Brooklyn Half

But it could be-

They, they, they got the Brooklyn Half, or they have got the New-

That's it

... or they've got the New York Half.

A climate central analysis of 221 marathons found that 86% will have lower odds of ideal running temps by 2045.

In the past year, the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, the LA Marathon, the Twin Cities Marathon, and the Brooklyn Half Marathon saw high temperatures of anywhere between 80 and 88 degrees with up to 90% humidity.

Yes, that's a big problem for the health, safety, and comfort of runners.

Yet, at the same time, running is more popular than ever with record-breaking numbers of applications for the major 2026 marathons like New York City, London, and Sydney.

So I, I'm very real.

Like I can accept that I'm not good enough, and then it's like what's the next phase? And I signed up for the Brooklyn Half 'cause I'm a New Yorker, like lived in New York City, might as well do a race.

Uh, I think I ran 82 or 83 minutes for my first half with no training, so I realized like, oh, I could be pretty good at this, so now let's get obsessed with this.

And then I joined the college-

Yeah, so there's, there's three big ways, and if-- What I encourage people who do have speed is go out to New York and run one of their halves.

I think that is the easiest way to qualify for the New York City Marathon, is go run the New York City Half, the Brooklyn Half, or now they have the Staten Island Half, uh, 'cause their times equivalent are, are a lot easier to get in than running the New York time.

You can also run a qualifying time at a non-New York one.

Uh, then also the lottery.

I was like, I don't run.

And then years later, I go and I run the Brooklyn half and she meets me in front of the school that she works at with her daughter.

And I'm like, this is backwards.

You should be on this side and I should be on that side with the baby.

I think I'm just, I think I'm going to be emotional.

Like I was such a

wreck at the end of the Brooklyn half.

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