Just found the nice blog post by Fitsugar while surfing the net. Its all NYC these days!
On Nov. 1, the New York City Marathon celebrates not only the fastest endurance runners in the world but its 40th anniversary as well. Runner’s World was chock-full of information about the race, and it got me all fired up. Here are five things about the marathon I think you will want to know.
1.Back in 1970 there were 127 participants running in the first NYC Marathon, all of them American, and the entry fee was only a buck.
2.This year there will be 40,000 runners participating, and they won their places at the starting line through a lottery. However, 5,000 spots are held for charity programs. Christopher Reeves’s son Matthew will be running 26.2 miles to honor his father, the actor who played Superman, as well as to raise money for his father’s foundation.
3.In the inaugural year of the NYC marathon, no women finished. In fact only 55 runners finished. Now 34 percent of the runners are female — that’s 12,880 ladies crossing the finish line.
4.The last year an American topped the podium was 1982, and the runner was Alberto Salazar with a time of 2:09:29. Alberto coaches my favorite runner Kara Goucher. She placed third last year in this race, her first marathon. She’s considered a contender for the win this year. Go Kara!
5.The winner for the first NYC marathon was former firefighter Gary Muhrcke (2:31:00). Before the race, he worked an all-night shift. He plans on racing this year too.
Simone sagt:
-15 eheh,
yesterday a good little test, workout at NY marathon pace (a bit more 3'55") with some 1k faster (3'40/45).
21k totale and no problem to my leg. I could not handle more than 3-4k at 3'45" without having some feedback of soreness but I more confident to be able to run all the way at 4'/km.
that mean if we want to finish at 4' as average we need to run at 3'55 in the flat to lose then something in the climbings.
How about you? In a week I will be in Dublin, we need to do that double together!
talk soon,
Simone.
Oktober 17, 2009 — 8:14 am
Pantheon sagt:
All good simo (despite that late equaliser of your long haired national football team in Croker last Saturday…)
didn't get any response regarding work @ dcm so we'll take when you hit the island.
Beautiful weather these days!
Oktober 17, 2009 — 8:17 am