Live Guild sighting.

[The Guilds of Grot]

Ran the Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K today. It starts at the NJ entrance goes the full length of the tunnel to the NY City exit where you turn around a cone and run back!
Before the start:

I ended up finishing third in my age group.

So where does the Guild come in? Before the race they had some live entertainment:

It sounded pretty good!

 

[Opsimath]

So you're all better and back to running! Terrific, and congratulations!

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

So you're all better and back to running! Terrific, and congratulations!

Well, I'm back to running but definitely not all better. I am still dealing with the PTTD on a daily basis. I ice my ankle after running and can't overdo it.

 

[Opsimath]

I hope it continues to mend with no relapses.

 

[GGJaguar]

It starts at the NJ entrance goes the full length of the tunnel to the NY exit where you turn around a cone and run back!

I think that would make me claustrophobic.

 

[JohnW63]

It would be the noisyest run all echoing in the tunnel.

 

[GAD]

Congrats!

Do they shut down the tunnel?

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

I think that would make me claustrophobic.

I had that concern also at the start but as you can see in the photos below there was a lot of room!

It would be the noisyest run all echoing in t

At the State line halfway through the tunnel, there were quite a few cheers (and selfies!) Then on the way back the Police recruits were coming the other way and they were doing their singing/chanting that they do when they run. Overall, it really wasn't that loud.

Congrats!

Do they shut down the tunnel?

Well there are three tubes and they shut down the South Tube at midnight. Then they turn up the ventilation system and de-grease the roadway! They separate the roadway to the South Tube from the traffic of the other two tubes with a line of heavy trucks.

There are actually two runs as they split the field to make things more manageable. The first group were the under 30 minutes runners and they started at 8:00 am. Then they have a "sweep van" to pick up any stranglers. Since I was still rehabbing I choose the over 30 minute group even though I was hoping to run "sub-30". Our run was slated to start at 8:45. As we were queuing up there were people still emerging from the tunnel at 41 mins with the van behind them!

I ran a 29:13.



The annoying thing is my PR for a 5K is 25:09. So if I wasn't still re-habbing and could run fun speed I could have finished first in my age group!

Here's a photo from facebook page of my local running club of the NJ side of the tunnel:

These are a couple official photos from last year:





Hopefully I'll be able to find a couple of photos of me when they publish this years photos!

 

[sailingshoes72]

That is some kinda beautiful sunburst F-50!

Congratulations on the 5K run!

 

[GAD]

That’s nuts. Where do you all park?

 

[JohnW63]

Way back before I was married, I just got pissed of one day and did a Forrest Gump. I just ran to go somewhere else and then had to come back. I staggered home. I couldn't hardly walk the next day. I checked the distance. It was only about 8K total. I guess you should TRAIN for these sorts on things and not just go.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

That’s nuts. Where do you all park?

That is the reason my wife didn't run. She was afraid the parking would be a problem and she would end up having to drop me off and drive around for 30 minutes and then pick me back up!

In reality, they had three parking lots listed on their website. The third and most distant was the Dykes Lumber in Weehawken. Since the company I work for sells to Dykes this was my go to. We got there a little early so it was no problem getting a spot. I fact, we parked in the spot assigned to the salesman we work with!

For my company social media I had my wife take a couple of photos:



Here is our sad railing display sample:



There were 1657 participants. I finished 481st. 382 of 896 males and 3rd of 11 in the male 65 to 69 age group. My award is in the mail!

 

[Pike]

Ran the Lincoln Tunnel Challenge 5K today. It starts at the NJ entrance goes the full length of the tunnel to the NY City exit where you turn around a cone and run back!
Before the start:

I ended up finishing third in my age group.

So where does the Guild come in? Before the race they had some live entertainment:

It sounded pretty good!

Nice Guild! I tried running last week at the request of a grandkid. It hurt.