Brooklyn Spring Half is a very easy going and nice race and it seems to take place every year exactly one day before the famous New York Manhattan Half takes … MORE
Brooklyn Spring Half is a very easy going and nice race and it seems to take place every year exactly one day before the famous New York Manhattan Half takes place. This year I decided to run both races. The Brooklyn Spring as a warm up for the Manhattan Half on Sunday. As there is no race package pick up the day before all runners have to pick up the race numbers in the morning of the race which started at 9.30 am. I picked my number at 8.30 am and also got a beautiful blue long sleeve T-Shirt. As it was VERY cold I was more than happy that there was a MCD close to the start so that I could have a coffee and warm up a little bit. I returned to the park 15 minutes before race start to check my bag and go to the start line. The course consists of 4 laps so that runners know every tree of Prospect Park afterwards. I liked the lap as it was a long uphill part at the beginning followed by an even longer downhill part! Running this lap 4 times did not get boring, which surprised me. Photographers catch the runners 4 times and photos as well as videos are sent to the runners afterwards by mail. In the finish all runners got a full colored medal. The race was much better than expected.
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Nice small race in Prospect Park
Brooklyn Spring Half is a very easy going and nice race and it seems to take place every year exactly one day before the famous New York Manhattan Half takes … MORE
Brooklyn Spring Half is a very easy going and nice race and it seems to take place every year exactly one day before the famous New York Manhattan Half takes place. This year I decided to run both races. The Brooklyn Spring as a warm up for the Manhattan Half on Sunday. As there is no race package pick up the day before all runners have to pick up the race numbers in the morning of the race which started at 9.30 am. I picked my number at 8.30 am and also got a beautiful blue long sleeve T-Shirt. As it was VERY cold I was more than happy that there was a MCD close to the start so that I could have a coffee and warm up a little bit. I returned to the park 15 minutes before race start to check my bag and go to the start line. The course consists of 4 laps so that runners know every tree of Prospect Park afterwards. I liked the lap as it was a long uphill part at the beginning followed by an even longer downhill part! Running this lap 4 times did not get boring, which surprised me. Photographers catch the runners 4 times and photos as well as videos are sent to the runners afterwards by mail. In the finish all runners got a full colored medal. The race was much better than expected.