1. Slow down
2. No, that's not slow enough
3. Slower. Still
Here’s a thought after watching (and cheering!) along the
NYC Marathon route (7-mile mark in Brooklyn)
National characteristics are astonishing in the way they are
reflected in the responses of runners who have chosen to wear the equivalent of
a name-attached flag in the race, ie, “Italia” and “France.”
Lusty cheers of “Italia” to those patriots pretty much
without fail spurred an appreciative response, from fist pump, to smile, to
sprightly step, while lusty cheers, to “Viva la France,” stirred but one “Merci”
and an hour of too cool nothingness.
Oh, and yes, this runner is bound and determined to run in
the 2020 edition of the NYC Marathon.
Finally, 10 years after resuming this
pursuit in Pittsburgh in 2010. It will mark my 10th marathon; so let it be in my
hometown. After three decades of living here, a New Yorker to run in New York.
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