2012 NYC Marathon | 2012 NYC Marathon
Nov.26.2012
Yesterday I ran a marathon. It wasn’t the 2012 NYC Marathon, but I wore my shirt anyway. They cancelled that marathon and I haven’t heard from the race organizers ever since that fateful weekend. I guess they are too busy with damage control to communicate with the non-elite...
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Nov.10.2012
Despite the disappointment of the 2012 New York City Marathon being cancelled, I was fortunate to have a support team that pulled me through a situation that none of us had trained for. When I made my travel arrangements to come to New York, I knew I did not want to run it without a backup...
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Nov.09.2012
After the reality of hearing that the 2012 NYC Marathon had been cancelled set in, I was eager to do something that would end the banal finger pointing and do something more than support the city through the expenditure of tourist dollars. My stomach turned when NYC Marathon organizers...
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Nov.07.2012
I was scheduled to run the 2012 NYC Marathon which was cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Here is my first post on my thoughts after spending six days in the city that started with the first flights into Newark Liberty airport and ended on election night watching the returns via...
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Oct.28.2012
Perhaps it was the list of errands and the non-stop schedule that threatened to bury me under a pile of obligations for the weekend. Or maybe it was the short, but soggy run I slipped in while my daughter was taking dance class that left my feet wet and my body chilled. It could...
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Oct.26.2012
On November 4th I’ll be running the New York City Marathon wearing bib number 28537, assigned to Orange Wave #2 and starting from Corral #28. These are the type of details that are supposed to make me feel better, feel in control, as if I know what I am doing. That is far from the truth...
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Jul.01.2012
I can hear Billy Joel crooning in the back ground. Something about not wanting to waste more time and being out of touch with the rhythm and blues, and then he lists all the things that he misses about the Big Apple. It reminded me that even though this has been a week of...
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