KRAC Blog

I'm somewhat ambivalent about the New York Marathon-- I suppose it would be great to do and all, but logistically I hate contemplating how to get to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for the start, or where to stay. On the other hand, the New York Road Runners also sponsor half marathons in all five boroughs. Brooklyn is in April, and the Bronx is in February-- and Manhattan was this past weekend. The course is a beauty: a lap and a half around Central Park, then down Seventh Avenue past the Carnegie Deli to Times Square, then over to the West Side Highway along the Hudson to the finish at Battery Park.

It's a good day's work, I'd say, and a pretty nifty way to see the city. Admission is by lottery, which sucks, but even so it is worth thinking about.