Manhattan- from bottom to top

Seems like there's a lot to talk about. So let's get started.

Who's excited about the Olympics, huh? I love the Olympics! Admittedly, the opening ceremonies were a little off, but I think most of that was because the announcers wouldn't just SHUT THE HELL UP. I loved that they talked over the entire Arctic Monkeys performance, telling us how amazing the performance was. Thanks guys. That made total sense.

The thing that I like the most is all the athletes, especially the ones from all the tiny little countries. A lot of these countries have never won a medal, and they probably won't win one in these games, but they show up and compete anyway. That's pretty freaking awesome. And that brings me to my training. No one in our running group is going to win anything, but we show up and do our best. I like to think we're pretty awesome too. That's what marathon running is all about. That and pastries.

I know last week I mentioned that I was going to try some very tasty donuts post run. Well the coach changed the workout because for once, we had some decent cloud cover. So we left the park to run by the Hudson river. Since we were on the west side, and I was running longer than everyone else (I was aiming for 14 to 15 miles), I decided just to continue home. I ran 6 miles out with my group, all the way down to around Canal street, then headed home. I have to admit, after the first 6 miles, I didn't think I was going to make it. Time felt like it was going so slowly. I would look at my watch and only 2 minutes had passed since the last time I checked. I got to about 12 miles and something kicked in. I put in my headphones and said "Let's do this!" I stopped looking at my watch and those last few miles just flew by. Or maybe they felt that way because I was a little bit delirious after all the running. Either way, 16 miles later (I'm bad at math, so I accidentally ran too much) I made it home. I was sweating so much my shoes were making squishy noises. But I made it. And I still got my pastry.

This time I had another chocolate croissant, but this time from a new place in Harlem. It was super tasty, but post run, anything that's not a GU tastes good. I'll definitely go back.