They Did It!

Click the picture
— or click here —
for a slide show from the NYC Marathon. Be sure to turn up the sound! When the show is finished, it will jump back here where you can leave a comment for this special team of runners from Finland.



The runners on this team were part of an impressive project to study how people with asthma can accomplish anything with proper treatment and training.

Click here for more information on the project.



More than 38,000 people ran the marathon this year, every single one of them had a story.



The winner of the women’s race gave birth to her daughter only 10 months ago!



I wonder what the runner-up’s story is? Personally, I find it amazing that the lead runners can keep up that pace for 26.2 miles.



But our team’s story is one of a long year of treatment, tests, training and fellowship.



Prior to signing up for the project, none of the athletes knew each other.



These two crossed the finish line holding hands so that their times would be exactly the same.



When does a picture of the bottom of someone’s shoe become important?
(At the end of a marathon of course.)



The crowd of runners making their way down Broadway elbow-to-elbow after the race did not end…



… for FOUR HOURS!



One thing I love about the NYC marathon is the sheer civility of it. Here, a jazz band provides soothing music at the runners’ entrance into Central Park at the northern end — about three miles to go at that point.



Congratulations to all the finishers! What an amazing accomplishment! You DID it! WOO HOO!! I’m so proud of you, and so happy to have met you, and to have witnessed your first marathon!

(See my earlier post about the project here.)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 at 5:02 pm and is filed under Central Park, event, new york city, sports and tagged with Central Park, New York City Marathon. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 Responses to “They Did It!”

1. Taru says:

   November 8, 2007 at 1:04 pm

   Julie, the photos and the slide show are amazing! Thank you so much!

   We had such an incredible time in New York and are so proud of our team who all finished the marathon!

   On behalf of asthma marathon team from Finland,
   Taru

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2. Dawn Fabricatore says:

   November 7, 2007 at 7:06 pm

   Great pictures of the Marathon Julie. Congratulations to the Finland team and all the runners.

   Jimmy, Dawn, Jacqueline and JJ

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