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NYC Marathon Runners (Read 92 times)

Toronto


Seven Deadly Shins

    Fuck. It's starting to look windy, with N or NNW being somewhat in the face through Brooklyn and up 1st Av. 

    kristin10185


    Skirt Runner

      For the past week it has been REALLY windy here. I run on a path that goes along the water of the Verrazano Narrows and I can tell you that wind has been WHIPPING through that channel like crazy (would be a crosswind while you are in the Vz Bridge and a head wind when you enter Brooklyn). The wind has almost knocked me over and has been so loud howling that it sounds like a hurricane. Once you're off the bridge though, buildings will block it somewhat as 4th ave is quite a bit inland from the water and the path I run on is right along the water. But yeah. If this wind continues it has been rough.

      PRs:   5K- 28:16 (5/5/13)      10K- 1:00:13 (10/27/13)    4M- 41:43 (9/7/13)   15K- 1:34:25  (8/17/13)    10M- 1:56:30 (4/6/14)     HM- 2:20:16 (4/13/14)     Full- 5:55:33 (11/1/15)

       

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      happylily


        That's it. I don't care what you guys will say, I'm wearing long thermal tights, a tank top, a short-sleeved tee-shirt over the tank and my warmest arm warmers. And a pair of gloves. And a tuque. No, not a tuque, because I have a huge head and I look monstrous with a tuque on. Maybe ear muffs. Yeah, that's it. Ear muffs. And a hockey stick, to represent Canada and to keep anyone from coming too close to me.

        PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

        18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

        happylily


          I think I'm going to place myself in wave 2, rather than wave 1. It would be more logical since I do not expect a sub-3:30, but rather something close to 4:00. That means a start at 10:05 a.m., So my 7:15 a.m. bus departure should be okay after all. I feel sick to my stomach just thinking about it. I will be alone in a sea of strangers. I'm shy. I can barely speak English when I'm nervous. Why do I do this again? Why am I rambling on like this? 

          PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                  Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

          18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

          happylily


            Oh, no! I sound like Andrea! 

            PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                    Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

            18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

            DavePNW


              Oh, no! I sound like Andrea! 

               

              Not until you start talking about your underwear.

              Dave

              LRB


                That's it. I don't care what you guys will say, I'm wearing long thermal tights, a tank top, a short-sleeved tee-shirt over the tank and my warmest arm warmers. And a pair of gloves. And a tuque. No, not a tuque, because I have a huge head and I look monstrous with a tuque on. Maybe ear muffs. Yeah, that's it. Ear muffs. And a hockey stick, to represent Canada and to keep anyone from coming too close to me.

                 

                In search of the woolly mammoth I see, awesome!

                happylily


                   

                  In search of the woolly mammoth I see, awesome!

                   

                  PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                          Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

                  18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

                  happylily


                     

                    Not until you start talking about your underwear.

                     

                    Bikini undies, like the elites. 

                    PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                            Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

                    18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

                    B-Plus


                       

                      Not until you start talking about your underwear.

                       

                      What a great place to store an extra poptart!

                      Docket_Rocket


                      Former Bad Ass

                        Sounds great.

                         

                        I am wearing a LS and gloves, CAPRIS, and a headband that can cover my ears.

                        Damaris

                        Docket_Rocket


                        Former Bad Ass

                          So mine is 10lbs less than Lily's.

                          Damaris

                          happylily


                             

                            What a great place to store an extra poptart!

                             

                            LOL

                            PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                                    Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

                            18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

                            happylily


                              So mine is 10lbs less than Lily's.

                               

                              But I bet you're carrying your phone. "Hello, Facebook friends? Guess where I am at the moment?" 

                               

                              Maybe I should bring my camera, come to think of it...

                              PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013

                                      Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013

                              18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010

                              B-Plus


                                 

                                But I bet you're carrying your phone. "Hello, Facebook friends? Guess where I am at the moment?" 

                                 

                                Maybe I should bring my camera, come to think of it...

                                 

                                Sometimes I feel like I should run with a voice recorder so I can audiotape my RR on the run.