I started the week cheering on my 3 friends who were running the NYC Marathon and ended it today running my own race, a local 15k race!

Last Week –

• Sunday – Four of us boarded the train in Albany to go to Manhattan. As soon as we arrived, we dropped off our bags at the hotel (though it was not my hotel), picked up Deirdre’s SO and took the subway to our 1st meeting point (mile 7 in Brooklyn).

Perfect weather for both runners and supporters!! So lucky!

Cheering is hard but so rewarding (esp. for the BOP runners). After we saw all 3 runners, we left Brooklyn and took the subway to Manhattan – 1st  Ave (mile 18).

Our runners changed order and things were not going as planned for two of them but we cheered loudly and supported as best as we could.

We were able to walk to our next stop – 5th Ave (mile 23).

The sun was going down but still not cold. At this point, we were hopeful that all 3 would indeed finish.

After our last friend passed us, we had to cut through the park (in the dark) to catch the first one to finish.

Eventually, they all exited the park and we found them!

We had dinner reservations so we took the subway back to the hotel, checked in and quickly walked to the restaurant.

We had a lovely dinner/drinks.

My hotel was downtown so I had to retrieve my bag and take the subway there.

Believe it or not, we arrived at 11 am and I didn’t get to my hotel until 11 pm.

A long day so so worth it.

• Monday – I took advantage of being downtown and I went for an early morning run (along the East River & the Financial District).

After I checked out of my hotel, I headed uptown to Central Park. While the runners got their medals engraved, a few of us had drinks and then we all met up and went out to lunch.

I was taking a later train than the others which gave me time to go exploring…

I noticed that some places like Macys and Bryant Park were getting ready for Christmas.

Cari recommended a cool museum that was near my hotel, I headed there before I needed to pick up my bag and go back uptown to Penn Sta,

• Tuesday – I started out the day with a run with my friend Jenny. I was loving the extra morning daylight and WFH this week.

• Wednesday – This morning I went to the gym before work… and got treated to a beautiful sunrise…

After work, I was supposed to run with the STEM group but they cancelled due to high winds forecasted. I decided to go right after work since it didn’t seem to be windy yet… it wasn’t though it was raining lightly

• Thursday –  I had an early morning dentist appt but since it was near the rail trail, I did my run there before returning to work…

After work, I met my BFF for our bi-monthly walk and chat.

• Friday – Back to the gym and after work I met a friend for dinner before my weekly mah jongg game.
• Saturday – Since I had a race the next day, I was planning to just walk but my friend Deb had no one to run with so I accompanied her…Then of course, afterward, there was brunch.

Before brunch, I stopped off to pick up my race bib and shirt for the next day

…got my nails done, did some grocery shopping and finally planned my outfit for the next day (with rain in the forecast 😦 )

• Sunday -Stockade-athon 15k!
  

Barbara and I plan to carpool… fingers crossed that we don’t get too wet…

This Coming Week on the Run – 

• Monday – gym, walk
• Tuesday – DAY OFF – run
• Wednesday – Last STEM mentor run
• Thursday – run
• Friday – gym, mah jongg
• Saturday – Run/Walk and Brunch.
• Sunday – Upstate Classic 5k (supporting STEM runners), anniversary mah jongg dinner

This Coming Week on the Blog – 

• Tuesday – Spectating at the NYC Marathon
• Friday – 5 Ways to Give Back to Running

Happy Running! Training for any big or small races this fall?  Ever spectate at a big marathon? Any holiday lights up yet? Please share.

 

 

 

 

 

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