A journalist with a 2:28 marathon PR

[tandfman]

In a car.

The NYTimes's Clyde Haberman has driven the NYC Marathon course in five different autumns in morning rush-hour traffic. His best time is 2 hours 28 minutes. The article, of course, is more about traffic than running, but it's timely and mildly amusing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/nyreg ... yt&emc=rss

[MJD]

I wonder how much faster a 2:10 guy could run it in the middle of rush hour.

[tafnut]

I wonder how much faster a 2:10 guy could run it in the middle of rush hour.

He couldn't. He's be dead by mid-point, having jumped in front of one too many NY cabs.

[Zat0pek]

Did they test for illegal additives in his fuel tank? Any nitrous oxide?

[Al in NYC]

Well, if he did it this Wednesday it was Halloween. Perhaps a lot of folks were staying home and getting ready to party and/or go to the parade that night. I can't imagine doing that route in that amount of time on a weekday morning. Hell, the 59th St. Bridge crossing alone can take damn near an hour some days.