"This was my first year running the AHA's Wall Street Run/Walk, The atmosphere was definitely buzzing given so many people are crammed into the historic streets of downtown Manhattan. The course itself wanders from just north of World Trade through parts of Wall Street, down William and back across Pearl, then

The Philly marathon was my first marathon! Prior to signing up I had heard a lot of good things about the Philadelphia marathon from people in my running club. They commented on the crowd support to the scenic course and boy did it live up to the hype! It was such

Nothing super special about the race itself (although, it was wonderfully flat) but it was pretty cool as part of the Nebraska State Fair. You can basically run the race, take a shower (they offer free showers there), and then wander the state fair eating fried oreos and other fun