Let's Talk New York City Marathon

Literally everywhere I went yesterday, I was surrounded by Marathon Fever.  Traffic was blocked on streets because of the marathon.  Subways were filled with, yes, marathon tourist.   And the runners themselves could be seen on the streets in their "tinfoil" capes, the "blankets" given finishers to hold in their body heat and keep them from getting chilled.

I saw several instances of marathoners who were clearly strangers to one another, exchanging greetings and congratulations and high fives, as they passed on the street.  It was the handshake of the achievers.  My hat is off to anyone and everyone--all forty plus thousands of them who finished enjoyed this achievement.

The signs of their coterie of fans were marvelous.  My favorite was a set we saw waiting for the Number 6 Lexington line late in the afternoon.  They were big--a yard square--and they had the name of the runner, followed by his hometown in Iowa, below which was writ large: "Pop.: 327!"

Looked the whole town had come out to cheer him on.  There were lots of them crowding the subway car and having the time of their lives.

Today as I ran to a business meeting in Midtown, I saw several people--each along--walking on the street with that "I am a tourist here" kind of look.  What they had in common was that they were all dressed in street clothes but wearing, yes, their New York Marathon finisher medal around tier necks.

I'd do the same if I'd accomplished that.  That medal will have plenty of time to gather dust on their bedpost.  Right now, it's a sign of personal victory and they deserve to show it off.

 

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