On the day after the TCS NYC Marathon there is this thing called “Marathon Monday.” At the Marathon Pavilion, there is discounted merchandise and finisher’s gear. You can also get your pic taken at the finish line! Also, you can get your medal engraved for free! Continue reading “Marathon Monday!”
Once over the top of the bridge, I got back into my run/walk rhythm as we made our way into Queens. Running through Queens wasn’t very memorable for me. I thought a lot about how this was the last time I’d be going over 13.1 miles for several years. It was in mile 14 that I started to tire out. Maybe that’s why Queens wasn’t so memorable. I was very happy for those who would shout out my name and encourage me to keep going. Although, by this point it was feeling like no one was shouting my name when I was running. It only seemed to happen on my walk breaks. LOL! I’d smile and wave and thank those whom I could. But, I didn’t want to run sooner than I should. There was still a lot of running to do.
Then, in mile 15, it happened. The Queensboro Bridge broke me. The climb on this bridge probably wasn’t as bad as the one on the Verrizano Bridge. But, it felt horrible. I was tired and I was done. I was ready to stop. As we went through this part of the course with no crowd support, I thought a lot about how I’d eventually tell my boy all about this race. I kept thinking…what story do I want to tell? Do I want to tell him that I gave it my all, but I quit? Or do I want to tell him how I kept going and got to the finish line? I also thought about how far I traveled to run this race and all the training I put in. It was too much to quit. So, I walked up the Queensboro Bridge. On the way down the other side, I ran a little and got back into a rhythm! Continue reading “A Dream Come True – Finishing the 2017 TCS NYC Marathon!”
When I left off, yesterday, I was on my way to the start line. Continue reading “2017 NYC Marathon Recap – Wait, this isn’t the NYC Half Marathon?”
I had tons of fun in the NYC leading up to the big day However, I came to New York to run a marathon. There are so many reasons to run the NYC Marathon. One of them is that it happens on the day we turn our clocks back an hour. So, you get an extra hour of sleep! Second, the race starts late for a marathon. So, you get to sleep in even without the time change. I don’t think I’ve ever had as much sleep on the night before a race than I had for the NYC Marathon. On the night before the race, I thought about sleeping an extra half hour from my original plan. But, I woke up at 5am without the alarm. I laid in bed for about 15 minutes before deciding to just get up and get ready. Before I knew it, I was ready to head out to the buses. Continue reading “2017 TCS NYC Marathon Recap – Getting to the Starting Line”
So, after the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, I realized that I had plenty of time to head back to my hotel, shower, change and make it to Madison Square Garden for the All Access Tour. I was feeling great after the 5K. So, I thought….why not? Continue reading “Hoping I Didn’t Do Too Much the Day Before the NYC Marathon”
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