Brooklyn Half Marathon

So you pay a few bucks and they give you this nifty t-shirt. Let me tell you all about the run...It started on Coney Island Boardwalk and then out Ocean Parkway to Prospect Park. Here's a linky to a map of the route: linky

They call it a "boardwalk," because it's made of actual boards. No kidding, real wood and nails holding 'em down. The thing is, boards on the ocean, not all of them are going to stay nailed, what with wind, sand and left over Nathan's Hot Dogs eating away at the wood and nails. I saw a few runners take a stumble over a nail or a loose board and I promised my self, that I would not do that. Besides it's the first two miles of the race, there's no need to run fast, right? So I'm running along with my teammates Jeff and Melissa. We're talking about the weather, the clothes we're wearing, yada, yada, yada...and I then thunk, pblounk, I catch my foot on one those nails sticking up out of the boardwalk. I didn't do a face plant, but I came pretty close. Arms and legs flailing, like I'd just been stuck with a hot poker.

We weren't supposed to race this race, it was really a long run, since the marathon is two weeks away!!! Ok, so that's about it then, just tapering down the mileage till race day. Looking forward to the Nashville.