Hurry up and slow down. Notes from Dec ‘19

[MikeyNYC]

12/08/19
A day in just a few photos.
When I get here, it’s always a rush to “Hurry up and slow down.”
It’s usually a 4 am wake up call to make the last shuttle bus to the start of the race. Once there, it’s 45 more mins of waiting. I find a seat and wait.

We start, and I feel like I’m floating, albeit, slowly. Between the sound systems, steel drums and waving to familiar faces, the kilometers drift by. Before no time at all (okay, about 78 mins this year) I hear the little person that is, and has been the course marshal for the 10k turn. “TEN K TAKE YOUR TURN.” At least I think that’s what he says.

Finish line, fresh coconut, banana, beer, walk to the shuttle and a good nap.

Then I wake up, call Lenbert and grab my spot on the pub crawl for the second half of the day’s excitement.

So the payoff if you’re still reading; Doc’s Place and Kaisers are well worth checking out. But you should also do the pub crawl, first and foremost.