I ran the New York City Marathon on Sunday, surprising no one more than myself. It wasn't something I imagined I'd ever do. It wasn't something I even had any inclination of doing for most of my life. But it's something I've never been happier to have done. I took some video of the event and edited it together for you here. Trust me, if you ever get a chance to do something like this, you would be wise to take it.
My video, and some more thoughts, after the jump.
If any of you think you'd never be able to run a marathon, you're kidding yourself. Some of the people I met in the race were so inspiring, it made me ask, "What the hell was my excuse to not have done this sooner?"
I met one woman, a brain cancer survivor, who was running her second marathon in three weeks (her seventh overall) – and she's in the middle of chemo treatments. She would actually train at times by running to her treatments.
I saw another man racing with one leg, racing with crutches. He finished in about five hours – faster than a hell of a lot of the able-bodied people on the course.
I saw rock bands, reggae bands, thugs, Hacidic Jews, hipsters, Manhattanites, drunk people, sober people and one amazing gospel choir which was singing outside a church in Brooklyn. And everyone was out there was cheering just as hard as the person next to them.
Video Link.
