Date: July 21st, 2018, 7:00 am
Place: Central Park, New York, NY
Weather: 70 F, 68% humidity
Finishers: 4, 027 total (2, 161 men / 1, 866 women)

NYRR offers a series of marathon training series so I guess this review technically is not a race. But, hey, I ran 12 miles with about 5000 other runners; I think that this could/should qualify as a race.

Having run the NYC marathon a few times, this was my first time participating in NYRR marathon training series. I am actually glad that I participated in this run because it is a great way to monitor your training progress for the NYC marathon or any other fall marathon.

Overall, the run is pretty straightforward with two loops (~6 miles) in Central Park. NYRR organization pretty much has perfected conducting these types of runs. I found that the run was very well organized from the corrals to the fluid stations at every mile. This run even had pacers so one could monitor your potential marathon goal. I really did not pay attention to the pacers for this run, but I think that will change for the next two training runs -- 15 M and 18 M.