As a New Yorker, I take a somewhat cynical view of Marathon craziness as it nears and seems to take over the City in terms of crushing crowds on the subway; people commandeering the sidewalk while gazing at a map; crowded restaurants. You get the picture. Actually, from an economic point of view the marathon is big business for Gotham and we welcome it. There was lots of talk this year about it getting too big, too crass, too focused on elite runners. But the fact that 42,000 people officially registered for the run argues that a lot of people think it is a great idea, indeed, to torture themselves into running for over 26 miles, even if they're not in their prime. And I say bully for them.
At about 4 PM yesterday, we walked over to the 24 mile marker yesterday to watch the race. This means that the runners who passed in front of us were a little more than 2 miles away from completing their goal. Most of them were struggling (the elite and faster runners had long since passed). I imagine this group of runners had not even gotten started until 2 1/2 to 3 hours after the official start of the race. In any event, all were pretty slow, some walking, some really dragging. But they were clearly determined to finished.
We quickly got into the spirit of the crowd and picked up the modus operandi. The deal is, most of the runners have their first name written large over their chest. What a brilliant idea! It means that those of us--nearly everyone in our part of the crowd--standing there and shouting encouragement were total strangers to these marathoners. But because we could say "Attaboy, George;" "Good job, Natalie!;" "You're almost their, Sigfried!:" we focused on those with the names and we encouraged them as if they were our best friend. And to a person, they responded, generally looked up and smiled, gave a thumbs up, nodded, gave some sign of recognition and thanks.
I realize there is a conversation going on, even in a marathon, between the performer and the observer. The runners were clearly influenced by our enthusiasm and support. We were right there with them and we carried them, as supportive conversations do, through the rough patch of "almost-there-ism" to the blessed end of the race.
I'm thinking of how important that first name on the shirts is in this conversation between bystander and runner. If you can't identify someone by name, your message is general and doesn't touch them.
One of the runners was a woman connected by a strap to another who was blind. Both of them had their names on their shirts. As she ran by with him, she silently pointed her finger over his head, at him, letting the crowd know it was his name they should shout. That was they way he would "see" the crowd and know it cared about him and his triumph of completing a 26+ mile marathon. Without his name, we wouldn't have been able to let Neil know that yes, we were there for him. Specifically cheering Neil, our hero of the moment.
Seems to me the lesson here is to "put your name on it." Always. Let people know you are responsible for whatever it is you are doing, and proud of it. Make sure you are doing work that is so good you are pleased to sign it. Pleased to let others know you did it and so there!
After all, life is itself a marathon. Just make sure people know you were there, you were running, and you just did it.
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