My own long run with Grace yesterday took us to cross a part of the marathon route.
4th Avenue around 68th Street, about the 5k mark on the course
Slight downhill to Owl's Head Park, a bit past mile 5 for us
We mapped out a course that gave us great visuals
Grace takes a quick stretch with downtown Manhattan in the backdrop
Our next visual marker is the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Iconic for the start of today's big race
And this is about as close as it gets for us this year
Second to last visual marker before the end. (You can see the Coney Island parachute jump under the sign.)
Grand total for yesterday: 12 miles through 9 different neighborhoods
7 comments:
OOh that brings back memories of my first marathon NYC in 2005... Love the photos. Thanks for the comment - it really was a great experience. Will you be meeting up with the Florida lot at Disney?
Welcome to VRR. Love the photos of NY. Like Petra, I ran NYC in 2005, what an experience. We only got a one hour version of the marathon on TV here in Orlando, but it was exciting. Nothing like re-living the experience.
I'll be volunteering at mile 24 at Disney.
Good luck with your training!
Great visuals, indeed! I love that photo of Grace stretching next to the water. Keep up the good work in training and thanks for the comment on my FL Challenge race report. Welcome to the virtual running group!
12 miles -- wow! I thought of you as I watched coverage online. I want to run that!!
What a fun, alternate way to see the sights! How cool is that?
New York? Not me - No interest! Just too big for me! The only thing that would make it attractive for me would be the fact that you are there in that city somewhere!
Don't for get to report you miles run last weekend for the VRR group!
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Thanks, friend!
I find the pictures with water somewhat fascinating! Being from Denver, we have water but we ca actually see to the other side!
Chicago had never ending water and it is just so odd to me!
Thanks for the pictures, Lisa!
That's a cool run! Having grown up on Staten Island, and remembering seeing them as a child build the VN Bridge from the hills of St. George where I lived, I just love that bridge.
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