If, after running 26.2 miles, you have no desire to eat a bite of food or to see your family, I have found the race for you. If you don't really need to know your times or pace, except at a few random mile markers, I have found the race for you.
If you enjoy being subjected to surprise metal detector THEATER at the start of your marathon, I have found the race for you. If you like not one but TWO out-and-back runs (that may be uphill both ways), I have found the race for you. "A cruel course" is how my friends described the elevation map. If you love the Prospect Park Hill of Death so much that you want to run it at Mile 15 and AGAIN at Mile 25 (while the half marathoners get to skip it altogether), I have found the race for you. The majority half marathoners were used as funding to financially support this inaugural 'marathon' as a clout and cash grab for NYC runs. I had to finish the race along side a massive slog of walking half marathoners and people just biking in the route I guess? I felt the marathoners were an after thought.
The second loop of prospect park was horrid. If you were a marathoner, you were only running with marathoners. The first half of the course was honestly great. A majority of the racers in this event were half marathoners (although their shirts and medals all said marathon, make sense, right?). In reality? This was a half marathon and then marathoners did a down and back on ocean avenue to get to 26.2. NYC runs made it known that this marathon was a massive deal. The marketing for this race was marathon everything. I was excited to run this marathon as I am a brooklyn resident and was prideful to take place in such a race in my borough. I have run this marathon, and I want to add my comments about it. NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon
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