Fit Chick in the City » be safe http://fitchickinthecity.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:50:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Be Smart http://fitchickinthecity.com/2009/11/be-smart/ http://fitchickinthecity.com/2009/11/be-smart/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:09:39 +0000 Jess http://fitchickinthecity.com/2009/11/09/be-smart/ I almost didn’t make it out the door this morning for my run. The first thing I do when I wake up for an early morning run is turn on NY1 to check the weather. The first thing I heard at 5:30 a.m. was “Three men were robbed at gun point in Central Park at 102nd street last night, the latest in a string of Central Park robberies.” One man was arrested while two of his accomplices have not been caught.

That can put a damper on a morning run. I wasn’t meeting SJT therefore, I decided to wait until 6:30 to run. The quietest times in the park seem to be Monday and Friday mornings before 6:30. I made sure I wore my road ID and let the Husband know how long I’d been gone. I told him that if I wasn’t back by 7:30 to come look for me.

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When heading out for a run we have to be smart. Sometimes that may mean hitting the treadmill, cutting a run short or only running with a partner.

When I was a kid my mom use to drive behind me in the car with her headlights on. She would even go to a park trail with me and circle the outside of the trail so that the headlights would illuminate the trail. I hated it. Now, I wish I could convince the Husband to give me a lighted bike escort through the park at 5AM (Guess that’s not gonna happen).

Have a great Monday!

Be Safe. Be Smart.

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