For today's run in Central Park, I thought I'd go in a clockwise direction. Apparently, I was only one of a handful that chose that route because everyone else seemed to be running or biking in the counterclockwise direction. But my choice did give me an opportunity to look at all the different race shirts out there. It's this little thing I do once in awhile. If I like the shirt, I'm usually tempted to run the race. However, in reality, if I sign up for race it means the shirt won't be nice. For example, this year's SF Marathon shirt. Cool design, orange color. I'm not a color orange fan.
There were a lot of NYRR race shirts out there. I saw two NYC Half Marathon shirts (but of which I own and love) from the first two years I ran it. I saw a shirt from Portugal, from DC (the Parkway Classic, which is a popular run in the DC area that I never ran, usually with a cool shirt), a few Ironman shirts, a Florida race shirt, a Colorado, and I added a Seattle running shirt into the mix. All in all, a great start to a Tuesday.
I also have fun looking at shirts as I'm walking. My favorite, so far, as been one I passed by during a particularly difficult walk (it was hot, I was on a steep hill, I had blisters) which said, "Pain is weakness leaving the body." That message came at a particularly opportune time for me!
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