New York City Marathon Report

The story of my race report exists entirely in comments directed to me that I either heard or imagined that I heard from a handful of the million or so spectators lining the course from the southern edge of Brooklyn through Central Park.

BROOKLYN - MILE 10
"You look GREAT!"

QUEENS - MILE 15
"Good job, runner!"

THE BRONX - MILE 20
"Well, you're doing it..."

CENTRAL PARK, MANHATTAN - MILE 25
"I swear you are almost done..."

No celebration at the overcrowded finish line: Just a sigh and shake of the head. I dug deeper than ever before to run a near-PW time. Overall, I would summarize the New York Marathon course in one word: LOUD. My goals for future marathons include running faster on a quieter course.

Everyone is asking whether I saw Katie Holmes. No, but if I had I'm sure she would have been impressed to learn that my cousin and I envisioned her playing the lead female role in our failed screenplay. This was pre-Tom Cruise weirdness and based soley on her performance in Wonder Boys - I have never seen Dawson's Creek. Here is the New York Post's photo gallery of Katie running New York and Tom's bad bowl haircut.