On I went, out of the wood, passing the man leading without knowing I was going to do so. Flip-flap, flip-flap, jog-trot, jog-trot, curnchslap-crunchslap, across the middle of a broad field again, rhythmically running in my greyhound effortless fashion, knowing I had won the race though it wasn't half over, won it if I wanted it, could go on for ten or fifteen or twenty miles if I had to and drop dead at the finish of it, which would be the same, in the end, as living an honest life like the governor wanted me to. -Alan Sillitoe, "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Don't act like you never saw this coming

I didn't do all those races last year for nothing.

To recap, I got in through the 9+1 program for guaranteed entry. My NYRR races last year were (in no particular order other than long to short)...:

Achilles 5m
Wall Street 3m
Fifth Avenue Mile (I don't think this was a qualifier)

I'll probably do a few of these races again this year, just because they're close and because I can. (I'm already registered for the Brooklyn Half, for instance.) But seeing these races come up on the NYRR calendar and not entering is one of the simple pleasures of life.

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4 comments:

  1. MikeTue Mar 15, 09:43:00 AM EDT

    A race named after Ted Corbitt is only 15k?

    Congrats on getting in. Living in NYC has its privileges.

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  2. TTue Mar 15, 02:46:00 PM EDT

    You should enter the lottery. Or rather, make an $11 charitable donation to the NYRR. If you haven't qualified, that is.

    In terms of Ted Corbitt, maybe this Corbitt race is more fitting?
    http://whatyourdonotknowbecauseyouarenotme.blogspot.com/2011/02/half-corbitt-is-better-than-none.html
    For the record, I've never been invited and would likely be physically unable to keep up were I ever given the chance to participate.

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  3. kilaxTue Mar 15, 05:55:00 PM EDT

    Yay! I am excited you get to run NYC!!! :) I think I am going to keep entering the lottery until I get in :)

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  4. chickenunderwearSun Apr 24, 10:48:00 PM EDT

    Hay. i got cited.

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