…is truly feeling the pace, the heart, the grind and love of the city. If you consider yourself a runner, then the NYC Marathon is a MUST, especially if you’ve lived in this city for more than 3 years (the turning point), it just calls your name (like a therapist:), if you run in this town. No other marathon can match the 5 boroughs one maneuvers through while being encouraged by it’s natives…and one will never ever forget if one does the NYC Marathon, crossing the swaying Verrazano Bridge as thousands run toward the Central Park finish.
“It’s very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” – George Sheehan
“Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.”
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