{"id":120975,"date":"2024-11-01T22:01:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120975"},"modified":"2024-11-01T22:01:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:01:45","slug":"this-race-is-popular-but-it-actually-kind-of-sucks-to-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120975","title":{"rendered":"This race is popular. But it actually kind of sucks to run."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"170\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xri46o002945ky1qukftdi@published\">It claims to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldmarathonmajors.com\/six-star-major\/new-york-city\">largest marathon in the world<\/a>, and yet, it cannot accommodate all the interest. Roughly 4 percent of people who entered a raffle to run the 2024 New York City Marathon <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/new-york-city-marathon-runners-drawing-nyrr\/14584663\/\">will get the chance on Sunday<\/a> to wind through five boroughs and over five bridges all the way to Central Park. The rejection email sent out in March to many tens of thousands of marathon hopefuls featured a photo at the top of a runner in an orange singlet that read \u201cNick\u201d cheerfully flashing finger guns at the camera\u2014finger guns he \u201cused to shoot down our hopes and dreams,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@athletikaty\/video\/7351539204033187115\">as one woman put it<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m the most hated person in running,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nILCNOp09n4\">Nick Parisi, the unwitting man in the photo, told NBC New York<\/a>. Ironically, Parisi himself didn\u2019t initially get into the marathon either. The CEO of New York Road Runners, which puts on the marathon every year, had to do damage control for the situation, presenting Parisi with guaranteed entry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/frontrunnersny\/p\/C5meS4guLBv\/?img_index=1\">a custom race bib<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"115\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrlzh0001h3b718r9td0vb@published\">So, spots in the NYC Marathon are coveted. But let me tell you what running that race is really like, as someone who enjoys marathons enough to have completed three, plus <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/human-interest\/2020\/05\/virtual-races-why-pay.html\">a \u201cvirtual marathon<\/a>\u201d in fall 2020, and an ultramarathon that was 32 miles long. To run the New York City Marathon is to be tracked by your friends and loved ones (and, possibly, enemies?) on an app, while you are screamed at for three to six hours straight. The course, famously, has basically no breaks from the crowds of spectators\u2014the bridges are the only stretches that are quiet. And wow, by the end of it, did I wish everyone watching would just shut up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"134\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrlzkp001i3b71fc3afjrj@published\">I don\u2019t hate spectatorship, per se. In fact, one of the great joys in this life is getting the chance to literally cheer someone on, or to be cheered on yourself. When I ran that \u201cvirtual marathon\u201d\u2014a marathon where you pay money for a medal but just run the distance on your own\u2014I was so worried about how I\u2019d fare without encouragement and general camaraderie that I wrote mantras on notecards ahead of the race. Each time I completed a mile, I\u2019d pull a card out of the stack, which I kept in a pocket on my hydration pack. I drew inspiration from the signs that I\u2019d seen people hold up at previous marathons I\u2019d run in Toronto and Miami: <em>You got this<\/em>, <em>You\u2019re amazing<\/em>, that kind of energy. Undiluted praise and faith\u2014it\u2019s powerful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"116\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrlzpe001j3b71vxs8ov4z@published\">Sometimes, spectators hand you fun snacks: I will never forget the mini pretzels one person was offering runners somewhere around Mile 22 of my first marathon. I was so sick of the sugary gel packets that are staples at these events and yet needed food so badly that I didn\u2019t think twice about sticking my hand directly into a tub that was probably, by that point, 3 percent sweat by volume. When I ran the NYC Marathon a couple years ago, a stranger in Queens gave me a small can of Coke, a boost I badly needed. The fact that someone came out to watch with a six-pack of soda to offer runners: That\u2019s race magic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"227\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrlzth001k3b713jcnyypz@published\">In this city, though, watching the marathon seems to be even more of a sport than running it. Many people have annual plans to get together with friends and post up at a specific spot. For the past six years, I\u2019ve lived on the course itself, and have even loved getting to watch runners go by with my neighbors. In the lead up to <em>my<\/em> marathon race day, when loose acquaintances identified me as someone who was running the marathon, they got excited. \u201cI\u2019ll track you!,\u201d said one, pulling out the app on her phone, where you can type in the name of anyone running and watch their little dot move along the course in real time. At first, I felt like a celebrity, and it was fun. Then, I felt like a celebrity, and it was bad. After I finished the race, I learned that family members had also tracked me. Yes, it was very sweet to get a text from someone I love right after I crossed the finish line. But knowing people\u2014anyone, actually!\u2014could have been watching me the whole time? No thanks. After the race, my boss reported that she\u2019d seen me pass by on the Upper East Side, while at the annual marathon watching party she attends. I was walking at that point! I don\u2019t want people I know to see me walking!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"recirc-line\" data-via=\"recirc-line\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/recirc-line\/instances\/cm2xri46o002a45kyoez09p22@published\">\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/culture\/2024\/06\/new-york-marathon-london-boston-competitive-running-mid-major-races.html\" class=\"recirc-line__content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-line__img\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=140\" width=\"141\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=320 320w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=480 480w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=600 600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=840 840w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=960 960w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1280 1280w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1440 1440w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1600 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=1920 1920w,&#10;https:\/\/compote.slate.com\/images\/28564656-d1c5-446e-ad7f-a85c57585516.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&amp;width=2200 2200w\" sizes=\"auto, 141px\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"recirc-line__byline\">Ashley Mateo<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"recirc-line__promoline\">Some Marathons Are Getting Way Too Popular for Their Own Good<\/h3>\n<p>        <b class=\"slate-link--bold recirc-line__read-more\">Read More<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"137\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrlzxb001l3b71cn5ijmv1@published\">As I ran the almost-final stretch of the race down through Central Park, I felt a sensation of the crowds, which were on either side of the path, starting to close in. I hadn\u2019t had a good run that day, and the cheering felt like it was mocking me, more than anything. For over 20 miles, I\u2019d seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.self.com\/story\/best-nyc-marathon-signs\">the same iterations of jokes on signs<\/a>\u2014about runners being crazy, and bodily functions, and \u201cRun like Brad Pitt is at the finish line!\u201d\u2014over and over and over. Some people held <a href=\"https:\/\/buildahead.com\/blog\/how-marathon-big-heads-help-inspire-runners\/?srsltid=AfmBOoovQCf4GucyJjr612GaHvbwRMj9OD6lG6fPmweUxb9aJzYKU8jw\">giant, blown-up faces<\/a> of their loved ones who were running, which is cute the first few times you see it and then the faces are, well, <em>giant faces staring at you in your delirium<\/em>. I run to get away from it all. This experience was the opposite of that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"109\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrm01p001m3b71bi74kc2q@published\">You might correctly point out that hardly anyone was really paying attention to <em>me<\/em>, and those that were were only doing so fleetingly. But the sensation of being at the very center of all the commotion and attention, and feeling the pressure to perform well, was still there for me. Again, the attention directed at the runners never lets up. The cheering isn\u2019t a <em>break <\/em>from any other state of being. It\u2019s<em> all cheering<\/em>. I am a person who generally thinks of myself as liking attention. But participating in this race was like getting caught with a cigarette, and then being told I had to smoke the whole pack.<\/p>\n<aside data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/in-article-recirc\/instances\/cm2xri46o002b45kyvpyzegdh@published\" class=\"in-article-recirc\" data-via=\"article-inline_recirc-section-life\">\n<ol class=\"in-article-recirc__list\">\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/life\/2024\/10\/halloween-2024-bluey-bingo-costumes.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            <em>Bluey <\/em>Is a Godsend. But for This, It Deserves to Wear the Cone of Shame.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/life\/2024\/10\/halloween-events-trunk-or-treat-costume-church.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            The Surprising Origins of One of the Most Annoying New Halloween Traditions<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/life\/2024\/10\/high-heels-sarah-jessica-parker-over-sex-and-the-city.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            They\u2019re Impractical. They Hurt. They Can Be Expensive. I Can\u2019t Believe We Stopped Wearing Them.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"in-article-recirc__item\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/life\/2024\/10\/halloween-2024-costumes-ideas-trick-or-treat.html\" class=\"in-article-recirc__link\"><\/p>\n<p>            It\u2019s Halloween. Now\u2019s Your Chance to Stop the Most Annoying Parent Behavior of All.<br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"204\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrm06c001n3b71fy6jj22c@published\">There are plenty of races that aren\u2019t like this. In fact, I\u2019d estimate that almost all of them aren\u2019t like this. One of my favorite races is the United Airlines NYC half marathon, which happens every March. It draws fun crowds in a <em>few<\/em> spots, including as you run through Times Square toward the end of the course, but it also includes a blissful, quiet stretch on FDR Drive, which is free of cars for the morning. And then, there are the races like the next race that I did after that NYC Marathon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.croomzoom.com\/\">That one<\/a> was outside of Tampa, Florida, in the woods. It had fewer than 100 participants. We started before dawn, wearing headlamps. I brought my headphones, but I didn\u2019t end up playing any music. I talked a little bit with other runners, and overheard snippets of chatter from volunteers, and stopped to take pictures of plants a couple times. I ate gummy bears and peanut butter sandwiches from my backpack, and listened to my breath. I spent nearly seven hours running that course, just existing. Which is to say: If you were rejected from running the NYC Marathon, maybe you\u2019ve found a race to run instead that you\u2019ll <em>like better.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"slate-paragraph slate-graf\" data-word-count=\"81\" data-uri=\"slate.com\/_components\/slate-paragraph\/instances\/cm2xrm0a3001o3b71r7ljwzzy@published\">The New York City Marathon is a feat. I am in awe <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/podcasts\/working\/2020\/02\/whats-it-like-to-be-the-new-york-city-marathon-race-director\">of the people who shut down the roads and set up the infrastructure<\/a> and generally coordinate this giant, hulking athletic event. It\u2019s been going on for over 50 years, with <a href=\"https:\/\/results.nyrr.org\/streakers-and-15-plus\">many runners<\/a> having participated upwards of a dozen times. May everyone who really wants to experience it get the opportunity to. 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