This past Sunday we crawled out of our nice warm bed, picked up some bagels and walked over to Lafayette Avenue to watch 50,000 runners compete in the ING New York Marathon. The runners had a perfect day for their race, it was crisp and cold and all of the gorgeous fall leaves were out.
We made it to Lafayette Avenue just in time to see the two female elite runners in first place pass by. We waited around for a while to watch the rest of the female elite pack followed by the males, and then all the "regular" runners. In this case, regular means sub 2.5 or 3 hour total race times which is nuts!! We saw a man running in a full suit, someone dressed as superman, and a runner in full Mayan regalia.
Watching the race inspired me to join the lottery for the New York 1/2 Marathon in March. I'll find out on December 12, wish me luck! The nighttime NYC skyline photo was from my run home from work last night. I can't say that I'm a fan of the time change. I hate leaving work in the dark! Oh well, at least there's sunshine in the morning for now.
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| Buzunesh Deba and Tigist Tufa - Deba went on to finish second |
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| Female Elites - So fast! |
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| Panorama of spectators on Lafayette |
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| Geoffrey Mutai (orange top, blue shorts) went on to win the men's division |
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| Male elites running down Lafayetter Avenue in Ft. Greene |
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| NYPD keeping an eye on things |
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| Helicopters and birds at the Queen of All Saints Church |
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| Runners by the Queen of All Saints Church |
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| Looking back to Manhattan on my run home. |
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