out her incredibly inspirational blog

Since her donation I have been in a bit of a fundraising rut, so if you'd like to make a donation but haven't yet, now would be a great time! I'm just a little over $300 away from my $3,000 milestone!

Friday was a rest day and after work my boyfriend and I hopped on the bus to New York City for the weekend to visit his brother.  It could have been SO EASY to skip my runs this weekend - especially considering we didn't get to bed until after 4am on Friday (oh, NYC, I am too old for you!) - BUT I woke myself up at 8:30 am on Saturday, tied my laces and hit the streets.  We were staying in Chinatown and I was only a few blocks from a beautiful bike path along the East River that went under the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.  It was cold and sunny and an overall great morning for a run.

I ran for about three miles - I don't know for sure because in my quiet attempt to sneak out in the morning I forgot my GPS watch - down to the Battery Maritime Building and back again.  There were some big shipped docked along the water and a surprisingly bustling helicopter pad.  My knee managed ok, but I could feel a slight twinge by the time I finished and I guestimate that I ran about a 10 minute mile.  I stopped for a quick second here and there to snap some photos to share with you, and one of some cool cat graffiti, because cats.


Sunday morning brought the same route.  I decided to stick with what I had done the day before because I was on a tight time frame (we had to check out of our hotel) and because I really enjoyed the route! I had company on Sunday and ran with my boyfriend's sister, which was a lot of fun.  I usually like running alone to clear my head, but the time really does tend to go faster when you have someone along with you.  I know for sure we did at least three miles (I forgot my watch again, but she remembered hers and it tells you your info out loud, which was great) - 9:44/9:30/9:21 - before splitting off to our end destinations.

I can see the appeal of traveling for races.  It was so cool to explore a new route and take in new scenery.  It's so easy to get stuck in a rut with your routes - you know how long they are, what the terrain is like and feel confident that you won't end up as a real life Law & Order episode - but I feel a little more inspired to try to give some new life to my run locations.

Anyone have good, T accessible routes you suggest?