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Race Reports for New York City Marathon

[51]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: Good weather conditions, great crowd support, awesome city. Yet this was more pain than pleasure. Marathons are just tough, but especially with a lofty goal. 3:10 in New York was just not realistic at this time for me. I probably would have had a better experience if I had been shooting for 3:15 or 3:20 and had paced myself evenly. After catching up to 7:16 pace at 20K after a 7:45 pace initial 5K, I was sort of doomed. I didn't have the reserves to maintain that kind of pace.
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[52]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Bad
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: I think that the NYC Marathon as its set up is problematic. I do think that the NYRR has a bad system organized very well. I would forget the whole Staten Island thing and make it a loop course again.
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[53]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Below average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I only have two complaints. First, they need to do a better job of organizing the start. What is the point of having corrals if no one checks to make sure you are where you should be? At the very least, they ought to do something like Chicago and have a teired start system (Elite, Sub Elite, Competative, Preffered, and Open).Second, I understand the need to keep the finishers moving but the finish was too strectched out. It shouldn't take 30 min+ to make it to the baggage area. That said, it is amazing that NYRR can put on a race of this magnitude with as few problems as there are. The logistical problems in this race must be a nightmare for the RD. Run NY for the experience not for time.
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[54]
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Race rating (5)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Nothing beats the NYC crowds
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  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Comments: Amazing Race, ran with P. Diddy on Central Park South
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