I started the new year by volunteering for my track club's handicap race and pot luck party. One aspect of the event is a storytelling session after the race, with anecdotes about the club's past and current members. I especially like the story about them interacting with Fred Lebow - yes, the Fred Lebow of New York Road Runners Club fame.
The last week of the year I had a few time-off days to burn, it was a use-it-or-lose-it situation. Everyday of the week was cold but I wanted to maintain my tiny lead for New York, NY* in CityStrides so everyday I was out there running a few miles to add nodes. Every little bit helps and currently I'm at 20% completed for Brooklyn and 9% completed for New York, NY. Deep down I know that, because CityStrides round off to the nearest integer, I don't really have 20% and 9% but more of 19.x% and 8.y%, but it looks better this way.
In case you wonder, CityStrides has a little gadget at the upper left corner used for rotating or tilting the map. I used it to achieve the view below. Brooklyn, NY's height is longer than its width so that in order to include its northernmost portion, the area below Newtown Creek, I would normally have to zoom out further. However, by tilting the map along the Z-axis you can see further without zooming out further.
* New York, NY in the CityStrides sphere means New York City itself, comprising of the five boroughs: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Staten Island. It does not mean the New York, NY as used by the United States Postal Service, which means just Manhattan and nearby islands plus Marble Hill, which is physically part of the Bronx but was originally part of Manhattan Island.
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