Because I got back from Amsterdam late Monday night I was able to take Tuesday off without using a vacation day. My day involved sleeping in, scrubbing my apartment, doing laundry and dropping more off, grocery shopping and going for a run. My friends and I recently signed up for the Grete’s Great Gallop half marathon in Central Park so I decided to make my way up to the park and get a nice run in. My head was pounding from jet lag but I was able to get in about 5 miles. To mix things up a bit, I ran up from Columbus circle, did a lap of the reservoir and then ran down the east side.

One thing that caught me off guard was the cars in the park. I usually run there in the morning, evening or weekend, when cars aren’t allowed. Having cars in the park forced the bikers into the running lane and squished the runners into one lane. More than once another runner and I were coming straight for each other. I’m all for sharing the road with bikers, but next time I’ll make sure to run when only runners and bikers are allowed.