2010 4 mile Haiti Run in Central Park

This past weekend I did the 4 mile Haiti Run in Central Park. My Goal was to break 30 minutes and do a 7:30 pace. Based on one of my best training runs I had done this past Thursday of 6 miles in 45 minutes I thought it was achievable (training run was on a treadmill with no incline)

The start was crazy with over 9,000 people registered. After fighting and dancing around everyone at the start of the run, i was still on track after two miles with a time of exactly 15 minutes. Mile 2-3.25 was all uphill for the most part, after mile three my pace fell off and i was at 23.10 minutes. I would need to break a 7min mile to finish under 30min. I just didn't have it finishing the 4 mile race in 30:50min, averaging a pace of 7:42.

This was my first race at any distance where i finished under an 8min mile pace. I was very happy with the results and feel the training is paying dividends.

Rico