runn wrote:
It's net down hill (so what)- central park is hilly and it was cold you moron.
So hilly that American runners can run 22:30 for 5 miles on that loop? And everyone and their mother has broken 23:00 on it? Oh my gosh! Little itty bitty Gwyneth Paltrow hills.
It was cold? Brrrrr. You should stay inside.
It's a great course for a half marathon. Just when you need it most (7 miles) you get 2 miles of downhill running. In addition, from 5 miles to the finishline you get a 10 mph steady wind at your backs. That's 4.5mps -- over double the allowable wind in a track event!
It's a great course: a nice early mourning saunter through the park, then open up the throttle as you run trough Time Square, unravel the spinnaker when you hit the river and you're home free.
If they could move the start forward a half mile they could reduce the net elevation drop enough to have a Worlds Championship ready course.