no opportunity wasted
18 miles in Central Park this afternoon... soon after I got out there, I found I was under-dressed and developed a stitch in my side. But any thoughts of dogging or abandoning it were dismissed once I saw the people competing in the Knickerbocker 60K, a 37.3 mile run through the park. This is the anti-New York marathon, with about 100 competitors and a dozen or so spectators. They were running in the opposite direction as I was, so I tried to cheer them on as we crossed paths.
"Keep with it." "Stay strong." "Looking good. Think about your form."
Most seemed to appreciate it -- and seeing them struggling on inspired me as well.
posted by Derek @ 11/27/2004 04:31:00 PM
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Well, the NYC marathon is large, hyped, and there's hundreds of thousands (millions?) of spectators. The Knickerbocker 60K is tiny, unnoticed, and there's maybe tens of spectators ... even though their race is 1 1/2 times the distance of the NYC marathon.
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