I have lived in NYC for 2 years now and can honestly say, I dont do any of those touristy things here... Why? who knows! I guess because I think Im a New Yorker? Well, thursday was Fashion's Night Out. Fashion's Night Out was awesome! It was a night where retailers looked to restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion on the eve of the 8th anniversary of 9-11. Strolling the streets of SoHo with Claudia, we walked in and out of retail stores all night drinking Champagne and cocktails, eating chocolates, and browsed the new fashion collections. It was so diva of us! Everyone was dressed to the Nines and was anxious to be in the stores that were hosting events and concerts. Okay, so picture something out of the movies, all the stores opened up with maitre 'd type people greeting you in the doorways, d-jays pumping music, cocktail waitresses at your disposal with drinks and hors 'd vours at your fingertips!
aaaand then Saturday came up quick... Instead of trecking it back up to Van Courtlant park in the Bronx again, Claudia and I decided to sleep in late and run in the park. SUCH A GREAT DECISION! So, we slept in and met at 8 am (yes 8 am is late for us now, isnt that pathetic?!?) at 96th street and ventured into the park. Yep, back to the park! another field trip scheduled, and we bailed to run in the park! Big change in scenery this time though - we ran a loop on the road of the park. 6 miles of non-bridle path running! wohoo! Talk about excitement! After the 6 on the road we headed to the bridle path to finish up the run. It was actually really nice! It was remarkably cooler and less humid than many Saturdays when we do our long runs, so with ease we finished our 12 miles, sweet!!
I did notice there was a substantial amount of people running in the park this weekend... ITS CRUNCH TIME TO THE MARATHON!!! Not only was there the Mind, Body, and Fitness 4 mile race, but there were numerous running groups working together. Pretty cool! Pretty scary! I cant believe how quickly November 1st is creeping up! from today, there is 46 days until the big day! Ohhh I dont feel prepared... yikes!
On our little touristy adventure, Claudia and I got the chance to meet Michael Kors and Debra Messing! Sipping cocktails in Michael Kors, we had the opportunity to meet Michael and have our pictures drawn by him! It was so cool! He's from Long Island believe it or not... and he used to draw characactures at birthday parties when he was "much" younger... and yes, he did emphasize the much part. As we ventured from Michael to Prada, to Theory, to all different little boutiques, Claudia and I couldnt figure what all the hoopla was about at Intermix.. so we decided to dive into the crowd and see what the fuss was... to our surprise, Anna Wintour was being escorted in as we push through the crowd! She guest appeared at Intermix.. darn it! why didnt we know before? I would have loved to see what she was doing there... oh well I got to 
see what she really looks like up close - thats exciting enough for me!!!
see what she really looks like up close - thats exciting enough for me!!! We had so much fun surrounded by all the glamour of the fashion world! I am so happy we got to go out all pretty and not in our running clothes. We were real people in normal clothes... haha!!
aaaand then Saturday came up quick... Instead of trecking it back up to Van Courtlant park in the Bronx again, Claudia and I decided to sleep in late and run in the park. SUCH A GREAT DECISION! So, we slept in and met at 8 am (yes 8 am is late for us now, isnt that pathetic?!?) at 96th street and ventured into the park. Yep, back to the park! another field trip scheduled, and we bailed to run in the park! Big change in scenery this time though - we ran a loop on the road of the park. 6 miles of non-bridle path running! wohoo! Talk about excitement! After the 6 on the road we headed to the bridle path to finish up the run. It was actually really nice! It was remarkably cooler and less humid than many Saturdays when we do our long runs, so with ease we finished our 12 miles, sweet!! 
I did notice there was a substantial amount of people running in the park this weekend... ITS CRUNCH TIME TO THE MARATHON!!! Not only was there the Mind, Body, and Fitness 4 mile race, but there were numerous running groups working together. Pretty cool! Pretty scary! I cant believe how quickly November 1st is creeping up! from today, there is 46 days until the big day! Ohhh I dont feel prepared... yikes!This saturday will be the real test. We are running 20 miles on Sunday. Wow, 20 miles! Whatever.... BRING IT! I can do this!
'till next time!
Lee
Lee
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