the other side of 7 am

i think this has been the first time since marathon training last year that i have actually been out the door and running before 7 am...thanks to predicted "strong storms with damaging winds" in tonite's forecast, I made the executive decision to do speedwork this morning instead. The hill near Tavern always seems to rob me of a finishing kick, so I repeated this workout (except this time it was .2156 miles per repeat)

Repeat number	Time	Pace
1	1:31	7:02
2	1:35	7:20
3	1:33	7:11
4	1:36	7:25
5	1:36	7:25
6	1:35	7:20

Maybe it's a little too close to game time to do something hilly, but mentally I felt I needed this one...still was a little more of a struggle than last time...then again I seem to remember last time did not have killer humidity. But while I was cooling down (ha) around the lower loop...I noted that Central Park was packed by 7 am!! Either others wanted to get their workouts in before the predicted rain...or if it's always been like this lately...but seriously, I don't remember the park being this packed in the morning!! Or maybe I have a short memory...