New York Marathon 2013

All in Natural Running Style, 4h20 of running for 5h00 of commuting and waiting to get to the start and then 2 hours to get out and back to my place. That's so NYC!

But worth it. My first time with sore legs, probably because of my short training (I started the real training only when my left Achilles's was healed, i.e. beginning of October) and because of the active spring leg usage all the way (not a single heel strike for the all 42 km).

By the way, running properly for 4h+ actually fixed my back and hip pains.

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