Hi is anybody running this years new york .It will be my first time and i would love to hear from anybody who has run or is running the marathon. Any advise on the run or the city and what to see (we are spending a week in N.Y.). I would be most greatfull.Ta Chris.
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Not up to Marathon standard yet but have been NYC, last time was in June. Great City, loads to see and do.
If you like clothes shopping then Downtown in SoHo is a must (are you m or f?) there are the most brilliant shops there. There are also lots of art galleries and great wine bars and eateries. The people are really friendly and they love us Brits. Uptown (eg 5th avenue or Madison) is great for window shopping.
Central Park is a must and you can take in Trump Towers, Bergdorff Goodman and lots of other famous stores. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is awesome and they have a fabulous Egyptian exhibtion.
You can take in Time Square (a must so you can see the famous screens) and Broadway together. Beware the tourist rip-off shops there! Don't forget the Empire State Building - you get a fabulous view from the top - just make sure you get there early because the queues can be quite long. Sadly you can no longer go to the top of the World Trade Centre and the whole area around
Ground Zero is shrouded in a great sadness.
There are so many things to see and do that you should get a good guide book - we found 'Explorer New York' invaluable the first time we went.
The grid system, of the avenues running vertically and the streets cutting across horizontally, makes it really easy to find places.
Good luck with the Marathon - I'm sure you'll love New York.
Susie
there at least ten/twelve of us running New York this year. Through the coming weeks maybe we will try to arrnge some way of getting together ( maybe at registration ) or at the international jog around Central park on the saturday morning????. How is your training going ??George.
Your wife is going to love it - better up the credit card limit !!!
See you at Windsor
Susie
;-)
Simonfranks, I only entered (online) to see if I could get in with the intention of increasing my chances for next year - but I got in first time !!!
Am also running Windsor half so it'll be good to meet up b4. Any of you slower runners out there? I'm hoping to do Windsor in 2 - 2.15.
If anyone's interested my rather lengthy article on last years run can be found at:
http://www.geocities.com/dpgridley/mypage.html
Hope to be there again this year.
Cheers
LF
Definitely do the Empire State, I can't decide whether it's best to go during the day or at night. Both. And Grand Central Station is the most impressive railway station I've ever seen. And they have a light show on the ceiling every 15 mins or so.
<sigh> wish I was going...
Fab account - I'm v excited now (if not a little worried about all the uphills!)
New runner
So would I!
Little Feat - amazing account!
I ran NY in 98 and it still holds a very special place in my memory. We went with Sports Tours too and they really look after you from start to finish. The bits of advice I would add is run the International run the day before and try to get the family running too if practicable. Its a jog with all the overseas entrants and really is a lot of fun. Also go on the familiarisation run with Sports Tours on your first day - well worth it. The one and only down side is you are waiting for a good 3 hours or so before the start of the race as you have to be bussed across to Staten Island - so take a book, walkman or of course a copy of Runners World! to read.
Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did (ran a 3:08), wish I was going too
All the best
PS. Watch out for the 'undulations' in Central Park from mile 23!!
Sure - that would be good. But finding each other might be a bit of a nightmare!! We'll have to arrange a meeting point nearer the time.
How's the training going? 13.1 is the furthest I've done so far - and I won't run more than 20m before hand.
I'm hoping to run New york in 4.15 - 4.30. But will have a better idea after Windsor. Fancy making NY a threesome ????
Check out the Hallowe'en parade if you get there in time (obviously 31st Oct) when all the kids dress up.Head down to Greenwich village in the evening when it's the turn of the adults.
SoHo has some decent bars,and I'd recommend going on the top of the empire state.Never been to the statue of liberty mainly because it's never been recommended as a 'must do'.
If you get a day for shopping get a bus from the central bus station to Woodbury Common assuming its still there (about an hour on the bus) which is a huge shopping complex of 'discount stores'
all the names are there : levis,gap,CK,nike,adidas and so on.
Very inexpensive , last time bought three pairs of gap jeans for less than $30 and a CK summer jacket for $10. Spent a load but bought a load.
If you get a chance try getting tickets to a basketball (knicks) or hockey (rangers) game at Madison Square garden.
Race is fun too.
Shopping - I'm going to have to recommend Old Navy - just for it's utter cheapness. Their PJ bottoms are fab - my pair are still good as new over three years on.
The Guggeheim rocks, as does the Whitney, the Natural History Museum is ok but a little dated.
My favourite thing has to be the food - no where else but america can you have cake for brekkie!
George - love the piccy!
Nobody's posted in a while so I was just wondering how you all were doing? It's my first run tonight since the half and I'm itching to get out there. Did a nice and easy hour and half at gym last night and don't seem to have any lingering aches and pains.
Did 20 mins on cross trainer - about 45 on treadmill walking - hill programme and about another half hour on bike. Was watching tv about Jessica and Holly and didn't want to miss anything.
Enjoy the 6 miler and good luck for sunday.
Shall be doing lots of easy gym sessions and maybe even some swimming in the mean time.
George - enjoy the cycling and happy racing