Maybe the marathon was the friends we ran into along the way?
After Berlin, I’d not done a lot of the maintenance runs in between marathons that I usually do. Yes, I did hit 20 miles three weeks out but the overall weekly volume was… not great. So I decided the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon | @nycmarathon would just be for shits and giggles.
Man, am I glad I did that. I saw so many friends along the course and I tried to take as many photos with them as I could with apologies to a few who won’t show up here as I am so so bad at selfie taking, though I did end up with wonderful photos of the sky in LIC and Harlem as well as the trees along Fifth Avenue by Central Park. As I’ve been fond of saying since I finished - I didn’t run a good time but I had a good time.
Also? 12 NYCs down, 3 to go for guaranteed lifetime entry.
📍New York, NY