The 2010 Manhattan Half-Marathon results are in. The race, the first of the year in the New York Road Runners' annual five-borough half-marathon challenge, was held Sunday, January 24th. As usual, you can search the results by name, bib number, gender, club name, etc.
Congrats to all runners! I had a good pace most of the way, but had to stop a few times, which hurt my time. Several people I know were able to set PRs today--great work!
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, October 3, 2009
2009 Grete's Great Gallop Race Results (Norwegian Festival), Central Park
If you didn't get to check your results posted in Central Park this morning, or you want to see where you stacked up against the field, you can see the results of the 2009 Grete's Great Gallop half-marathon here. (I didn't see my results in the Park because, well, I was pretty far down in the results and they hadn't posted that page yet. On the plus side, I hadn't run a half in several years and really had no business running one in the shape I'm in, but it was good to get it in the books.)
The weather held up for the race (running 13.1 miles in the rain is no fun at all), and the Norwegian hosts of the festival once again plied visitors with bagels with lox and cream cheese and those tasty waffles with berries. And Grete Waitz herself was again on hand, looking great for someone who had cancer a few years ago. Long may she run!
The weather held up for the race (running 13.1 miles in the rain is no fun at all), and the Norwegian hosts of the festival once again plied visitors with bagels with lox and cream cheese and those tasty waffles with berries. And Grete Waitz herself was again on hand, looking great for someone who had cancer a few years ago. Long may she run!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
RESULTS - 2009 Tunnel to Towers Run, Brooklyn to Manhattan - Sept. 27th
RESULTS AVAILABLE: Update 9/28: Tunnel to Towers results have been posted here. You can search for individual runners or view results by category.
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Today the 2009 Tunnel to Towers Run, from Brooklyn to Manhattan, was held under rainy skies. The race commemorates the journey of FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who on 9/11/01 ran from his firehouse in Brooklyn through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center, where he died when the towers collapsed. After the race there is a festival with food and entertainment, which is probably a bit subdued by the weather today.
See the official 2009 Tunnel to Towers Run Web site for news of street closures, the foundation that benefits from the race, and of course race results, which will be posted later. For Tunnel to Towers race results from last year's event, see here.
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Today the 2009 Tunnel to Towers Run, from Brooklyn to Manhattan, was held under rainy skies. The race commemorates the journey of FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who on 9/11/01 ran from his firehouse in Brooklyn through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center, where he died when the towers collapsed. After the race there is a festival with food and entertainment, which is probably a bit subdued by the weather today.
See the official 2009 Tunnel to Towers Run Web site for news of street closures, the foundation that benefits from the race, and of course race results, which will be posted later. For Tunnel to Towers race results from last year's event, see here.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Nike Human Race - Finding Results and Winners
The first-ever worldwide Nike Human Race is complete (or still in progress in some places), and Nike is beginning to post the results. You can find the Nike Human Race results by city on an interactive map. The site also offers a leaderboard showing the fastest times for all the Nike Human Race events... that's races in 26 cities around the world.
As of midnight eastern time, the map shows "awaiting results" for the race I ran in, the New York City event. The weather was beautiful, the post-race concert by the All-American Rejects was fun, and the final lap inside Icahn Stadium at Randall's Island was a great way to finish.
The race course itself, however, was abysmal... probably the worst course I've ever experienced in nearly 30 years of running races. Randall's Island is not a huge island, making it necessary for runners to complete two loops of the course. Not a problem with a decent course, but this one was awful. In many places the course was narrowed too much by fences, and it had the runners going over construction areas with potentially tricky footing.
The narrow course became even more narrow when the race staff asked (politely) runners to stay to the left so that front runners making their second loop could get by.
At one point the runners had to run over a short bridge over a stream that was only wide enough for four or five people running abreast. Imagine hundreds of people trying to cross that bridge at once, with thousands just behind them, and it's easy to understand why I and many other runners were literally standing in place for several minutes until I could cross the bridge.
If the Nike Human Race is to be run again in New York City, a major course (and/or location) redesign is absolutely necessary.
As of midnight eastern time, the map shows "awaiting results" for the race I ran in, the New York City event. The weather was beautiful, the post-race concert by the All-American Rejects was fun, and the final lap inside Icahn Stadium at Randall's Island was a great way to finish.
The race course itself, however, was abysmal... probably the worst course I've ever experienced in nearly 30 years of running races. Randall's Island is not a huge island, making it necessary for runners to complete two loops of the course. Not a problem with a decent course, but this one was awful. In many places the course was narrowed too much by fences, and it had the runners going over construction areas with potentially tricky footing.
The narrow course became even more narrow when the race staff asked (politely) runners to stay to the left so that front runners making their second loop could get by.
At one point the runners had to run over a short bridge over a stream that was only wide enough for four or five people running abreast. Imagine hundreds of people trying to cross that bridge at once, with thousands just behind them, and it's easy to understand why I and many other runners were literally standing in place for several minutes until I could cross the bridge.
If the Nike Human Race is to be run again in New York City, a major course (and/or location) redesign is absolutely necessary.
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