1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,560 Every year the New York City Marathon takes place on the 1st 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:04,960 Sunday of November, and this year that's November 2nd. 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,360 And if you're running the New York City Marathon or 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,600 spectating, we're going to talk about everything you need to 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:14,040 know about this beautiful race. This is the marathon running 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:17,200 podcast and Letty Runs YouTube channel with Letty and Ryan. 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,680 And yes, we're officially now on all channels. 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,480 Join us for weekly content on all things running and let us 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,160 take you from the starting line to the finish line and beyond. 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,960 Hey runners, my name is Letty from Marathon Media. 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,560 Thank you so much for tuning in and today we are going to cover 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,960 the largest marathon in the world. 13 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:40,000 The New York City Marathon indeed draws 55,000 people from 14 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,960 over 130 countries, which is watched by millions of people 15 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,280 not just on site, but all over the globe. 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,600 That is right. The New York City Marathon truly 17 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,480 is a world event that captures the heart and the energy of one 18 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:54,760 of the most dynamic cities in the world. 19 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,640 And for those running, that means they are going to be going 20 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,720 through the five borers of New York that do showcase the 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:04,480 diversity, culture and unrelenting spirit of New York 22 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:05,920 City. So let's hop into that. 23 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,040 I'm going to give you a quick outline of everything we're 24 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:09,600 going to touch on. We're going to talk about the 25 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:11,360 history of the New York City Marathon. 26 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,760 We're going to talk about some of the legendary runners of this 27 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,080 race. Then dive straight into the 28 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,840 elite field of this race. Then we're going to learn about 29 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,480 the prize money that's in it for those said runners. 30 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,720 Then we're going to talk about the things that are practical 31 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:26,120 for you if you are running, which includes race week, what 32 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:28,800 does it entail? What events are must attend 33 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,840 events for you guys? Spoiler alert, obviously the 34 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:34,160 Expo is going to be one of them. Then we're going to talk about 35 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,840 the logistics and transportation of getting you to that race and 36 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:42,000 everything else that entails, followed by a spectator guide 37 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,600 for those loved ones that want to see you out there. 38 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,040 Then we're going to tackle the race course, so you know what 39 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,640 you can expect because that's very, very important. 40 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,680 And then last but not least, we're going to talk about some 41 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,280 tips for people running the New York City Marathon. 42 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,280 And that's basically it. So let's get started. 43 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,480 All right, so about the history of the New York City Marathon. 44 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,000 If you are not familiar with it, it's actually kind of fun. 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,400 The New York City Marathon was started in 1970 when there was 46 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:11,200 127 runners that had signed up for $1.00. 47 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,200 And the course was quite different. 48 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,240 It consisted of four loops in Central Park. 49 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:20,640 In that year, 1970, there was only 55 finishers, which we know 50 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,320 it was not a good percentile anyway. 51 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,600 Moving on, the actual New York City Marathon as we know it 52 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:29,120 going through those five boroughs debuted in 1976 and 53 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,040 that was when this local race transformed into an 54 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,800 international race. Then over the next decades, the 55 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,600 New York City Marathon grew and grew and finally is what it is 56 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:40,760 today. One of the seven World Marathon 57 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:44,640 Majors that are super hard to get into with very high numbers 58 00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:47,760 of applicants and a very low number of acceptance rates. 59 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:51,160 Which makes it, in my opinion, more desirable for a lot of 60 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,240 runners, especially because it is one of the stars that 61 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,040 everybody wants to tick off on their bucket list. 62 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,280 Well, not everybody, but a lot of you guys. 63 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,320 Now on to some historical fun facts. 64 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:06,680 In 1972 it was the first year when the NYC six women staged A 65 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,560 protest because they didn't want to have separate starts from the 66 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,080 men and that was a push towards equality. 67 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,880 In 1979, Greta Weitz was the first woman to run the race in 68 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,480 sub two hours and 30 minutes. And last but not least, another 69 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:23,640 not so fun fact is that in 2012 the New York City Marathon was 70 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:26,120 actually cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy. 71 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,160 That was the only year that the New York City Marathon did not 72 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,320 take place. Now moving on to legendary 73 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,800 runners, we of course have Bill Rogers who won the New York City 74 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,160 Marathon four times. We have Greta Whites who ran the 75 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:41,040 New York City Marathon and ended up winning it 9 times. 76 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,280 And we also have my favorite athlete, wheelchair athlete 77 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,360 Marcel Hoog, winning this marathon 6 times. 78 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,160 All of these legends, along with thousands of other runners 79 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,280 helped elevate this event in my opinion to make it the global 80 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,600 running event that it truly is. Now moving on to this year's 81 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,800 Elite Field 2025, who do we have? 82 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,720 Well it was announced shortly after Sydney that Elliot 83 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:07,400 Kipchogi and Sifan Hassan are running this race now. 84 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,320 Does Elliot Kipchogi still run marathons to win? 85 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,000 In my opinion, probably not. And in his opinion, probably not 86 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,600 either because he's on a mission which we learned about in Sydney 87 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,399 and obviously also prior. His message is that no human is 88 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:24,920 limited and that we all can achieve anything that we want 89 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,200 and solve our problems. And we do that by becoming 90 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,440 runners and working through it. He promotes running as a vehicle 91 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,120 to solve problems and inspire others to push their limits. 92 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,960 He's amazing and I think after everything he has achieved, him 93 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,360 not running as fast as he used to run just makes him more human 94 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,920 and more relatable to us at the same time. 95 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,560 He still runs faster than most men in our country trying to run 96 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,480 Olympic trial qualifiers, so there goes that. 97 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,920 But he will be there and I can't wait to see him. 98 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,640 Alongside him will be Sifan Hassan. 99 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,840 Sifan Hassan is not done with her career yet at all and if 100 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:03,880 anything, she is a hopeful of winning this marathon. 101 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,600 She represents her country of the Netherlands with a marathon 102 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,960 in a blazing fast time of two hours, 13 minutes and 44 and I 103 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,680 cannot wait to see how she does. Those two, Elliot Togi and 104 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,680 Saffana's son are the headliners for this marathon and we will 105 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,800 see them at all press conferences. 106 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,040 They are there to promote the event just like they did in 107 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,760 Sydney and I can't wait to see how all that goes. 108 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,240 But we're not done. The rest of the elite field is 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,080 also very, very fast. So for the men's field, for the 110 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,160 competitive part of it, we we are talking about Benson Caputo 111 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,560 of Kenya. Benson Caputo's PR is a 2/02/16 112 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,680 and he is a previous winner of the Chicago Marathon as well as 113 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,160 the record holder of the Tokyo Marathon. 114 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:45,040 Also his teammate Evans Chabet will be there who has previously 115 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,200 also won the Boston Marathon and the New York City Marathon. 116 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:51,960 His PR is a 2O3. Alexander Mutiso of Kenya will 117 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,120 also be there whose PR is a two O 316. 118 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:58,760 And then we also have Derezza Gilletta of Ethiopia, a runner 119 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:03,520 with APR of two O 238. So we are talking about a very, 120 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,080 very fast field that we can look forward to. 121 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:10,440 Now on the American side we have via Simbasa, Alex Meyer, Colin 122 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,640 Benny, Reid Fisher, and Joel Rykow and I promise to 123 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:18,400 familiarize myself with these athletes a little bit more 124 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,440 before the race happens, but I'm sure a lot of you have heard of 125 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,880 them. Now for the women's field, 126 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,560 besides Saffan Hassan, we have Sharon Lockety. 127 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:29,800 She previously won the Boston Marathon and her PR is a 128 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,440 2/17/22. Also with APR of 2/17/29, we 129 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:39,880 have Sheila Shapiro of Kenya and Helen O'berry with the two 1741. 130 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:43,920 So it looks like for the women's field, there's a lot of women PR 131 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,520 that are really close together. So that'll be exciting to see 132 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,560 how that plays out on race day. Now for the women's field, we 133 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:51,400 have some pretty well known names. 134 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:55,600 We have Emily Sisson, Fiona O'keefey, Sarah Hall, and Molly 135 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:59,240 Seidel running this race, which that's going to be great because 136 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:02,560 those are recognizable household marathoner names and we can 137 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,840 share them on and I don't have to do as much research for this 138 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,280 segment. Now moving on to the 139 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:12,280 wheelchairs, we have, of course, Marcel Hoog, but I know that we 140 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:16,360 also at this point still have Daniel Romanchuk on the roster, 141 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,640 who has won New York before. And I'm saying at this point, 142 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,480 because I know that Daniel Romanchuk had an injury does he 143 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,760 sustained when the spectator was crossing his path during the 144 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,640 Sydney Marathon, which absolutely sucks because he had 145 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,800 to do a lot of rehabilitation for his shoulders. 146 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,560 Hopefully there will not be an announcement that he cannot 147 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,760 compete because I love watching him race. 148 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,400 So that's on the roster from Japan. 149 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:42,640 We will also have Tomokoi Suzuki, who is also very fast, 150 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:45,840 and Josh Cassidy of Canada will also be there and met him in 151 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:46,960 Sydney. Super nice guy. 152 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:48,520 I will be cheering him on as well. 153 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,240 Last but not least, we'll also have another strong competitor, 154 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:53,920 David Weir of Great Britain, that we will also cheer on 155 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,760 because we literally cheer on everybody that's racing deep 156 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,200 down inside. I want all of them to win and 157 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:02,600 only one can win, but it's just beautiful to see a fast race. 158 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,320 Now for the women's wheelchair division, we have Susanna 159 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,120 Scaroni. She's from the USA and she's one 160 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,400 of those household names as well because she's always one of the 161 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,680 winners. Alongside her, there will be 162 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,800 Catherine Debruner of Switzerland, as well as Manuela 163 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,680 Share, also of Switzerland, and Tatiana McFadden of the United 164 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,480 States. All right, so now that we know 165 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,600 the names and we can do our research as to who to cheer on, 166 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,520 let's learn a little bit about the price money that's involved 167 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:31,480 in this race. The New York City Marathon 168 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,640 remains one of the highest paid events when it comes to 169 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,000 marathoning. The total amount of price money 170 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,039 is $800,000, and let's see how that is structured. 171 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,240 For the Open Division, there's going to be prize money of 172 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:48,400 $100,000 for each winner of each division, and that's for the 173 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,120 runners. For the wheelchair athletes, 174 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,400 that amount is going to be $50,000. 175 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,400 In addition, the USA division offers $25,000 to their top 176 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:01,240 contenders, and there's a $50,000 bonus for anyone setting 177 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,640 a course record. And what are those course 178 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,520 records? Well, they're pretty recent and 179 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:11,000 2023 Tamara Tola broke the men's record running a 2 20458. 180 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:16,240 And the women's record from 2023 stands at 2/22/31 by Margaret O 181 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,560 Kayo. For the wheelchair, Marcel Hu, 182 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:22,920 who else set the core's record at one hour 25 and 26 seconds, 183 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:26,360 and Catherine de Brenner, also of Siciland, set the record in 184 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,960 2023 for the women's wheelchair at 13922. 185 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,080 All right, so moving on from the elite athletes, we're now going 186 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,120 to talk about the race week and all the events that are there 187 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,360 and which ones you definitely must attend. 188 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,480 The number one event for you guys to attend is obviously 189 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,840 going to be the Expo. The Expo takes place from 190 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:49,280 October 30th to November 1st, so from Thursday to Saturday at the 191 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,840 Javits Center, which is not very far from Central Park. 192 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,760 It's actually just the southwest of it. 193 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:56,160 You can walk to it, but it's easy to take public 194 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,680 transportation and the Expo is where you're going to pick up 195 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:01,240 your bib, where you're going to find all the vendors, all the 196 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,440 samples, all the speakers, and all of the official merchandise. 197 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,760 In my opinion, the New York City Marathon Expo is one of the few 198 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:12,120 that still is really amazing. I've been to the New York City 199 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,200 Marathon Expo three times and I loved it each time just because 200 00:10:16,320 --> 00:10:18,760 you have a ton of vendors, you have a ton of samples, and you 201 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,040 have everything really that you want to get you into the mode of 202 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,520 you are a runner. It's a central place to meet for 203 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,520 all the runners. There's tons of shakeouts 204 00:10:26,560 --> 00:10:29,840 organized around the Expo area too and it's just a lot of fun. 205 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,560 So take your time to go to the Expo, try to go as soon as you 206 00:10:33,560 --> 00:10:34,960 can. So if you're arriving on 207 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,240 Thursday, try to go on Thursday just because the Expo gets busy 208 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,480 and busier the closer you get to marathon day and you do want to 209 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:43,760 get off your feet if you're running this marathon. 210 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,880 Now the other event that is almost a must go to is if you 211 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:49,400 are planning on checking your bag. 212 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,080 You cannot do that on race day morning. 213 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:54,960 You have to do it prior to the race. 214 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,680 You have to remember that because I almost didn't when I 215 00:10:57,680 --> 00:10:59,480 was in Sydney. Sydney kind of had a similar 216 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,440 situation that you had to drop your bag off at the Expo. 217 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,240 Here. The backdrop is going to happen 218 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,120 at a different location, not the Expo. 219 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:09,040 It's a location in Central Park. And according to the website, 220 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,480 this location is called Central Park West because it is located 221 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:16,760 between 69 W and 70th West. So you have to go to Central 222 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:19,720 Park to drop off your bag if you want to have clothing to 223 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,760 retrieve after your race. And you can do so by dropping 224 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,200 this bag off between 9:00 and 5:00 on Friday and Saturday. 225 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,480 So that's going to be October 31st and November 1st. 226 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:32,320 Have to do it in Central Park. So just remember that. 227 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:34,920 Besides that, all of the events we're going to talk about now 228 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,400 are events that you do not have to attend, but maybe you should 229 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,440 attend them just because they're fun and you're already in New 230 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,880 York. But again, don't blame me if 231 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,400 you're tired later on because you didn't get off your feet 232 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,600 soon enough. But yeah, there is a ton of 233 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,080 events going on. And New York City does indeed 234 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:52,080 turn into a giant running festival, and that's always fun. 235 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,240 So one of these events is the opening ceremony. 236 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,800 And that opening ceremony takes place on the 31st. 237 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,440 So on that Friday, it takes place in Central Park. 238 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,640 And you'll see a parade of nations. 239 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,560 So you'll see people wearing their traditional gear, if they 240 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:09,080 have any, and flags to showcase all the countries that are 241 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,360 partaking in this marathon. That's always super fun to 242 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:13,640 watch. And that is followed by a 243 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,600 firework. Very, very nice. 244 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:18,800 And then there is the, I call it organized Shakeout run by 245 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:22,280 Abbott, which is the Abbott Dash to the Finish 5K. 246 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,080 You have to sign up for this event and if you didn't, it is 247 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,480 so loud at this point, but it's still a lot of fun to maybe 248 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,440 watch. If you do not partake in that 249 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:33,120 and you want to run on Saturday as a shakeout runs. 250 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,840 There are tons of shakeout runs organized by different brands in 251 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,280 New York City and the best way of finding those is by going to 252 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:42,480 Eventbrite as they will be listed. 253 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,440 Or you can go online find your favorite brands and see if they 254 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:48,640 are hosting anything. Or you can hop on Instagram. 255 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,520 There are tons of people, including myself, who normally 256 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:56,240 post a list of events that are going on and hopefully I will do 257 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,600 that again this year. But there's tons of stuff going 258 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,160 on for runners and that's going to be super fun for you guys. 259 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,920 All right, so next let's move on to logistics and we're going to 260 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:06,000 talk about the time sensitive stuff. 261 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,760 If you are running the New York City Marathon, you had to pre 262 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,120 select your transportation. If you pick the Staten Island 263 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,680 Ferry, you have to be at Whitehall Terminal. 264 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,000 Keep in mind that the entire process of taking the ferry and 265 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,360 then being loaded onto a bus takes approximately 90 minutes. 266 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,000 Then you also have the Midtown bus that's leaving the New York 267 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:27,240 City Library area. That process also takes about 90 268 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,480 minutes. And if you pick the New Jersey 269 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,280 bus, which meets at the Netlife Stadium, that process takes 270 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:36,240 about 60 minutes. Now, if you are opting to take 271 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,720 private transportations, just remember that the Verrazano 272 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:43,000 Bridge closes at 7:00 AM and you have to be dropped off outside 273 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,920 of Fort Staten Island. And if you're using 274 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,560 transportation through a international travel Tour 275 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,120 Company, then you are pretty set to go because those tour 276 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,520 companies are very good at dropping you off timely. 277 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:57,000 You will be in good hands. Now let's talk about spectators. 278 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,720 There is information for spectators on the New York City 279 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,720 Marathon website, but that's not why you're here. 280 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,560 I'm going to tell you that spectating is pretty good from 281 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:07,720 Central Park in the areas of Columbus Circle to the South end 282 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,320 of the grandstands, which is approximately 500 meters before 283 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,440 the finish. You can also purchase grandstand 284 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:18,320 seating for approximately $59 on the Eventbrite website that I've 285 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,400 been talking about and I'm going to link that down there too so 286 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,880 you have access to that. Now I know that there is a 287 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:28,000 lounge normally by a Tata Consultancy Services called the 288 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,120 Blue Line Lounge. I have yet to figure out how to 289 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:35,720 access that hosted nice hospitality tent and if I figure 290 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:37,960 it out, I will let you know for next year. 291 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:40,560 Now let's mention some other great places to spectate from. 292 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:45,080 If you are in Brooklyn, 4th Ave. If you're in Manhattan, 1st Ave. 293 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,360 If you're in East Harlem, then between miles 18 to 20. 294 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,360 And if you're on 5th Ave. and you want to stand there, stand 295 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,600 between miles 23 and 24. Or you could just pick a 296 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:58,560 restaurant somewhere along the course up to your liking and 297 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:00,160 spectate. There's just a ton of 298 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,280 spectators, so I know it's difficult to navigate because 299 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,280 it's not one of those courses like Chicago where you have 300 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:10,280 loops going in and out and you could just easily hop from one 301 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,320 to the other. But I think if you sit down and 302 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,240 kind of focus and figure out logistically how fast your 303 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,080 runner is running and how long it would take to travel from one 304 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,720 spot to the other, I'm sure you could still figure out a place 305 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:23,040 to beat your runner to the point. 306 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,440 So you can stand on the sideline and cheer that person on, which 307 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,440 is always very, very welcomed. Now, if you are not in New York, 308 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:33,040 or if you are in New York but you don't want to get up and out 309 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,360 of your hotel room and you want to watch this race on 310 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,040 television, you can do so by going to WABC TV, which is 311 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:42,280 Channel 7 for the local broadcast, ESPN 2 for the 312 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:44,920 national broadcast. Now for international viewers, 313 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,960 there's Eurosport or ESPN FPN International, or you can go to 314 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,760 ABC7 New York or the New York Roadrunner app for life 315 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:55,320 tracking. You can also go to my own 316 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,960 personal website, which is Runtimes dot Life, where we will 317 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,880 be updating just the elite field kind of in a manner that is play 318 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,640 by play. For example, Kipchogi drops his 319 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,280 bottle, that sort of thing. If you're interested in watching 320 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,400 that, you can do so by going to Runtimes Not Live, which I will 321 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,120 also link down in the description. 322 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,320 All right, let's talk about some fun things for the runners. 323 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,040 Once you navigate your transportation on race day and 324 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,080 make it to the starting line, you will find yourself in a 325 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,040 place called Athletes Village. And Athletes Village is a fond 326 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,240 memory of mine when I ran the New York City Marathon, just 327 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,880 because there's so much going on there. 328 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,960 So let's talk about all that. Since this event is so large, it 329 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,360 is hosting 55,000 runners. The New York City Marathon one 330 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,360 has done quite a good job in organizing this and making all 331 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:42,280 the runners feel good before the race. 332 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,680 If you look on the map, there are several different areas 333 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,520 organized by whichever wave you are, and in each one of those 334 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,720 waves you will be able to find snacks. 335 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,920 You will be able to find Donuts, you will be able to find coffee 336 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,240 donated by Dunkin' Donuts, and if you are one of the first 337 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,760 people to arrive at Athletes Village, Dunkin' Donuts gives 338 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,319 out the Dunkin Donut hats. The Dunkin' Donuts hats are the 339 00:17:06,319 --> 00:17:08,640 pink and orange hats. They always change a little bit 340 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,760 every year that you get as a runner and everybody wants them 341 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,040 afterwards. The only thing is you don't have 342 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:17,480 bag check anymore, so you as a runner have to figure out how to 343 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:21,119 transport your Dunkin' Donuts hat to the finish line. 344 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,599 Normally runners probably don't want to wear a hat, especially 345 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:27,280 because the temperatures. Usually you're not running in 346 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,480 ice cold weather and you don't want to have something hot on 347 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,440 your hat. So there's all these different 348 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,320 tricks of how runners transport their hats to the finish line. 349 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,400 What I did, I was wearing a sports bra and I took my hat and 350 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,600 I stuck it in the back of my sports bra and that's how I 351 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,600 transported my then sweaty hat back to the finish line. 352 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:48,080 But anyway, enough about the hats. 353 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,200 At the starting line, you will also find a tremendous amount of 354 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,360 porta potties. I did not check how many porta 355 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,880 potties they have for this year. I know that last year they had 356 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,040 1500 porta potties. So you wait in line, but you 357 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,320 don't wait that long. I had a great experience with 358 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,120 that race and I think I went to the bathroom maybe two or three 359 00:18:05,120 --> 00:18:06,320 times. TMI. 360 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:09,680 But we all know when you're a runner and you're nervous, you 361 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:13,120 got to get that done, especially because within the first 3 miles 362 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:17,240 of the race you're crossing the bridge back from Staten Island. 363 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:20,800 So on that bridge there is no porta potties. 364 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:25,040 There were rumors going around before I ran my first New York 365 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,200 City Marathon that people pee on the side of the bridge. 366 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,440 So depending on whether you are on the top of the bridge or the 367 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,560 bottom of the bridge, because they separate the runners, then 368 00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:38,480 you would get rained on by the people from above peeing down. 369 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:42,360 That I did not find to be true. I also did not see anybody pee 370 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:44,720 off the bridge. Anyway, enjoy your time at 371 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,600 Athletes Village. You will be sitting there for a 372 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,920 while. I brought myself a trash bag and 373 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,920 a piece of cardboard which I sat on because it was a little bit 374 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,920 crisp. At the same time, the sun was 375 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,320 coming up and I was just kind of basking in the sun waiting for 376 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,520 this race, running into some friends and just really enjoying 377 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:02,480 it. It's a pretty enjoyable 378 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,920 experience. So I hope you will also have a 379 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,920 great experience. And one more thing speaking 380 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,400 about basking in the sun, the New York City Marathon. 381 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,080 As we all know, the weather can be unpredictable. 382 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,600 Some years it's hot, but a lot of years it's pretty cold. 383 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,800 And so as always, I advise for you to go through your 384 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:21,360 donations, find clothes that you would normally donate, bring 385 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,960 those with you to New York City Marathon and wear them because 386 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,120 you'll have the bins where you can dispose of all you throw 387 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:30,240 away clothes. Again, no back check. 388 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,960 So you can't take any of this stuff home. 389 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,560 So where are your throwaway layers wisely. 390 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,720 And then if it gets too warm for you, you can always get rid of 391 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,200 them. And I recommend that for 392 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,480 literally every marathon, right? Because it's always called at an 393 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,400 ideal race day. So now that we are done talking 394 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,480 about everything that happens with Athletes Village, you are 395 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:51,880 ready to start the New York City Marathon. 396 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,960 You are ready to hear Frank Sinatra's New York, NY blasting 397 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:59,480 through the speakers and get emotional for this course that 398 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:01,680 we haven't talked about yet. So we're going to do that right 399 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,320 now. And what better person to do 400 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:07,360 that with than a local New York running coach, a super fast 401 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,240 runner, Kristen Smith. She's going to walk us through 402 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:13,400 the New York City Marathon course step by step. 403 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,520 Corner by corner, so that way you guys are fully prepared. 404 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:22,520 So let's do that. The 1st 2 miles are the 405 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,440 Verrazano Bridge. It's a very long crossing. 406 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,000 And you know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna give rough, rough 407 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,320 estimates here, but it's basically one mile up and one 408 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:39,840 mile down and there are three starts to the to the marathon 409 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,200 itself. Pink, orange and blue. 410 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:46,320 The pink color actually starts on the lower level of the 411 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,920 Verrazano, so their incline is a little bit less. 412 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:56,280 But the 2 upper level orange and blue starts, they both have that 413 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,000 solid 150 foot gain in over one mile. 414 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:02,480 It's a full mile climb basically. 415 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,600 So it's it's quite long and it is pretty steep. 416 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:11,400 The benefit is right on the backside of that is the is the 417 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:16,000 decline and it's and it's equal also, you know, again roughly 418 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaking of one mile down and you know, 150 foot loss. 419 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:29,760 So you, you can, you can in those two miles essentially, you 420 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:32,560 know, even out, you know, whatever you lost on the front 421 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:37,280 end, you can basically get right back on the back end like right 422 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,360 away. So once you're starting from 423 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:44,360 mile two to three, you're in Brooklyn already, you can kind 424 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:48,000 of consider it a net zero. I hope you know, ideally you're 425 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:54,760 pacing something around that. Are you looking for the perfect 426 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,800 apparel that mirrors your love for running? 427 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,160 Look no further than Run Swag, the go to store buy runners for 428 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,600 runners. From witty Tees to hoodies that 429 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,000 commemorate your marathon majors to crops that get you motivated, 430 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,480 Run Swags got you covered. Discover the perfect blend of 431 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:16,000 comfort and style. Visit www.runswag.com Runswag. 432 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:18,120 There's something for every runner. 433 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:25,240 Yeah, so mile three, you're in Brooklyn. 434 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,760 I should say from the beginning, you're in Brooklyn for the 435 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:33,200 longest portion of the court. So there's a lot of Brooklyn for 436 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,160 those people who are not that familiar with New York City. 437 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,880 You know, I can say neighborhood names, but it probably probably 438 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,320 won't mean that much. Like, you know, if I say, oh, 439 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,840 you're in Fort Greene here, oh, you're in Bed Stuy here. 440 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,440 It's like that doesn't mean very much to somebody who who is not 441 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:53,080 familiar with New York City. So I'll just say statement wise, 442 00:22:53,360 --> 00:22:57,280 you're in Brooklyn from basically mile from mile 3 to 443 00:22:57,360 --> 00:23:02,520 mile 13 1/2 and that's where you cross to cross over to Queens. 444 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:08,440 So it's a really long stretch. There are some different parts 445 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:11,120 of Brooklyn. So the first part of Brooklyn, 446 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:16,640 once you start on from mile three, you start running north 447 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:22,720 and you're basically going through the heart of Brooklyn 448 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,640 commercial District itself and, and, and the business center, 449 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:35,440 those the three courses all come together at mile 8 and that is 450 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:38,880 literally the heart of Brooklyn itself. 451 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,640 So the energy there is incredible. 452 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:47,760 The crowds are out really deep. You're running from from mile 3 453 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:52,680 to 8. You are on 4 lane Rd. very wide, 454 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,240 lots of space. There's a median in the middle, 455 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:00,760 but the crowds are are, you know, four or five deep on 456 00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:03,280 either side of the road. And like I said, lots of 457 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,920 businesses, lots of lots of excitement, lots of bands 458 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,040 through there and and other groups out. 459 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:15,440 So that's three through 8 of of all of the of the marathon 460 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:19,000 courses. Once you hit mile 8, you make a, 461 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:24,920 you make a quick write and then a quick left and you then head 462 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:29,600 into what is the more residential neighborhoods of 463 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:34,280 Brooklyn and that the, the character changes you, you're 464 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:38,400 the roadway also changes. So you're on a, you're on a big 465 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:43,080 wide 4 lane Rd. and then you turn and you're on A2 lane 466 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,400 narrow residential St. It's really beautiful. 467 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,200 There's, you know, old trees, they'll the, the they'll be in 468 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:53,800 their fall colors, historic brownstones. 469 00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:58,160 But it definitely feels tight. And that is when all of all 470 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,920 three of the races come together on one-on-one roadway. 471 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,400 So it's, it's, you know, it's a lot of big excitement. 472 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,680 And then you can literally feel things sort of quieting down and 473 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,560 closing in around you. So that starts at mile 8. 474 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:22,160 Also at mile 8 is from mile 8 to 9 is basically a small climb. 475 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,760 It's on the street is Lafayette St. 476 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:29,320 It's not, it's nothing huge, but you should plan to slow down a 477 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,440 little bit. It's it's about 50 feet. 478 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,920 It's it's, it's pretty gradual, but you, you will notice it 479 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:40,440 because all again, all of those factors coming together. 480 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,440 First of all, you're, you're, you're losing room with, with 481 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,440 the course narrowing and with several people compressing into 482 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,320 a narrow space. And then also everybody's 483 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:54,600 hitting this climb at the same time, you know, so it's, you 484 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,600 feel a little bit of the breaks happening there. 485 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,680 It's nothing to be alarmed about, right, Because you're at 486 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,720 mile 8. So there's like you have so much 487 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,520 time. It's fine after that, basically 488 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,320 you're you're heading down from Lafayette, you turn to Bedford 489 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:15,360 Ave. and that part goes through Williamsburg. 490 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,520 The the most notable thing about Williamsburg is that it's it's 491 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,800 pretty quiet in terms of New York City Marathon. 492 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,800 That's a very quiet section of the course. 493 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:30,840 There's still be people out, but it's, it's a contrast to other 494 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,440 sections where the sidewalks are literally, you know, four or 495 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,720 five A6 deep with people. Williamsburg is not like that. 496 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,640 That's, that's not the character of that of that neighborhood. 497 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:46,960 So, you know, that's a good place that, you know, I, I like 498 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,080 people to sort of settle in at that point and focus on 499 00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:53,360 internally what you're doing. Do a good check in with 500 00:26:53,360 --> 00:26:56,360 yourself. It's also a pretty flat section 501 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:59,080 of the course. So they're about mile. 502 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,880 Once you do that climb at 8, you're you're at mile 9 roughly. 503 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:10,520 So 9 to 13 when you make the the next bridge into Queens, that's 504 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,040 all a relatively flat section. So there again, that's an area 505 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:19,040 where you know, if you were, if you lost a couple of seconds 506 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:24,160 early on in those, in those first two climbs, the Verrazano 507 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:28,360 or up Lafayette, that that flat section is where you can gain a 508 00:27:28,360 --> 00:27:30,440 couple of seconds back very easily. 509 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,640 You know, you're not, you shouldn't have to work too hard 510 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:39,160 for it there. So that's all of Brooklyn from 511 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,480 Brooklyn you're crossing to Queens. 512 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,160 And that bridge is called the Pulaski Bridge. 513 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,280 That takes you through the halfway. 514 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,800 So the half, the halfway point of the marathon actually occurs 515 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:57,720 on the Pulaski Bridge. There's no one cheering on the 516 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:02,080 on these early bridges. So because there's nowhere for 517 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:08,120 them to cheer at. But it's, it's a nice area 518 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,280 because you have really great views. 519 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,080 So once you're, when you're crossing the Pulaski, I always 520 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,880 tell everybody, look to your left, you have a beautiful 521 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:23,320 skyline of the Lower East Side and Midtown East Side as you 522 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,920 cross there. And you have the, you know, New 523 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,680 York Harbor. It's, it's, it's really pretty. 524 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,440 So, you know, take that in while you go. 525 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:35,840 You're the Pulaski is a very small bridge. 526 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:40,720 It's basically 4 lanes. And so the views there are 527 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,960 really are really quite good. From there, you arrive into 528 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:47,440 Queens, that's roughly at mile 14. 529 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,080 You're not in Queens for very long. 530 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,880 You're in Queens for about a mile and that's it. 531 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:58,120 And what you do in Queens is you end up snaking and making a lot 532 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,200 of turns. I, I counted it out. 533 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,160 I, I want to say you make like 7 turns in one mile. 534 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,240 So it's a lot of you're, you're like, you don't spend much time 535 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,720 there and all you do there is turn. 536 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:17,600 But the main point of getting into Queens is to get onto the 537 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,800 Queensborough Bridge. The Queensborough Bridge 538 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:24,600 represents the second largest climb of New York City Marathon, 539 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,360 so that and it it is also a really long climb. 540 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:34,480 So this is basically taking you from mile 15 to mile 16 is the 541 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,200 Queensboro Bridge. On the Queensboro Bridge you're, 542 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:43,360 you are on the lower level only and you're all on one side. 543 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,280 So there's not a lot of great views there at all. 544 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,240 But the benefit to being on the lower level is there's not a lot 545 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,360 of wind either. So that is beneficial. 546 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,760 It is dead quiet on the Queens Bridge. 547 00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:02,040 Like that is one of those parts where there's no hoopla, there's 548 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:07,240 no anything. It's I, I like that because 549 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,440 you're at that point, you should you, you're past the halfway of 550 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:15,200 the marathon and that's when you should really start focusing on 551 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,880 how you feel. How's you know, how are your 552 00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:20,840 legs holding up? How is your breathing? 553 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:24,960 Make sure everything is calm and in control because this is the 554 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:30,440 point where you want to start turning on, you know, turning on 555 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,640 your your pace and your effort level and making sure that 556 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,560 you're you're amping yourself up for the end. 557 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:41,960 So there 15 to 16 is, is the Queens Bridge and the Queens 558 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:47,240 Bridge is, is 100 foot gain there over over a mile or so. 559 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:53,800 Once you exit Queens Bridge, that in that takes you into 560 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,640 Manhattan. And this is one of the best 561 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,160 sections of the entire race right here. 562 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:03,760 It's almost too climactic for where you are in the race 'cause 563 00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,880 you're you have still 10 miles left to go. 564 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,920 But it is incredible. So basically you're you, there's 565 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:16,240 a lot of downhill, you're flying down the Queens Bridge and you 566 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,800 feel like you're in a video game. 567 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,080 You're on 'cause you're on the lower level. 568 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,280 And then you make this, this huge sweeping turn. 569 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:28,880 So you turn left, you make a full semicircle, you turn all 570 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:33,040 the way around and it's very dramatic all this. 571 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:37,160 Like no one's cheering, no one's around you, everybody's just 572 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,240 listening to the runner's feet. But as you approach Manhattan 573 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:46,480 and you start, start making the semicircle down, you start to 574 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,680 hear the crowds before you can even see them. 575 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:54,120 You hear these people for, you know, 100 feet away. 576 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,480 That's how big the crowds are. So the crowds there are, you 577 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:03,360 know, 6710 deep. I've been in those crowds 'cause 578 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,200 that's, that's basically my neighborhood there. 579 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:13,560 And it's the energy from the people watching is as is almost 580 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,720 bigger than than the energy of the people running. 581 00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:19,040 Like that's how exciting it is to just stand there and be in 582 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:24,800 that, in, in that environment. But the, you know, the, the 583 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,320 thing to always keep in mind is that you want to soak it up and 584 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:31,120 soak it in, but you don't want to let it push you too fast. 585 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,360 It's so easy when every time I run that race at that point, I 586 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:40,320 look down and I and I go, Oh my gosh, I have to really slow way 587 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:45,400 down because if it really feels like they're like picking you up 588 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,240 and pushing you like you have rocket blasters on your on your 589 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,280 shoes at that point and it's too early. 590 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:52,840 It's too, it's too early for that. 591 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:57,880 You still, it's OK to be a little bit faster from from mile 592 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:03,880 16 all the way to mile 20. Basically, this is a straight 593 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,760 straight along 1st Ave. It's a straight shot. 594 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,560 There's no turns, there's no hills to speak of. 595 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,800 It's a little bit rolly, but just very tiny. 596 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:18,120 And so that is another point where you can make up seconds. 597 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,640 But when I say make up seconds, what I mean is like 5 seconds a 598 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,920 mile, right? It's very easy to look down at 599 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,280 your watch and go, Oh no, I'm running 30 seconds a mile faster 600 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,280 than I than I should be. And that that's, that's too 601 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,520 early again, because you have so much of the race ahead. 602 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:44,000 So 1st Ave. long straight shot, nothing in your way, a little 603 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:49,960 bit of rolly, but really very calm in terms of dialing in your 604 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:51,960 pace and and getting into a rhythm. 605 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,200 That's a great place to do it. And, and it's at the point where 606 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,720 you really want to start to do that. 607 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:00,880 So from Manhattan, I call it Manhattan Part 1. 608 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,920 You dip into the Bronx for less than a mile. 609 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,920 It's really short. You barely go into the Bronx 610 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:13,840 before you exit again. But there's two bridges 1 to get 611 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,440 into the Bronx. The 1st is the Willis Ave. 612 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,560 Bridge. That is not a large climb. 613 00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:24,679 It's roughly 50 feet. It's it's pretty short as far as 614 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:27,520 that goes. And that takes you into the 615 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:31,080 Bronx. You're in the Bronx and you 616 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,760 don't even make it a mile, but you make a lot of turns there. 617 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,040 That's another section where you're, there's like 5 turns in, 618 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:42,120 you know, .7 of a mile. And you exit again from the 619 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,280 Bronx. You, you exit on the Madison 620 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:49,440 Ave. bridge. That bridge itself is, as I said 621 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,960 before, is tiny. It's only a 20 foot gain and 622 00:34:52,159 --> 00:34:57,000 it's not terribly long, but that takes you back into Manhattan 623 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:00,720 again. That's at mile 21, mile 21, 624 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:03,960 you're, you're back in Manhattan for the second time and the last 625 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,880 time. So at at that point, once you've 626 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:11,840 reached Manhattan Part 2, that's when the race is really on. 627 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,480 This is when this is when you you make or lose the day. 628 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,840 And honestly, the end of New York City Marathon from 21 to 629 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,840 26.2 is, is tricky. So you really want to make sure 630 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:31,040 you have your, your, your head in the game and you can focus 631 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,320 on, on what you have to do because there's, there's some 632 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:38,480 obstacles here. So mile 21, you're, you're in 633 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,320 Harlem, you're just going through Harlem. 634 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:45,800 Nothing, nothing too exciting or eventful there until you 635 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:50,440 approach. It's, it's right before mile 23 636 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,760 starts. It's like 22.75, you start an 637 00:35:54,760 --> 00:36:02,200 incline on 5th Ave. you're on 5th Ave. and this incline lasts 638 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:08,680 for all for a full mile and it is about 80 feet over a mile 639 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,840 distance. So from 20, roughly 23 to 24, 640 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:17,000 it's an it's a climb the whole way and it's tricky. 641 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,520 It's tricky for a couple of reasons. 1 is that there's no 642 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:25,120 decline on the other side. 2 is that it's so gradual. 643 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:29,800 You it's imperceptible. Like if I did not tell you or 644 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,280 you hadn't run it before, if I didn't speak it to you or you 645 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,080 had prior experience, a lot of people do not even know that 646 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,280 it's there. Like it literally comes up and 647 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,720 they're and they and they're confused because they're like, 648 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,120 what is happening? You can't see the climb. 649 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:49,200 It's so long and stretched out, but you'll also see it's, it's 650 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,040 that point late in the race where you'll see a lot of people 651 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:56,640 walking a lot. It's that that in itself is 652 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,720 demoralizing. So what I like to tell people to 653 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:05,760 do is count the blocks. You have each of these little 654 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,120 little bite sized pieces you can take. 655 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:12,800 So the incline starts. You're on 5th Ave. at 110th St. 656 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:17,600 That incline lasts all the way up to 5th Ave. and 90th Street. 657 00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:25,000 But those little blocks you can count down South 110109108107 658 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:28,080 and just concentrate on getting to that next milestone. 659 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,120 Because if you try to worry about doing the entire thing 660 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,720 you're going to, you're going to overwhelm yourself. 661 00:37:33,720 --> 00:37:35,960 You're going to be one of those people walking that you see, and 662 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:37,040 you don't want to be that person. 663 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,760 So keep churning the legs. Keep churning the legs. 664 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:45,080 Beautiful thing. You get up to mile 24 and that 665 00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,920 takes your turn. You make a quick right turn into 666 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,160 Central mark in into Central Park and then an immediate left 667 00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:56,880 to go South on Central Park Main Drive. 668 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,560 Now, once you hit Central Park, a lot of people have run in 669 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,320 Central Park before, so it's familiar to, you know, even 670 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,840 visitors, you know, if you come into town, everybody's run 671 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,840 Central Park. So in that way, you feel like 672 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:14,600 you're on familiar ground. It's also, it's a very calming 673 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,600 environment. There's greenery and trees all 674 00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:20,560 around. And you're at 24, you're past 675 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:23,280 24, the marathon. So it's that point where you 676 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,600 start to feel a little bit of hope that you're getting there, 677 00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:27,920 you know, oh, I'm going to be like the end. 678 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:31,960 I can feel the end coming. And so that's a really good 679 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:40,560 feeling from 24 on the Central Park Dr. you go South for a 680 00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:45,840 while all the way South to exit the park on onto Central Park 681 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,360 South and and then you make an immediate right there. 682 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:55,040 So you enter the park and then exit the park that is primarily 683 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,400 downhill, which is a it's a nice, it's a nice stretch there. 684 00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:02,320 It's very rolly. So there's nothing flat, but its 685 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:06,840 overall profile is downhill. Once you hit Central Park South, 686 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:12,120 though, you're on another gradual climb. 687 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:15,080 It's not huge at all. It's, it's, it's literally 20 688 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:20,160 feet, so it's not a big thing. However, at that point, you're 689 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,880 at mile 25 of a marathon and any climb at all feels like you're 690 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,400 climbing Everest, right? That's just because that's what 691 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:29,600 your legs have been through, right? 692 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,880 You beat your legs up a lot. The the cool thing, though, 693 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:37,680 about that Central Park South is the, the crowds are building 694 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,480 right as you get further and further along in the race and 695 00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,280 closer to the end of the race, you're going to notice the 696 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,600 energy in the crowds just goes higher and higher and higher. 697 00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:51,200 And you think, well, it couldn't possibly be getting any higher, 698 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:56,240 but it somehow does. And so that's a really exciting 699 00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,320 segment there. You'll have people on both sides 700 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:03,720 and you know, you have the you have the park itself, and then 701 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:08,840 all of these beautiful historic hotels will be to your left side 702 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:13,080 and you have ahead of you big skyscrapers, the Time Warner 703 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:15,000 Center, it's right at Columbus Circle. 704 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,680 I always use that as a beacon, right? 705 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:21,080 Because you can see it all the way back when you started on 706 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:22,840 Central Park South. You can see it ahead of you. 707 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,240 So I always use that as like. You know, as like the fish on 708 00:40:28,240 --> 00:40:31,240 the hook and I, I'm like, I'm going to reel myself into that. 709 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,240 And you can feel yourself getting closer to it. 710 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:42,960 It gives you this motivation. So a little bit of an incline, 711 00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,440 but you have the Time Warner Center and you're just just run 712 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,120 to that beacon. Once you get to Columbus Circle 713 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,480 in the Time Warner Center, you make a right and that's when you 714 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,320 head back into Central Park and that means you're almost there. 715 00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:59,560 Like that's the the icing on the cake there. 716 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:04,680 You're so close. One, you know, back into Central 717 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,720 Park is is absolutely incredible there. 718 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,120 There are flags on either side of every nation. 719 00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,920 So you feel like it makes you feel like you're part of this, 720 00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:18,960 like larger movement, this larger community, this global 721 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,720 environment. It's incredible. 722 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:22,480 There are people on either sides. 723 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:27,440 There are grandstands there. There are huge speakers. 724 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:32,080 There's huge LED video walls. Like you can see yourself. 725 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,000 You feel like you feel like a rock star at the concert. 726 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,240 That's how you feel at the end of New York City Marathon. 727 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,360 There is to know just a slight climb again as you go into 728 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,160 Central Park and you finish. It's another 20 feet. 729 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,520 So you know it it it feels a little bit tricky to like you 730 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,240 can see the finish line ahead of you and you want a kick and 731 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:56,520 you're like, I'm going to give every single thing I have left 732 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:58,600 to this. But you are on an incline. 733 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:02,000 So your kick is maybe not as doesn't have quite the punch as 734 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,400 you want it to, but you know the energy hopefully carries you. 735 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,280 The race finishes right by Tavern on the Green in Central 736 00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:14,880 Park, which is roughly that Central Park Drive and 66th St. 737 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,880 in Manhattan. Wow, Kristen, thank you so much. 738 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:23,320 Thank you so much for wrapping it all into this beautiful 739 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:27,600 package that, you know, I just took notes and I hope the 740 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,720 listeners did too. If not, you can always rewind 741 00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:30,960 and listen to it. But thank you so much. 742 00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,320 This is great information, especially because it's always 743 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,600 the hardest part to know where to put your energy. 744 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,080 And looking at one of those elevation charts, it's not the 745 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,680 same as you explaining it and making it really visual. 746 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,240 So for us. So thank you so much. 747 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,600 Yeah, absolutely. I love runners to be prepared 748 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:51,960 because it's hard to, again, especially with a course like 749 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:56,800 this with so many undulations and you want to be ahead of pace 750 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,040 at some points, you want to be behind pace at some points. 751 00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,080 That's where you want to be. But if you don't know where to 752 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:06,720 do that or what to expect when you can really throw your entire 753 00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:09,480 race off. So hopefully people can then 754 00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:12,880 gauge what their effort should be and what their paces should 755 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:16,040 be at at different points of the race, and then they have a 756 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:17,480 better day. That's what I hope. 757 00:43:18,160 --> 00:43:19,120 Perfect. Great. 758 00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:21,840 And I guess, yeah, with that, I know we're running out of time. 759 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,360 So let me just have you pitch yourself to our audience where 760 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,240 they can find you if they want to follow you and get some more 761 00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:31,480 great advice or maybe coaching. Yes, well, I have a website 762 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:38,320 that's usually the best way. It's coach Kris KRISR s.com. 763 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,960 So that's my name. That's how you can find me. 764 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,520 I have a YouTube channel, you can also find me there, the 765 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:49,160 website and yeah, listening here. 766 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,640 So I hope everyone has a good New York City Marathon. 767 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,320 I will. I will be here cheering everyone 768 00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:58,600 on. Thank you again, Kristen for 769 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:00,480 this very detailed course walkthrough. 770 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,160 We super appreciate it. And I guess we are now ready for 771 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,120 the New York City Marathon, aren't you? 772 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,520 If you are not and you have any more questions, please put them 773 00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,800 down in the comments below and maybe if you're watching this 774 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,240 video, check down there if there are any questions, maybe you 775 00:44:15,240 --> 00:44:18,080 have run this race before and you can answer them and put 776 00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,720 another runner at ease. Also, if you feel like I forgot 777 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,720 anything, please let me know down below so I can have a 778 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:27,160 better episode next year. I will be there at the finish 779 00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,760 line doing interviews with runners and I'm very, very 780 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:33,160 excited about that. Have so much fun running this 781 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,160 race. Put your name on the bib because 782 00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:38,320 it's going to be amazing hearing all these crowds cheering, not 783 00:44:38,320 --> 00:44:41,360 just for everyone, but they'll also say your name and that 784 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,280 really can help you in the times that you most needed. 785 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,160 Thank you so much for tuning in. And until next time, see you in 786 00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:47,680 New York.