26.3 miles
39,000 runners
over 2 million people cheering
350 million viewers all over the world
This is the ING New York City Marathon
Time: 1:36--women came by E86th and 1st (mile 17ish)--Paula Radcliff, Gete Wami- First and second place finishers
It's always very cool to leave your house watching the marathon take place on tv , seeing these women moving very very fast and then to get to a completely different part of the city to see the two lead female runners run by you in reality.
Time:1:27---men came by E86th and 1st--Martin Lel and Abderrahim Goumri are in this mass of men. They were the first and second place finishers
Lance Armstrong did make a brief appearance, running a very speedy 2:50 to the finish line. I also heard that Katie Holmes ran in the marathon, but there were no sightings by me.
It's really neat seeing all these people running together, masses of them, gives you shivers!
