NYC Marathon
I had a great time in NYC over marathon weekend. I now want to go back with my family and be a tourist. I stayed at a friend's house in West Nyack about 30 miles North of NYC. It was really nice getting caught up with him and his family. His name is Jason and he deserves more credit than anyone for helping coach me through creating a running habit way back in 2012. Jason was the guy that I reached out to for every ache and pain. He helped reassure me that it would all be OK as long as I stuck with the habit. I wanted to get plenty of experience getting around in the city, particularly on the subway before race day so it worked out well that some friends all wanted to meet up for lunch on Friday. I took the train from the suburbs to Grand Central Station and then walked to the Javitz convention center, got my bib and went over to the pizza place we agreed to meet. After lunch it was time to play on the subway, so I took a subway ride over to the South Ferry Station to look arou...