My Long-Term Running Relationship with Central Park is Evolving

Mina Samuels
4 min readJun 7, 2023
The Reservoir in Central Park in New York City

I have run in Central Park since 1993. I’ll let you do the math. When I first got here, I lived on 113th Street and came into the park at its northwest corner on 110th. Then, six months later, I moved to 85 thstreet and then to Riverside and 79th. So, for 28 years, I have run into and out of Central Park at the entrances on 81 stand 77 th. One result of the demise of my marriage is…

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Mina Samuels

Writer. Performer. Citizen. Traveler. Enthusiast. Author of Run Like a Girl 365 Days A Year and other books. www.minasamuels.com