Just read a great article by Scott Douglas on the Runner’s World website about a huge gathering of runners in Central Park today. Here’s what Douglas writes:
On what was supposed to be Marathon Sunday, Central Park became the site of a spontaneous celebration of the unifying power of running. (See our video of the morning at the bottom of this page.)
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The bulk of today’s Central Park runners were from among the roughly 20,000 foreign entrants of the marathon. Many ran as groups in national colors; a few carried their country’s flag. Some runners wore their race numbers.
“We said with others, ‘We want a marathon for us,’” said Bert Clemens, from Aachen, Germany. “The feeling is very good. There are all nations coming together.”
Read the full article here, and watch the video below:
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And out in Brooklyn a local club held a run for Red Hook, an area hit really hard by Sandy:
http://www.milerhighclub.com/2…
Great post and video. I was there and it was such an incredible experience. Yes, I blogged about it too.http://markmatthewsauthor.blogspot.co…
Good stuff and it is certainly a tough situation but glad to see some trying to make the most of it. jordanhanlon.com/?p=5917