A few things NYC (Marathon)
By kilax, October 20, 2011 6:14 am
Every day, I get more and more excited about the NYC Marathon. There is a chance you may see a few more posts like this before the actual race (on November 6th).
- The Official Handbook came in the mail!
- I found out in the Handbook I am in orange start group. I love orange! This must be a sign! (Okay, maybe not). It looks like the Handbook has good tips for which side of the road spectators need to be on to see the orange group. I am still not sure if I am running on the top or bottom of the Verrazano Bridge.
- I saw this funny little note about baby aspirin in the medical section of the Handbook. I’ve never heard this before. Have you? (click to see larger)
- Awhile ago, Races2Remember contacted me about reviewing their pace bands and eventually doing a giveaway. I am really excited about this because their pace bands are custom per course and your strategy. The bands came in the mail this week as well! Of course, they’re all for goals faster than Milwaukee. Because I am
somewhatextremely delusional.
- Last week I found this totally schweet interactive map of the NYC Marathon on the Asics site. Check it out! There are different notes/tips at the miles markers. A note I found very interesting: In the wee hours of the Friday morning before the marathon, there’s an NYC department of transportation team hard at work doing marathon runners a solid favor. Solid blue, that is. They’re out painting the iconic, dashed blue line that highlights the most direct marathon route. 35 miles and 75 gallons of paint later, the “Marathon Blue” line is ready to help you shave valuable minutes off your time. You mean there is an actual line painted on the course to help me run the tangents? SCHWEET!
- Another cool link – the Runner’s World NY Minute photo project from last year’s marathon. Check it out here – they stationed 6 runners on the course to take pictures at select timing intervals and have a gallery of 5000 shots.
- The Team Kimbot shirts have been ordered! We made some fun last minute modifications. I cannot wait to see them and am so thankful that my sister designed them! I really doubt anyone here would be interested, but let me know if you want the link to order one.
- I am more worried about the steep downhills on this course than running the uphills.
- Tara blogged about how reading A Race Like No Other, about the 2007 NYC Marathon, got her totally excited for running it this year. I decided to see if the book would have the same effect on me. It should arrive today! (And was $5 on Amazon Prime, boo yah!)
- Gina knew I was (unsuccessfully) looking for a new visor and picked this one up for me at the Asics store in NYC. I love it! Thanks Gina!
- Speaking of Gina and the Asics store – she was there to get fitted for new running shoes! She ended up with the same ones as me (since she supinates too) – the Asics Gel Cumulus. We are shoe twins!
- Gina has been kicking butt training for the Dash to the Finish Line 5K on November 5th. I am really proud of her for training so hard, and excited about running the 5K with her!
- My plantar fasciitis (PF) is so much better than when I blogged about it back in August. The night boot/sleep support thing has helped so much. Now, my PF only bugs me after I run fast, sit in a car, and sometimes sit on the couch. Interestingly, I was telling my dad about all of this back in August and he thought he had PF too (same typical PF symptoms). I sent him one of those sleep support things to try out this week. We talked last night about how the severity of our PF symptoms varies from day to day.
Themocracy
Yay for race excitement! I’m getting excited over here too! 11 days for me!!
The race so close! This is so exciting! I hope you have a great time in NYC! I so wish I was going!
I hope you like the book! I’m really excited about the race, too.
YAY! I am getting so excited for you!
(And I am way down with TEAM KIMBOT – wish I could be there to cheer you on! I’d love the shirt link!)
I wish you could be there too!
Here is the link for short sleeved – http://www.shirtandsimple.com/eventdetails.php?event_ref=3424
And long sleeved – http://www.shirtandsimple.com/eventdetails.php?event_ref=3421
My sis is going to pick them up on 10/28, so I will have them the next week 🙂
I have heard of the baby aspirin thing! I’ve heard that if you think you might be having a hard attack to take a baby aspirin and I’ve also heard of people taking them daily to lower the risk of a repeat heart attack. Do you want me to pick you up some for race day?
Love being shoe twins for you – YAY Supinators! It’s going to be fun looking down and seeing purple laces!
*heart attack
That reminds me – when we were traveling in Italy, Steven carried aspirin in case of that (he was worried about heart stuff back then). Don’t worry about picking any up for me! There is a medical person every 1 mile. I should be ok – right?
I hope the purple laces hold well. I noticed they are a bit short, and flat, compared to the shoelaces that come with the shoes.
It is SO DARN COOL that you are running the NYC marathon 🙂
I think it is so awesome that you and Gina are running the 5k together!!! I want pictures of you two in your matching shoes!!! Kim, I think it is awesome and amazing that you get to run the NYC Marathon!!! Even better, you get to hang out with Gina and family!!!
=^..^=
p.s… if you need some help in the “eating salt” area I’ve got you covered… I probably eat enough for all the runners of the NYC Marathon!
You will probably see lots of pics! And send me all your salt eating tips! Hee hee 🙂
Those are all very exciting things!!! And I’m totally jealous of Gina’s purple shoes.
So awesome. Very excited for you to run the NYC Marathon.
Ahhhh!!! So excited for you!!! You are going to do so awesome! 🙂
So exciting Kim!! I have to say taking an ibprofen before my marathon and all my long runs was something that worked wonders for me. It actually helped so i wasn’t in complete pain the whole time. But what the article says is funny, I had never heard that before.
And how cool that your sister ordered all the kimbot shirts!
The interesting thing is, the next page said not to take NSAIDs within 24 hours of a race! And that is what helps you! I think we should all stick with what we know!
I am really excited about the shirts 🙂
I’d never heard the aspirin bit before…I also haven’t heard of people dying from blood clots while running. I’d have to look into that and definitely would recommend that people talk to a doctor before trying that!
Also, I loved the time lapse photographs in Runner’s World…so cool to see how different the race is at different points in time. Less than two weeks to go!!