I Love New York City...and Run for Something Better
I can never seem to explain it exactly. I love visiting New York City. Maybe its the energy, maybe the different types of people everywhere, maybe its the cutting edge feeling, or maybe its the feeling that I could get totally lost here doing whatever I want and nobody (and no responsibility) would ever find me. That would have been a neat trick many years ago before I had a family. Its certainly less attractive now that I'm a happily married Dad with three crazy and fun kids.
I traveled here for work. I arrived last night, had a nice dinner, then had a great day today. I stayed at the Sheraton Towers located 5 or 6 blocks from Central Park. Of course that means I was pumped for my 5AM wakeup call to go join the fitness elite of NYC on their morning workouts in Central Park. I jumped out of bed this AM and headed North to run the 6 mile outer loop of the park. Countless cyclists and runners were out training. Strangely, now that I am tri geeked out, I noticed that many of the bikes had race wheels. It must be all about looking cool and going fast every day in NYC. At home we only use our race wheels for races. I had a solid tempo run while spectating.
I spent the better part of the morning after that at a press conference related to ING's Run for Something Better Program. Run for Something Better is a children's fitness program sponsored by ING. It is a program I've been heavily involved in and feel a great attachment to. The program gets students involved in running and fitness activities to combat the challenges of the childhood obesity epidemic in America. I found out today that the students who have participated in the program have collectively run enough miles to make it to the moon. Its nice to know that I've run with some of them.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the press conference was with Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announcing their concert tour and its attachment to Run for Something Better. The press conference was held at PS36 in the Bronx. PS36 is an elementary school that has been an incredible turnaround success story in NY public schools. Jennifer and Marc were there to talk about their concert tour and to explain how their chosen benefactor of their concert is the ING Run for Something Better program. They sat on the stage in the auditorium and talked to the students, a room full of entertainment reporters, and a host of ING folks and VIPs. Very Hollywood with a nice community touch.
When it was over I ate. 1/2 pound burger, fries, two iced teas followed by a slice of Ray's Famous Pizza down the street before I ran off to the airport. I couldn't leave NYC without a "slice of cheese" even if it meant cramming my gut full of lead food. I can't say I did a ton of productive work today (or ate very well) but this day will be a great addendum to my story about Run for Something Better. Having two superstar celebrities like Jennifer and Marc behind the program should give it a very positive boost.
Life is good in post IM world. I'm getting close to a decision on next year's challenge. Fun, fun, fun.
I traveled here for work. I arrived last night, had a nice dinner, then had a great day today. I stayed at the Sheraton Towers located 5 or 6 blocks from Central Park. Of course that means I was pumped for my 5AM wakeup call to go join the fitness elite of NYC on their morning workouts in Central Park. I jumped out of bed this AM and headed North to run the 6 mile outer loop of the park. Countless cyclists and runners were out training. Strangely, now that I am tri geeked out, I noticed that many of the bikes had race wheels. It must be all about looking cool and going fast every day in NYC. At home we only use our race wheels for races. I had a solid tempo run while spectating.
I spent the better part of the morning after that at a press conference related to ING's Run for Something Better Program. Run for Something Better is a children's fitness program sponsored by ING. It is a program I've been heavily involved in and feel a great attachment to. The program gets students involved in running and fitness activities to combat the challenges of the childhood obesity epidemic in America. I found out today that the students who have participated in the program have collectively run enough miles to make it to the moon. Its nice to know that I've run with some of them.
Oh, and I forgot to mention that the press conference was with Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announcing their concert tour and its attachment to Run for Something Better. The press conference was held at PS36 in the Bronx. PS36 is an elementary school that has been an incredible turnaround success story in NY public schools. Jennifer and Marc were there to talk about their concert tour and to explain how their chosen benefactor of their concert is the ING Run for Something Better program. They sat on the stage in the auditorium and talked to the students, a room full of entertainment reporters, and a host of ING folks and VIPs. Very Hollywood with a nice community touch.
When it was over I ate. 1/2 pound burger, fries, two iced teas followed by a slice of Ray's Famous Pizza down the street before I ran off to the airport. I couldn't leave NYC without a "slice of cheese" even if it meant cramming my gut full of lead food. I can't say I did a ton of productive work today (or ate very well) but this day will be a great addendum to my story about Run for Something Better. Having two superstar celebrities like Jennifer and Marc behind the program should give it a very positive boost.
Life is good in post IM world. I'm getting close to a decision on next year's challenge. Fun, fun, fun.
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