11/11/2011

2011 New York City Marathon - The race day

November 6, 2011

I wait for it for 6months.
This is today, I'm so excited about this.

I woke up around 5am, had a breakfast in McDonald's, then went to the Subway station.
More and more runners got on the subway, it's seem running for runners in this morning.

We have to take the ferry to Staten Island, it's located another side of the Hadson river.
It cost us around 1hour on the ferry, and arrived in St. George.
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  • Getting on the ferry.
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  • And you can see the Liberty lady say: Go! Runners!!!! Today is your day!!!
  •  Getting off the ferry, and many people were waiting for the toilets.  haha......(Me too)
  • And we have to transfer shuttle bus to somewhere.....somewhere I don't know.
  •  Here we are.
  • It's really big space and many runners there.
  • very easy to get lost.
If you need closthes, hats, scarfs, gloves, coats..... just come here.
to find something you need, fit on you.... It's all free.
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  • My starting time was at 10:40am, we had 1 more hour.
  • And runners on Wave 1 started at 9:40am, so you can hear
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  • I saw a team all runners were in bra, even males. hahaha.....   very funny.
  •  Wave 1 and 2 left at 9:40 and 10:30, but there still many people.  I can't believe it!!!
When they shot the gun for starting, they also played the song '' New York New York''


  •  At start, we have to go up the bridge - Verrazano-Narrows Bridge - to Brooklyn.
  • And through Gueens, Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan and Central Park.

  • There had many people cheer up for runners along the route. 
  •  When runners were near to finish line, there had more and more people around the route.
  • That's really touching and helpful.
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I didn't have good course, but I did it.
When I arrived the finish line, I just crying out.  

To me, the full marathon is really fxxking tired.   

其實在跑步前一天我才知道自己是跑全馬,一直以來我都以為是跑半馬…
沒想到,有前輩說,全馬和半馬是完全不同的日子……真冏…
在討論這件事時,是在hotsel裡的大廳…大家都聽到了。
一個來自台灣的女生居然不知道自己是跑全馬…搞得大家也快笑翻…

讓我不放棄,一定要跑完的幾個理由:
1  參加的台灣人,加我共四位,我是唯一一位女生,一定要跑完
2  我等了這麼久,如果放棄,那我的等待就沒意義,一定要跑完
3  又不是沒跑過全馬,就算前一天才知道又怎樣?我一定要跑完
4  身旁有很多年紀大的老先生老太太都沒有放棄,我一定要跑完
5  旁邊加油團不斷的加油打氣,就是要我們完成它,一定要跑完
6  報名費這麼貴,不跑完拿到一個獎牌就沒意思了,一定要跑完
7  如果我跑完就拿到人生第二馬,又一個成就到手,一定要跑完




3days 2nights is not enough to visit New York City.
So I will go there again!!!

11/04/2011

2011 New York City Marathon - The day before the race day

November 5, 2011, Saturday, in New York City.

What's important today?
Yeah, Pick up my number is most important to me.
If I pick up my number early, then I have more time for city tour. hehe

The location for BIB pick is located at Jacob Javits Convention Center, Hall 3E (11the Avenue at 35th Street)
 And you can see many people come from different countries, men and women, older people and mid-age persons.

That's a big hall, if you don't follow the sign, you will lost your way in the hall.

Just walking to the booth for number 61000~62999.
Yeah, my number is 62606
And pick up a bag....  just like a garbage. hahaha 


Wanna know what's there inside?
one shirt, one headscarf, a bag, water and some gels.

There is one thing I wanna talk about.
When I was registering the marathon, they only have '' Chinese Taipei'' to choice on their website.
 Ai.... What can i say?


And in the EXPO, I buy something for myself. hahaha

紐約 New York City

New York City 紐約市


New York = Big Apply ?
傳說,20世紀20年代,在各地巡迴演出的爵士樂師,常將表演的機會視為有蘋果吃,而收入最為豐碩的紐約則被稱為「大蘋果」Big Apple,久而久之就成為紐約的別名。


自由女神 Statue of Liberty

  • 從1886年10月28日起,聳立在哈德遜河口之外的自由島上
  • 又被視為「進入美國之門」The Gateway to America
  • 自由女神雕像是1886年法國人民為祝賀美國獨立建國100週年所贈送的
  • 身披古羅馬式長衫裙,頭戴閃射光芒的冠冕,右手高興火炬,左手抱獨立宣言的書板
  • 獨立宣言象徵:美國人追求自由、民主之崇高理想與精神
  • 自由女神像由法國雕塑家 巴托迪所設計
  • 1874年始建,於1884年5月完工,費時約十年
  • 1885年5月5日將雕像拆開裝成214箱,由巴黎船運到自由島上組裝

紐約重要景點:
  • 自由女神像
  • 華爾街Wall Street (由於原址是一道牆而被稱為Wall Street)
  • 砲台公園 Battery Park
  • 柯林頓城堡
  • 聯邦國家紀念堂 Federal Hall Naional Memorial
  • 三位一體教堂 Trinity Church
  • 世貿中心遺址(又稱歸零地)
  • 帝國大廈 Empire State Building
  • 紐約公共圖書館New York Public Library
  • 洛克斐勤中心 Rockefeller Center 
  • 大都會博物館 Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • 中央公園 Central Park
  • 時報廣場 Time Square >> 跨年必去!
  • 百老匯大道 Broadway
說到NEW YORK…一定要來這麼一首歌一下