My first marathon is coming fast and furious! We are 10 days out! I am overusing exclamation points because quite honestly, I’m terrified. This is the timeline for Marathon Sunday November 4th, 2012 If you wanted to come out and cheer, or just plan to keep tabs on me via the internet, this should be all the info you need:
5:30 Wake up
6:15 Leave house to drive to Christina’s moms
6:30 Leave Rye, NY
8:30 Take the Staten Island Ferry from Manhattan
9 Arrive in Staten Island, take shuttle to Fort Wadsworth.
9:30 Arrive in Marathon Village. Relax. Sit on garbage bag everyone has recommended I bring to sit on. Drink Dunkin Donuts coffee. Eat bagels. Take pictures. Take it all in!
10:00ish? Line up on the upper deck of the Verrazano Bridge and start to freak out. Does my Garmin have what it takes for 26.2 miles?? (it has been dying a slow death and I ran my 18 miler without it). Enjoy the view. Be thankful I am not being peed on on the lower deck.
10:55 AND WE ARE OFF. This is my official starting time and I should cross right around that actual time. My bib number is 61570.
I used my starting time (10:55), and an average 12 minute per mile pace to *estimate* where I will be and when. Below are the approximate hours & minutes I will cross each mile marker.
I ran my 18miler with an 11:30 average pace (I never claimed to be fast!) but I have a feeling this will veer closer towards 12ish.
10:55 Mile 0 – Starting Line!
Let’s do this.
STATEN ISLAND
11: 08 Mile 1
Verranzano bridge
BROOKLYN
11:20 Mile 2
Dyker Heights 95th St
11:32 Mile 3
Bay Ridge, Seventh Avenue between 78th & Bay Ridge Parkway
11:44 Mile 4
4th Ave and 65th St
Left side
11:56 Mile 5
Sunset Park, 4th Ave and 43rd St
12:08 Mile 6
South Slope?, 4th Ave and 24th St
12:20 Mile 7
Park Slope, 4th St
12:32 Mile 8
Flatbush & Lafayette
12:44 Mile 9
Clinton Hill, Lafayette & Classon Ave
12:56 Mile 10
South Williamsburg. Bedford Ave between Flushing & Lynch
13: 08 Mile 11
North Williamsburg! Bedford Ave just under the Williamsburg Bridge
13:20 Mile 12
Greenpoint. Bedford Ave at Lorimer St
13:32 Mile 13
Greenpoint/Long Island City border
QUEENS
13:44 Mile 14
Long Island City, 44th Dr
13:56 Mile 15
Long Island City, Queens Blvd
MANHATTAN
14:08 Mile 16
bottom of the 59th St Bridge Ramp, turn north on 1st Ave
14:20 Mile 17
Upper East Side, 1st Ave and 77th St
14:32 Mile 18
Upper East Side, 1st Ave and 97th St
14:44 Mile 19
East Harlem, 1st Ave and 117th St
BRONX
14:56 Mile 20
East 135th St
MANHATTAN
15:08 Mile 21
Madison Ave Bridge
15:20 Mile 22
122nd St on the West Side of Marcus Garvey Park
15:32 Mile 23
Fifth Ave and 102nd St
CENTRAL PARK
15:44 Mile 24
84th St, East Side of the loop
15:56 Mile 25
66th St, East Side of the loop
16:08 Mile 26
61st St, West Side of the loop
16:12 Mile 26.2 THE FINISH LINE!
67th St, West Side of the loop
SPECTATORS ALONG THE COURSE: If you are coming out to cheer for me or the other runners, check out the NYRR Spectator Guide Also, let me know where you will be! I’ll need as many friendly faces as possible!
FOLLOWING ONLINE: If you are nowhere near the live action but want to follow online, you can do so here: Track My Runner
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