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New York Marathon 2002 The Original
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Sounds like you all did really well, congratulations. George, were you really on a plane within 3 hrs of finishing??
Well done you guys - waiting with bated breath to hear more . . .
Have picked up a copy of the New Yokr Times with the results in , mail me ur address and I will post to you on my return
For heaven's sake man, you're supposed to pay for it - you can't just pick it up!!
Yesterday's race was the toughest thing I've ever experienced. Course made Windsor seem flat as the proverbial pancake. I'm reliably informed by the Tea & Toast Lady that my lips had turned blue by the time she met me in the reunion area and my face was a deathly shade of pale. But it was a great race. Crowds were absolutely amazing. Was on for 4hour finish till 20miles when it went a little bit pear shaped. Came home in under 4.12 which still beats this year's FLM time by 5mins, so am WELL pleased.
Great to meet so many forum bods - sorry to Romford Runner and Keith, tried to find you again before the start, but no luck!
Am officially on holiday now, till the 12th, but I hope that we'll have stormed through the 2000th post by then!
On the forum - while on hols - I don't know
Well done on the race
Ghastly flight back with Continental -Lizzie had to call the stewardess as the guy behind wouldn't let her put her seat back etc
It was great to meet all you guys for the first time and I hope to run with you again soon. Thanks also to Alex for letting us crash the pasta party -sorry about the people who should have been there not having tables!!
6075 F 880 412 Elizabeth Griffin (37) GBR 3:47:58 3:47:40 52:42 1:51:32 2:53:05 8:41
18731 14154 2755 John Marson (41) GBR 4:38:03 4:26:21 1:16:39 2:29:15 3:37:31 10:09
Well done to all those who ran, sorry didn't get a chance to meet up after but the trip over from NJ was a little to far.
Off to catch up on some sleep now
Seems like you had an awesome time!!!
Well done to everyone! I finished in 4 hrs 31 mins. Ran a good half marathon (by my standards) but I think the lack of training in the final weeks showed itself in the last few miles. Anyway...enough of times. I got round. End of story. Marvellous.
puffer-thought you and george must have been in front of us,cos we'd have noticed the vests going past.and glad that you found the searing early pace to your liking....
t&t-many apologies for losing you at the start,well done on your run.
rr sorry about the legs,ypu'll have to come back next year...
any more news on our missing friends legs or bobolink,or gnasher and the gnasherettes?
and little feat-good luck for next week,your really barking imho.
apologies too to all who might have seen today's telegarph city diary where i sadly got more coverage-the guy got me just after i had woken up yesterday so not a very coherent story communicated.i certainly didn't tell him i had run a solo effort-my pb and total high was entirely-well in very great measure due to the help and encouragement of the cheeky monkey-especially on the queensboro bridge-which for me was the hardest part-after a thin crowd feeling i was starting to cramp and uphill in a 'tunnel' on the lower deck of that mile long bridge.but what a contrast on first aveneue.so,not a solo effort at all.indeed,i keep getting flahbacks of crowds yelling-go alex,go sarah.my colleagues are now intrigued by the mysterious new woman in my life.......
i just hope that despite injury setbacks that nr and ob got the sense of achievement they deserve,and i salute seaweed again for doing the sacrificial job of pacesetting for us amateurs....
and what's this end of story rubbish-this is only the beginning.....
Thanks for arranging the pasta party , Puffer glad you beat your pb , I missed u by about 20 mins @ Rosie O'Grady's
Derek also meet up there , he finished in 3:15 , he was the guy who hadnt posted but turned up @ the Mayflower , Im currently in my firms US Office which is up state from Manhatten.
Will I come back and have another bite @ the Big Apple , well it would be rude not too.
Laters
RR
"not so" New Runner any more! xx
getting lots of buzz round the office-must be the finisher basball hat i queued up 90 minutes to buy yesterday.
and its the first time i've properly slept on the redeye...
but the biggest buzz-its you lot....
As we all return there will be plenty of stories to tell and I am sure there will be many lasting memories, I know there will be for me.
NR (or not so now), sorry to here that things did not go quite as planned, but you obviously enjoyed it and so you should. You have acheived something that many others wish they could, just to complete is a major acheivement, have you set your sights on another one yet? ;-)
Little feet, We must have nearly bumped into each other at the end as I was 40 seconds in front of you. Must have also passed you in the closing mile or so as I was 2.5 minutes down on you at the 20. Well done on cracking the 4 hour barrier and achieving something better than you expected time.
so i really don't care too much if only 23227 people came in ahead of me-not counting the monkey,we finished together even if she did get one place ahead-(how does that work?,and she only had to walk to baggage car 9 instead of my 66.not fair.but perhaps politically correct...)!)
the other way i have been thinking of it is that we must have started with only about 1000 max behind us,so we must have overtaken at least 5000 people-and a rhino.what a gas.
and in the immortal words of coach bob glover-"conquering a marathon is a serious accomplishment-beating the new york city marathon is even more special"
just not sure i'm feeling pleased with myself enough yet...
-"conquering a marathon is a serious accomplishment-beating the new york city marathon is even more special"
As mentioned will apply for NY 2003 and will let the lottery do the rest.
I found out the result after finishing the marathon, og by Marlet I believe