Earlier today was the New York marathon. Last year we were recovering from the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and it was the first time since 1970 when the marathon was first run that it had been cancelled.
And so, it was great for New Yorkers to be out there either running or cheering. There were more than 50,700 participants of which an incredible 50,266 completed the race. An astounding 99+%. I guess this is helped by the difficulty level of getting a running spot in the Marathon.
The New York Marathon is arguably the most famous of the world marathons and one of the 6 annual marathons that form the World Marathon Majors. The others being Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and from 2013 Tokyo.
You can find more interesting trivia about the New York marathon at:
http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2013/the-2013-ing-new-york-city-marathon
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Marathon
or better still see the video
The point of this blog was that the marathon and its diversity of runners from the teens to the octogenarians has inspired me to participate in a Marathon.
However being a realist, I want to start easy. So will do a half marathon. I also want to start slow, and since its nearly the end of 2013, let me target next year. Not 2014, but 2015. So basically, I do hope to compete and complete a half marathon in 2015.
Would love to write more, but gotta run. Literally.
And so, it was great for New Yorkers to be out there either running or cheering. There were more than 50,700 participants of which an incredible 50,266 completed the race. An astounding 99+%. I guess this is helped by the difficulty level of getting a running spot in the Marathon.
The New York Marathon is arguably the most famous of the world marathons and one of the 6 annual marathons that form the World Marathon Majors. The others being Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and from 2013 Tokyo.
You can find more interesting trivia about the New York marathon at:
http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2013/the-2013-ing-new-york-city-marathon
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Marathon
or better still see the video
The point of this blog was that the marathon and its diversity of runners from the teens to the octogenarians has inspired me to participate in a Marathon.
However being a realist, I want to start easy. So will do a half marathon. I also want to start slow, and since its nearly the end of 2013, let me target next year. Not 2014, but 2015. So basically, I do hope to compete and complete a half marathon in 2015.
Would love to write more, but gotta run. Literally.
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