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NYCM and the strangest holiday gift for a runner

November 7, 2011 by Kristy 11 Comments

Like most of you I was glued to both Twitter and live coverage of the NYCM yesterday.  My butt didn’t leave the couch until noon.  My random musings:

If Mary Keitany bottled up some of that blazing speed she had early on in the race (sub-5:10 pace in the early miles?!?!) and unleashed it during the later miles, she could have won.  I’m shocked that she held the lead as long as she did (even surging a bit when Dado and Deba were in her sight).  Even elites go out too fast!

Apolo Ohno (Olympic medalist and Dancing With The Stars winner – did you forget that one?) ran his first marathon in 3:25.  Damn, that’s impressive.  Speed skating must be excellent cross-training.

Ethan Zohn ran his second NYCM despite recently finding out that his cancer had returned.  Extremely impressive.  I’m a huge fan of Ethan and his hair 🙂 and have been since he won Survivor years ago.

Lauren Fleshman tweeted this post-race:  I’m a marathoner! BonktASTic last 3 miles. If it didn’t hurt so bad I’d have been laughing at the loss of body control!  I love her attitude and that she doesn’t take herself too seriously.

Congrats to everyone who ran the NYCM!  I hope you refueled last night with lots of food and beer!

A few days ago I was looking through my latest Runners World (page 55 if you want to see for yourself) and saw this:

HUH?
It’s called a SWIH (So What It’s Hot –> I kid you not).  Apparently it’s a personal water bottle holder.  I can’t imagine how that is even feasible (it doesn’t bounce around?) OR comfortable.  Not to mention it looks ridiculous.
Did you watch the NYCM on TV or (even better) in-person?
Is a SWIH on your holiday wish list?  

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