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New York Marathon 2007

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Sanitation Required

by Runner Susan on November 7, 2007

in Blisters,Marathons,New York Marathon 2007,Running

All I wanted to do after getting my medal was go home. Not back to the hotel, but home. I missed my family, my own bed and my car. The subway has a way of making you miss your car. I was pretty nauseus after the race and the subway ride back the hotel was [...]

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Getting through the finish corrals was awful. David found me and told me his finish time. I was proud of him. I called Amy and she told me that Marta finished in 4:12. Keep in mind Marta ran Marine Corp last weekend in 4:16. She is an amazing runner. It took so long to get [...]

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Race Day, Part I

by Runner Susan on November 6, 2007

in Marathons,New York Marathon 2007,Running

I woke up at 3AM and I didn’t sleep much the night before. Marta woke around 4:30 AM and we dressed in our race best and headed out the door. We walked to where the buses were located and hopped on right away – no waiting and they took us all the way to the [...]

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My sister decided that I NEEDED to have Runner Susan written on my shirt. I’ve never done that before but since she offered to do the work, I was game. Here’s the shirt she made me. I’m all for wearing a name shirt, but I at least want my name spelled right. She was kind [...]

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Saturday morning started off early when Marta and I headed out to watch some of the U.S. Men’s Marathon Olympic Qualifying Race with RBF David in Central Park. After about 30 phone calls we finally found David – he was hiding at the gated finish line, like he was special or something. Marta and I [...]

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