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SAVE THE DATE!
8:00 AM - 11:30 PM Sunday, October 16, 2008
Location: BROADWAY BRIDGE AT BROADWAY AND 220TH STREET
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WELCOME ONE AND ALL.
YOU ARE HEREBY INVITED TO ATTEND THE 23RD RUNNING OF THE ‘RUN DOWN BROADWAY’
SPECTACULAR.
THIS ANNUAL PRE-MARATHON INVITATIONAL HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS FROM A
RAG-TAG BUNCH OF STRAGGLERS TO … WELL ITS STILL IS PRETTY MUCH A RAG-TAG
BUNCH OF STRAGGLERS.
THIS OPEN EVENT IS A NON-SCORED AND NON-RATED EVENT NOT SPONSORED BY ANYONE.
INTRODUCTARY REMARKS WILL BE [AS ALWAYS] BY EVENT FOUNDER ADAM KUSHNER.
PLEASE, THERE ARE LIMITED RACE DAY REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE SO SEND IN YOUR
REGISTRATIONS EARLY.
NO T-SHIRTS WILL BE GIVEN.
ENTRY FEE: FOR YOU? NOTHING.
WATER WILL BE AVAILABLE ALONG THE COURSE AT EVERY AVAILABLE BODEGA. [PLEASE
BRING QUARTERS.. THE BUCK A BOTTLE NO LONGER SEEMS TO WORK]
COURSE DESCRIPTION: RUN DOWN BROADWAY. RUN THROUGH THE BATTERY FORT, TOUCH
THE RAIL, HEAD BACK UP BROADWAY. FINISH IS THE FINISH LINE OF THAT ‘OTHER
NOVEMBER CLASSIC’ AT TAVERN ON THE GREEN.
THERE WILL BE NO PRIZES AT THE END BUT A GATHERING OF WEARY BRUNCH READY
FOLKS IS IN THE WORKS.
THOSE WISHING TO BRING FRIENDS AND/OR RUN SEGMENTS OF THIS FINE RACE ARE
VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED. IN FACT, OUR GREATEST SUCCESSES HAVE BEEN WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE JUMPED IN TO JOIN US AT VARIOUS LANDMARKS..[COLUMBUS CIRCLE, TIMES
SQUARE, THE BATTERY]
COURSE LENGTH HAS VARIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOW TIRED RACERS SEEM TO BECOME
BUT GENERALLY ESTABLISHED TO BE ABOUT 20-21 MILES. BUT AGAIN, THOSE WISHING
TO DO SEGMENTS ARE VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED TO RUN WHAT THEY CAN. A SHORT RUN
COULD BE FROM START TO 155TH STREET [3.5 MILES] COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY [5
MILES] OR COLUMBUS CIRCLE [8 MILES] OR ANYWHERE IN BETWEEN. A TRIP FROM THE
BATTERY TO TAVERN ON THE GREEN IS ABOUT 6 MILES.
TERRAIN:
MOSTLY FLAT WITH A FEW HILLS IN UPPER MANHATTAN. LONGEST UPHILL FROM APPROX.
190TH TO 180TH.
WEATHER:
HAS VARIED OVER THE YEARS BUT GENERALLY EXPECT COOLER TEMPS IN THE 50’S/60’S
IN THE AM. DON’T THINK WE HAVE EVER HAD A RAIN OUT [FINGERS CROSSED]
TRANSPORTAION:
TAKE THE 1 TRAIN TO THE END OF MANHATTAN [214TH? PERHAPS] STREET. GET OFF.
WALK TO MIDDLE OF BRIDGE. WAIT FOR US.THOSE NOT WANTING TO RUN THE ENTIRE
COURSE SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO KNOW THAT
WE WILL BE TRACING THE NUMBER 1 TRAIN ALONG THE ROUTE. BRING METROCARD
AND/OR 2 BUCKS [+ A QUARTER].
CELL PHONES:
[AND I PHONE APPS!] HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THIS EVENT BEGAN IN 1987.
[BACK
THEN WE USED A VERY LONG PIECE OF STRING AND TWO CUPS!] MY CELL PHONE IS
917-294-0109. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME DURING THE RUN SO WE CAN
GEO-COORDINATE PRECISELY.
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TIME:
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOW STARTING 1 HOUR EARLIER THAN LAST YEAR IN
RESPECT TO THE GROWING THRONGS THAT WE EXPECT TO ENTERTAIN AND THE POSSIBLE
TRAFFIC ISSUES AND BUSY INTERSECTIONS!.
WE ASK THAT ALL PARTICIPANTS ARRIVE BY 7:30AM WITH A 8:00AM START TIME.
HISTORICALLY THE RACE TAKES BETWEEN 2:35 AND 3 HOURS. [ALAS, THOSE WERE THE
DAYS…]
THOSE RUNNING SEGMENTS AND WOULD LIKE TO MEET UP AFTERWARDS OR MEET US AT
THE FINISH LINE SHOULD PLAN ON BEING AT THE FINISH LINE BETWEEN 10:45 AND
NOON.
MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW.
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MILESTONES ALONG THE COURSE ARE:
BROADWAY BRIDGE
DYKMAN FARM HOUSE
ADAMS CHILDHOOD APARTMENT BUILDING
MORRIS BROTHERS [ALAS- NOW CLOSED]
ANSONIA HOTEL
TIMES SQUARE [THE NEW PEDESTRIAN TIMES SQUARE!]
ADAMS FIRST OFFICE
ADAMS CURRENT OFFICE
CITY HALL
THE BATTERY AND CASTLE CLINTON
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AT THAT GROOVEY ARCHITECTURE IN UPPER BROADWAY THAT WE NEVER SEE.
COLOR COMMENTARY WILL BE OFFERED ALONG THE WAY.
NO PACERS OR RABITS WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE RACE.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INVITE FRIENDS.
SEE YOU THERE…
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