{"id":318,"date":"2015-08-25T20:57:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=318"},"modified":"2015-08-25T20:57:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T01:57:13","slug":"self-transcendence-in-marathon-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gilcanrun.com\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Self-Transcendence, in Marathon Form"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright, so I was off to a bad start with grabbing the wrong socks and forgetting my EZ Pass at home. It was hot, it was humid, it was brutally awesome. Look, I’m not saying every marathon should have great positive people and a sitar player, but yeah, they should. I was doing alright, but the foot started hurting again, that slowed me down, then the last lap I caught up with some friends, and friends are more important than times. So I ended up finishing over 5 hours again<\/a>. My watch also died at mile 24. So my time and such is NOT official.
\nIt was great catching up with friends I seldom get to see, and many people from my home club, and just really great people. The after race food was all vegetarian, which was nice for me. The Soy “chicken” salad was awesome! If you’re looking for an August marathon in the New York Metropolitan area next year, Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Marathon I would highly recommend. If I am here next year, I will run it and hope I’m healthier and it’s slightly cooler, nice and flat course, with loads of positivity. I could see myself PRing this course easily.
\nSo the craziest thing did happen this race, I’d never seen it before. The race leader literally passed out on the last lap. I came across the scene as the paramedics were taking care of him. I felt bad. but things happen. So all in all, an exciting an interesting race, with lots of friends and friendly people, definitely in my top 5! Have fun, keep running and remember, if Gil can run, so can you!<\/p>\n

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