I Ran the NYC Marathon...Sort Of

How do these people do it? My legs would be like jello after three miles, yet the runners of the York City Marathon ran 26.2 miles! They traveled through five boroughs and crossed five bridges, ending at Central Park.

I worked a promotional event passing out protein bars to marathon runners so I was able to watch the event. I never thought marathons could be a spectator sport, but once I started cheering for random people, calling out their names (some have their names on their shirts) and screaming words of encouragement to them, it was actually really fun. Yeah Bob!!! You can do it! Great job, Jane! Keep up the good work! Whoa there, Jim, you could really use some deodorant right now.


The wheelchair division started before the runners.


This person was one of the leading runners. I don't understand the Mickey Mouse gloves though.


We stood on 1st Avenue and 96th Street. It was amazing to look down the avenue and see the massive crowd of people advancing towards us.


I think that guy wet himself.


When I saw this tiny Asian lady, I thought to myself, "Damn, I'm one lazy ass. This woman is probably 80 years old and she's speeding through the marathon." She motivated me to run, but that thought lasted a few seconds.



A couple times during the marathon, I had to cross the street to pass out protein bars. The only way I could do that was to run across the horde of people. I felt like I was trying to dodge cars! So I took a deep breath and I started running alongside them, feeling like an idiot, but I made my way diagonally across. I got in the way of a couple people, but nobody cursed me out. Woo hoo! Now I can say I ran in the NYC Marathon!