Central park (16.24mi)

For my weekend long runs, I've *mostly* been trying to follow a pattern of 2 consecutive weeks up in distance, with 1 slightly back down. So after the past 2 weekends being 19mi, and 22mi, this weekend was time for a slight small step back down. Which actually worked out very well since I was away in NYC visiting with my wonderful girlfriend Nicole. But no matter how many times I do it, it seems that every time I run loops in central park, I always imagine it being easier than it actually turns out to be. One loop around the main road, central park dr, measures out to be roughly 6.05mi. I normally tend to stick to this route, simply because it involves the least amount of thinking/planning. By the time you start into the 3rd lap though, in general you're ready to be done with it. That sort of summed up my feelings toward the end of my run on Saturday. The run started off with the weather a bit overcast and breezy, but as the sun got up directly overhead and broke through the cloud cover, it started to warm up and was actually pretty pleasant by the time I finished. My legs were feeling pretty wiped tho, and I was very much looking forward to some much needed time off for the remainder of the weekend.