







Today was our third day in the city, and we went to the marathon. Mike was invited to the official finishing banquet and grandstand by a banker who works for the major race sponsor. We usually know somebody to cheer on, but this year none of our friends were running. So the fancy brunch at Tavern on the Green and perfect finish line viewing was a blast since we did not have anyone we knew to lend moral support to during the race.
I always want to run the NY city Marathon when we go, because it is just so damn inspiring! I want to run across the Verazzano bridge with "New York, New York" blaring and the fire boat making a fountain in the water. I want to run through all of the boroughs and use the huge crowd to buoy me when I am sinking. I want to finish in Central Park and run down 1rst Ave to the legendary wall of sound! I want to do it, but I know I would totally wreck my knees training for it. So please athletic friends, run NYC next year so I can cheer you on at least twice during the course and take you out to dinner!
The brunch was elaborate, and they had to set up a massive tent to accommodate everyone there. No donuts and bagels at this shindig. Our seats were amazing. We had a great view of the finishing action. We watched the wheelchairs, women, men, and Lance Armstrong finish. Here are some pics to give you a feel. Check out the finishing shot of the male winner (click on it to see some other cool details of the shot). We saw "da mayor" and possibly one of the guys who was on ER. I took a picture of him, so email me if you want to help me assess. So we will be back to our mundane lives now.
5 comments:
Super cool! Well, I can't help you with respect to who is the ER guy -sowee! Only person I know from that show is John Stamos and I couldn't ID him in the pix. Did you see Katie Holmes and her family including her hubby Tom? I heard they even had lunch at the Tavern too.
your gossipy sister in law - M!
We saw the Croatian guy from ER like 3 years back at Vail. were you with me? I think Tracy and Lenora were there to see him as well.
Cheers,
Brian Z
Did you see the pic with your buddy Lance Brian?
I think I saw the guy that was in it years ago (one of the original doctors, name escapes me, but the tall and balding guy with glasses)
Is it Anthony Edwards?
I think that sounds about right
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