New York City Marathon in August?

It was great to get out and watch the New York City Half Marathon this past weekend. I have one of those built in “baby” alarm clocks so I am always up strolling the neighborhood at 6 a.m. on weekends. This actually made heading over to Central Park for the first several miles of the race no sweat Sunday morning.

The race started at 7:00 a.m. with over 10,000 runners participating. It is incredible to think that this race which was created just a few years ago is drawing these types of numbers. The New York Road Runners Club has done a tremendous job promoting this relatively new event. Although the crowd support is no where near New York City Marathon day there are still enough supporters cheering on the runners to make it a quality race atmosphere.

The race route actually takes runners through Times Square which is another nice perk of the event. Even during the New York City Marathon you don’t get to run through Times Square the heartbeat of the world. I didn’t make it down to Times Square to watch but fortunately I was able to witness some really good runners battle the ninety degree weather and high humidity. At least come November when the NYC Marathon, number six event on my top one hundred sporting must see list, comes up the weather should be much more inviting for runners. Being able to come out and cheer on runners last weekend gave me a little taste of the New York City Marathon in August. I can’t wait to start cheering on all those runners come November.

New York City Marathon in August? was posted by Robert on August 23, 2009 at 3:47 pm. It was categorized in Uncategorized. There have been 1 comment.

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  1. Thanks for your support!
    By Chicken Underwear on August 23rd, 2009 at 9:13 pm

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