 a good day is uh the first the first time that the new york city marathon was a park city new york city here i come all right here we go diving into some history of the new york city marathon first inaugural race was held in central park 1970 you're not going to believe the entry fee way different than it is now one dollar one dollar that's right one dollar to run the new york city marathon in 1970 127 runners registered which i think is actually pretty impressive and 55 finishers in the first new york city marathon so there you go a little history to kick off the vlog good morning i hope everyone is doing well i'm going to catch well first i'm going running then i'm going to catch a plane let's go come on all right getting it done before the airplane ride one more task before i hit the road good little solid three miles right there 5k gotta take the trash up you better believe it still got responsibilities okay i think i think i've got everything time to head out uh by 1975 the new york city marathon was already out growing central park so five years later after the founding and the idea started to be floated okay it's time we got to think about a bigger venue meaning the entire five boroughs that comprise new york city so statin island brooklyn queens manhattan bronx then back into manhattan finishing in central park all right come on now let's let's go all right we're making good time here to the airport continuing the history and question of the day first ios 1976 when uh to celebrate the bicentennial of the united states founding uh the marathon was moved from laps around central park to the five boroughs absolutely amazing so in 1976 there's uh 2200 entrants and 1500 runners finished the 1976 new york city marathons through the five boroughs and yes question of the day uh no doubt what is the number one marathon on your bucket list in the entire world okay so now there's the six major marathons around the world tokyo berlin boston um london new york chicago i think i got them all so there's six of them and but somebody just commented on yesterday's vlog that they are racing the moab trail marathon this weekend so like a trail marathon out in moab utah so it could be any marathon around the world someone's doing like the athens marathon in greece next week like that sounds pretty cool to me since uh you know that was that's kind of the uh where the marathon uh began i guess 2000 years ago so anyway lat that's a question of the day and i would say i'm uh this is that you know new york is is my number one on my bucket list again running it for my mom no doubt so uh all right here we go keep rolling keep rolling tip of the day take a picture of where you park and a big airport parking lot i got lost out here once so i always take a picture of the section i parked in anyway a little travel tip for you all right more new york city marathon discussion happened and i gotta catch a boss thank you thanks made it through security pretty amazing they did not stop me for the electronic foam roller that's a good that's a good sign good sign um all right i'm gonna tell you my keyword for the new york city marathon remember amsterdam was all about rhythm rhythm rhythm i've got a new one for new york you might be able to guess it but uh let's get to the gate first get some coffee made it to the gate i have about 10 minutes so we've got to gotta be expeditious here um the amsterdam marathon uh word that i was reminding myself during the race was rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm rhythm set rhythm just it was my first road marathon i wanted to find that rhythm and sure enough i i did i did but it was just a smidge too fast like i felt smooth with that with that group that i was running with in amsterdam but now of course for new york city it needs to be patience patience patience a hundred percent at mile eight at mile 13 17 20 miles 21 to 24 to 5 up fifth avenue are pretty hilly actually so i don't know if like if i'm if i'm if i'm in it at 21 22 i'm gonna i'm gonna i'm gonna go for it but i need to be patient patient patient uh up until that point so that is the key word so if you're out there on the course make sure you're yelling uh patience especially obviously early in the race um and i who knows i might even write it on my wrist this time just to just block everything out and just be as patient as possible all right shall we load come on 33 it's my favorite number we're good sign good sign landed safely in new york city uh more new york city marathon uh trivia for you i guess thank you have a good day bye is uh the first hi the first time that the new york city marathon was on tv was 1981 all right and yes out of the men and the women gretta veiths of norway still holds the record for the most wins at the new york city marathon nine wins uh but mary katani of kenya is racing tomorrow uh yeah tomorrow sunday and she has i believe four or five wins to her name so all right here we go all right go into my car uh i should also mention that the race is going to be on tv on espn and locally in new york on abc and also on euro sport over in europe so all right here we go and we've made it to brooklyn all right all right everyone signing off for today from the basement of my aunt's um apartment here in brooklyn just got done with a delicious spaghetti dinner it was amazing helping her out with the laundry going to grab the laundry here in a minute and um just a little more new york city marathon history i didn't know this but the new york city marathon did not become a part of the world major marathons until 2006 that's that kind of blows my mind and then tokyo was 2013 so that's interesting joining up with berlin london uh boston and chicago so uh that's one thing and then the one millionth new york city marathon finisher crossed the line in 2014 found that interesting as well and there was one more little piece of information i wanted oh yeah in 2018 there was 52 813 finishers of the new york city marathon so hopefully i can be one of the 50 000 plus uh finishers on sunday as well thanks for being here thanks for watching love you guys signing off from brooklyn um is it to well no not for me tomorrow but when you're watching this the next day i'm racing the new york city marathon again you can track me uh real quick you can track me on the tcs new york city marathon app you just have to download it to uh your phone there you go folks that's it and we're gonna toss it back real quick to uh the beginning of this new york city marathon journey an old vlog and then also tossing them back to when i told you the story uh on the left when i told you the story about why i'm running this race for my mom all right see beauty work hard and love each other see you tomorrow