Nice Day to Watch

Yesterday was the annual New York City Marathon. Beautiful weather. Fun to watch the runners. I can’t believe I would ever be able to do such a thing in my lifetime, so these pictures will have to suffice. (I cheered them on, which felt participatory enough — to that point, WNBC TV interviewed a woman from New Jersey who was watching the marathon in person for the first time, inquiring about her strategy as if she were running!)

The Times’ coverage of the NYC Marathon is here (I think that’s a permalink, but I’m not sure). Some Times-ish color pieces, including this one, with a quote from a police officer at the finish line that sums it up for me:

As the runners crossed the line, often with pained expressions, one rather well-fed police officer looked on.

“Nice day to run,” it was mentioned to him.

“Nice day to watch,” he replied.