Tuesday, November 08, 2011

On that ING NYC Marathon morning…

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I woke up early as I was quite excited about the marathon. The sky was brightening slowly and the Hudson river seems to cheer on for me.

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I packed my stuff into the transparent bag provided and brought it with me to the Starting point.

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There were like thousands of people already at the South Ferry Terminal, all ready to run!

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To accommodate 47,000 runners, you can imagine how many mobile toilets they have.

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The sun is out but it is still very cold.

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From the Staten Island, you can see the impressive skyline of Manhattan. Amazing.

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We still need to take a bus to get to the starting point. Took a while and turned here and there.

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Finally, the Start Village.

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The power bars, mineral water, coffee from Dunkin Donuts and hot tea were free for all. It is like an all-you-can-eat buffet kind of thing but of course, a serious runner won’t do that.