The homeless need your clothes more than you do.
Mayor Doomberg will not let you eat at McDonalds after the race either. No coke, no salt and no dry clothes for you!
Wow!
That wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to sit out in Staten Island for 4 hours before the race on usually cool November morning.
I gotta hand it to the NYRR. They are ground breaking, first they get their customers to work for free for them and now they are taking away standard and necessary service. I'm sure they are not cutting the price since they are no longer providing this service.
Cue the posts -
"Then don't run it"
"Then people won't sign up if it's that bad"
My issue is that other marathons will follow suit in a race to the bottom.
The NYRR is like the Wal Mart of running.
Again, just because you don't shop at Wal Mart doesn't mean that Wal Mart doesn't negatively impact you. Not shopping at wal mart isn't going to bankrupt it.
https://twitter.com/NYRRListens
Wow, that's retarded. There is absolutely no way that was the only or the best solution to their problem.
As several others have suggested on the NYRR Facebook page, a better solution may have been to let runners who don't care to check baggage leave the park earlier (72nd Street), while allowing runners who want to check baggage to do so after a short walk to the UPS trucks. To change policy 10 weeks before the race after accepting all of the fees and without runner input is a very irresponsible move on the part of NYRR. As a long-time member of the organization, I appreciate the races and services they offer local runners, but I do feel that over the past several years the needs of the masses who make up the core of their membership have been pushed aside to lower costs and support elite running.
They got a good deal on ponchos. 50,000 ponchos, but it was a good deal...
I like it. The worst part of the NY marathon is having to do a death march for over a mile to get to your bag and pick up your stuff at the finish (unless your name is Aaron Aardvark). I remember almost passing out trying to get to the latter portion of the alphabet to get my stuff off the truck.
For less than $50 at the thrift store you can get sweats, gloves, a hat and blanket to keep warm waiting for the start. When you head over to the start line, just dump everything. Then, at the finish, you can actually get out of there, catch a cab and get back to your hotel in half the time as it would take to death march to get your stuff.
Precious Roy wrote:
I like it. The worst part of the NY marathon is having to do a death march for over a mile to get to your bag and pick up your stuff at the finish (unless your name is Aaron Aardvark). I remember almost passing out trying to get to the latter portion of the alphabet to get my stuff off the truck.
For less than $50 at the thrift store you can get sweats, gloves, a hat and blanket to keep warm waiting for the start. When you head over to the start line, just dump everything. Then, at the finish, you can actually get out of there, catch a cab and get back to your hotel in half the time as it would take to death march to get your stuff.
Just run faster then there wont be a crowd at the end, duh.
Yes, there will be 40,000 cabs on Central Park West which doesn't allow vehicles on race day.
I actually decided not to run this race after paying the $260 for a spot. I started booking hotels and flights and ferry times and just decided it wasn't worth it. If there is a legit way for me to transfer my number to someone else, I'll do it for free. I don't want anyone running under my name, though.
Is there really a big problem retrieving checked bags at the finish? I've always been able just to walk up and get it both a NYC and Boston.
I've run it the last eights years...most recently, the higher your corral number ie the closer you are to the start in the first wave, the further you have to walk. It made sense...the three hours and less finishers get out of the way of those behind, but there are so many finishing in 4 hours or more that it probably became a major cluster-F at the back. It was a pain to have to walk a mile or more north of the finish line to exit the park when my hotel was always south of the finish line. I just hope the weather's good.
frets wrote:
the higher your corral number ie the closer you are to the start in the first wave, the further you have to walk.
Maybe that was part of the problem. All the 2:50 runners have to go to the same truck.
Many other Marathons have it alphabetically, thus evenly distributed among the finishing times. Probably a better idea.
elite ist wrote:
Just run faster then there wont be a crowd at the end, duh.
This ^^
Besides, Central Park is huge. I can't believe they couldn't solve the problem by changing the layout a bit.
Another wrote:
They got a good deal on ponchos. 50,000 ponchos, but it was a good deal...
No sleeves
I'm also a future former NYRR member.
If don't have anyone meeting you after the race to bring you stuff, how the hell are you supposed to get home (or back to your hotel) without keys, a wallet, money, or extra clothes if it's cold?
ewrt345ewr345 wrote:
If don't have anyone meeting you after the race to bring you stuff, how the hell are you supposed to get home (or back to your hotel) without keys, a wallet, money, or extra clothes if it's cold?
FANNY PACK!!!
Cheaters are people my friend wrote:
Besides, Central Park is huge. I can't believe they couldn't solve the problem by changing the layout a bit.
It was already a long way from first to last truck. The problem is the size of the field.
Cheaters are people my friend wrote:
ewrt345ewr345 wrote:If don't have anyone meeting you after the race to bring you stuff, how the hell are you supposed to get home (or back to your hotel) without keys, a wallet, money, or extra clothes if it's cold?
FANNY PACK!!!
I'm guessing you're a 5 hour marathoner.