2018 NYC Marathon Diary: From Newark, NJ to Central Park in an easy hour

This year, I did an experiment. I did not stay in Manhattan, as the prices of hotels for a week are more than my monthly mortgage. So, I stayed in Newark, NJ, and used some hotel points. Taking Lyft, Uber into Manhattan was a good deal, and I made all of my meetings and events on Saturday.

Abbott Dash to the Finish Line, photo by PhotoRun.net

Sunday, I was concerned. I paid a little more, hired a local taxi and left about 7 AM. We arrived at 8th Avenue and 57th at 8:02 AM, and from there, a nice fifteen minute walk Up Central Park Avenue to 67th and the entrrance to the Media Center for the marathon.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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