There will be timing (split) points and clocks throughout the course. The USATF Certified course will be electronically timed using the MYLAPS Bibtag system. He’d been rained on, yet he looked undeniably cool-triumphant, even.Scheduled for April 28th 2024*, the iconic route starts in hip North Brooklyn and winds around the waterfront taking you under the historic Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Bridges while delivering eye popping views of Manhattan.įrom there, the route heads up the historic concourses of Fulton Street & Flatbush Avenue before passing through Grand Army Plaza and into fabled brownstone Brooklyn before finishing in Prospect Park. The 35-year-old artist then posed for a post-run self-portrait with a view of a Coney Island roller coaster behind him, holding a red umbrella and sporting his race tee, medal, and an Adidas ball cap. He completed the half in 1:54:35, and snapped a photo with his friend Craig Finn (frontman of the The Hold Steady) who he happened to bump into at the finish line.

Once, from lyrics in The Clash song “Rudie Can't Fail” ( I went to the market to realize my soul, but what I need, I just don’t have) and again from the supportive spectators cheering on runners in the wet conditions. Morby says he cried twice during the race.

The esteemed songstress Vanessa Carlton approved. “Their record that came out last year is far and away my fav album from last year / has kept me company on so many runs and I wanted to be synced up with Karen O singing ‘whatcha gonna do when you get to the water.’” “I knew I wanted to end the race with “Burning” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs,” he wrote. The Best Running Music to Add to Your Playlist.

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