New York City Marathon

Pros: Well-organized, inspirational, exciting, fun to be a spectator
Cons: Crowds can be very thick, you have to know what you're doing (prepare!)

Every fall is the New York City Marathon, on the first Sunday in November. This year, I decided to go watch the marathon in person, since my cousin would be among the more than 30,000 runners!

Preparation

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Pros: Exhausting Adrenaline Rush from beginning to end, SOOO much fun.
Cons: Difficulty walking the next day. Unfortunately, a year before you get to do it again!

The experiences of a guy (glutton for punishment, perhaps) who has run six times. The New York Roadrunner’s club (website at www.NYRRC.org) is the organization responsible for the New York City Marathon and is one of the most organized, well-run ...

Pros: You can inhale a lot of smog, great accomplishment
Cons: I can think of better things to do to kill myself

Ever considered running a marathon? Yeah, me neither. Just the thought of running for eternity turns me off and the preparation would cause me to purposely run in front of traffic. Oh, and the boredom. Hence, where this epinion comes in- an epinion...

Pros: great race; crowds are fantastic
Cons: miles not being clearly marked

I ran New York in 2004. It was my first marathon ever. During the race I was a regular mid/back of the packer! Upon my return to Florida, I sent my step-mom a detailed e-mail about my marathon experience. She enjoyed it so much that she urged me to ...

Pros: New York City.
Cons: There are a LOT of people to get in your way. The registration process.

New York City Marathon

The classic photograph of thousands of people filling the Varenzano Narrows Bridge from Staten Island to Brooklyn.

The many faces of New York City. From ethnic neighborhood to ethnic neighborhood.

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Pros: Great exersize, its in NYC
Cons: very loooooong, can get really hot

Let me start by saying that this isn't about the actual NYC marathon...but this is the closest topic to what I want to tell you about. I'm here to discuss Bike New York: The Great Five Boro Bike Tour.

About the tour
A tour...

Pros: huge fan turnout, lots of runners, great city views, professional organization
Cons: weather can be nasty

So you stood in line for 3 hours just to get an application. Big deal. So you paid a $7 deposit and a $50 entrance fee. Uh huh. So you waited, hoped and prayed to Pheidippides himself. Like it matters. Let me guess, you still did not get in to the New...

Pros: An unbelievably amazing experience
Cons: None!

They say that this is where the world comes to run and after successfully running my first marathon this past sunday, I can see why. The course is amazing, the thrill is unbelievable, and it's the kind of thing that you spend your life dreaming...

Pros: Enthusiastic Spectators
Cons: Long waits at the start & finish

I have run New York for each of the last six years: initially while I was living in Washington D.C., and for the past four years as a Manhattan resident.

Any marathoner that has run in other smaller races (i.e., practically any other...

Pros: A great race...supposedly
Cons: The organizers are very very greedy.

I have never actually run the New York Marathon, but I have been through the application meat grinder and it is not a fun process by any stretch of the imagination.

For the 2000 New York City Marathon the New York Road Runners Club have...

Pros: the best show in town, and it's free
Cons: none

Let me start out by saying that I never ran the marathon, but I have attended the event for the past four years. A group of friends and I every year would set up a little post on the thirteenth mile (halfway point) and distribute water and first aid...

Pros: Seeing NYC on foot is the only way to go!
Cons: Getting in is tough and if you don't like large crowds skip it!

Epinions member, Matog, may not have run the NYC Marathon, but I have ... a very long time ago. I ran the NYC Marathon way back in '84 and '85 when it was a teeny, tiny marathon with only ... 18,000 to 20,000 people running it those two years. However,...

Pros: Great Athletes at a Great Event
Cons: None

One of the great events that takes place in the city of New York is the New City Marathon. This grand event takes place through the five boroughs of New York of Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. it is the ultimate New...