One is the Loneliest Number (Read 852 times)

You're ready to smash your half marathon PR. And your marathon.

Sounds like fun. Good luck in NYC - I paced a friend through his first marathon last year and his goal was sub-3. I left him at 24 when I was pretty sure he had it in the bag, and he came through in 2:55 or so I think. Mission accomplished! The biggest problem with NYC at ~3:00 pace is that the crowds aren't that good. You aren't a front runner, and the race is thin enough to not be exciting for them yet, is my best guess. Other than a few isolated places (like all of Central Park!) the crowd was not very enthusiastic. Not even when I yelled to the crowd did they bother themselves to make much noise. Still a great race, and there was still a huge crowd watching even if they were quiet.