ING New York City Marathon - RunMarathon

The run went well, except the bottom of my foot was in pain from mile 2 until the finish. this was more uncomfortable than painful. What a great city! Crowds were unbelievable.

The Verrazano Bridge is SOOO deceiving. Running in a strong head wind very steep incline. I was running 10:30 miles at this point and tried to make it up in miles 2-3, big mistake. I settled into a 8:30 second pace around mile 3 which was a tad too fast. By mile 18 I was over 9:00 and at 20-21 I had to really focus in to hit my goal of sub 4 hour. It came to a point where I said to myself, "Just finish, stop worrying about your time." Than, I regained my focus and sucked it up for the last few miles. At mile 24, it was looking really good for a sub 4, than my hammy starting cramping and I went down. there was a water stop right there. I drank a cup, stretched it out and the sensation of cramping up stopped. I started running again and it felt like it was going to cramp up again. This was KILLING me as I need to run at about 9:30 miles to finish sub 4. I literally had NO time to rest. slowly, I worked my speed back up, and I felt good. When I saw the 300 yard sign, I started pushing HARD. Had to back off at the 200 yard sign. than, when I saw the finish, I ran as hard and fast as I could at that point. I crossed the finish line, my Timex said 3:59:30 and my Garmin 305 said 3:59:22. Wow. I had about 38 seconds to spear!!



Started out at an 8:50 or so. Could have done low 3:50s or high 3:40s if I did. Started too fast and let the first mile (the hardest in NYC) get to my head too much. That first mile over the Verrazzno is hard. didn't plan for the hills. NYC is a lot more hilly than you would think. The bridges and Central Park is all up hill...the last few miles in Central Park are not easy

The walk of the living dead.

your walking with thousands of people who all want to get out of Central Park. your minimum walk is 20 minutes, as you have to wait to get a checked back. Luckily, I had no bag to get and got out at first chance. Meet up with my wife and caught a buggy ride back to hotel, where I soaked in an ice bath for 10 minutes than ate a whole pizza.


bottom of right foot hurt, underestimated bridges and hills (should have done more hill work) and started out too fast.


Can't get better than NYC Marathon. What a great race!!!

Pasta dinner night before is a BLAST!! Post race party is OK at best--more for the people out of country. Expo is GREAT. top notch event.

Crowards are AWESOME....Kids think you are a super star!