All this chatter about the upcoming @nycmarathon is making me wish I was #running it again... 🏅For those of you who are running the #nycmarathon for the first time, here is my advice: 🏴 there is a long trek to the start line... bring sustenance and 💦 for the commute to #statenisland. It took a few hours for me last fall. Bring warm clothes to toss; 🚩at the #marathon expo, it was advised to start the race slowly... the first mile is the steepest. Great advice.. I was slow and steady for the first half of the race. If I caught myself #running too fast due to the energy of the crowd then I literally forced myself to slow down. I had friends who ran 1 min faster per mile than their typical pace for the first half of the #race.. bad idea. They hit the wall earlier and the marathon was more painful than it needs to be; 🏁In the words of @rkoslow “don’t be a hero on the hills.” I ended up running the hills (and most of the race, actually) but I took it slowly... Bridges are hills. Don’t be a hero on the hills; 🏳soak it in... running the #nyc marathon was one of the best experiences of my life... don’t get too caught up in your @spotify playlist that you forget to hear the amazing #crowdsupport and see the views. Appreciate the #nycstreetart. Take those #marathonselfies with your awesome friends who came out to support you; 🏴 and you will hit the wall and this is when the real marathon begins. For me, it came on Mile 19 when I was leaving the adrenaline rush of #Manhattan and heading to the lonely #Bronx. You will be in pain and those around you will also be in pain. This is the moment you have been training for.. you have to dig deep. It’s mind over matter. It’s the hard that makes it good. ♦️And for you #marathonspectators... your support means more to every #runner than you’ll ever know... thank you. 🙏🏻#tcsnycmarathon (at TCS New York City Marathon)
