Photograph by Daniel Schwen, distributed under a GNU Free Documentation License.
Everyone that I talked to said that the Staten Island Half Marathon was an important part of my marathon training. I signed up a week before the race, and boy was it a miserable day!
TL;DR
Three things you should know:
- A very heavy rain made everyone sad.
- I thought I could PR on tired legs. I did not PR.
- I ate a really bad muffin at the ferry terminal.
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