全世界最大的馬拉松比賽(四萬名跑手)又嚟啦! 一年一度嘅紐約市馬拉松 New York City Marathon 將於星期日(二號)北美東岸時間早上九時 (香港時間同日晚上十時) 開跑. Checked 一吓個 database, 原來都有成60+來自香港嘅跑手(老番多過唐人?)參加. 今年岩士唐冇再參加, 事關佢依家正係Texas老家苦練緊出年嘅環法單車大賽. 現場 LIVE 賽情可在此收看.
Elites to watch:
Abderrahim Goumri (2:05:30) of Morocco
Paula Radcliffe (2:15:25) of Great Britian ~ Present women's world record holder
HK runners in that race are quite old.
Are they mostly rich people who could afford joining the race?
I saw one 19 years old male runner. Most of them are white man from HK. May be they are indeed very rich. It costs $9 just to apply and then they put your name in the lottery draw just like Tokyo Marathon. The organization makes tons of $$ every year. Very expensive to stay in NYC too. About $300 to $400 US a night in NYC. You have to be in the shuttle bus by 4am and wait about 3 to 4 hours before running. My friend said he didn't start the race until almost 10:45am and he enjoyed it.
This marathon is also on my "to do" list. But I too have to save enough $$ to go there. NYC Chinatown has very good food.
Did you watch it? You can watch the entire race or video clips here again. The entire race is almost 5 hours long. There were a lot of touching stories about other runners. It almost made me cry!
發表於 2008-11-1 06:02:17
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