Loving having a fellow musical fan with me I went with Mum to see “A Little Night Music” starring Bernadette Peters. She brought a tear to the eye with her rendition of “Send in the Clowns” (see on you tube) but the rest of the show was lively and quite funny with an unexpected Twelfth Night type of farcical storyline.
This weekend gone, with some friends staying, I used gentle encouragement to get to the theatre - “you can’t spend time in New York and not go to Broadway” - but wanting the boys to come as well I didn’t subject them to a musical (I would never have heard the end of it) but I had heard of a play starring Laura Linney (of “Love Actually” and most recently “the Big C” tv show) and Christina Ricci, plus a guy you would recognize from Law and Order. Called “Time Stands Still” it is the story of a photo journalist who returns to Brooklyn from war torn Afghanistan / Iraq and the relationships she has with those closest to her. It was very intense and great to see this level of talent perform live, we all enjoyed the show.
Hey Tracy
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I just "re-found" your Paris marathon blog which links to this. Hope you're well. Congrats on your effort in Paris. For the disrupted training and injury I reckon you did very well. It was great wasn't it although I got a bit of "while line fever" and missed quite a few of the sights because I was running "to the clock" all the way trying to break 3.45 - which I did by one minute.
Like you I had a few problems dodging round people walking/ struggling in the mid to latter stages but managed to keep a good rhythm till about 36 kms from whence it got to be a struggle. I put my head down and ran a 4.50 last km however which I was pretty stoked about.
I've got the bug a bit too and given 3.45 was a "qualifier" for Boston (55+ male) I decided that if I got in when registrations opened I would run it. Guess where I'll be on Patriots Day - hopefully running across the line in Beacon St in a sub 3.40. Leaving on 8th with a stop over in SFO for a few days. After that we have about another 5 weeks in the US. One thing I am going to do is run in Central Park NY in my Aussie singlet.
All the best. I've done a little blog too but very running specific. Hope things are well and I'll enjoy reading about your life in NYC.
Cheers Wazza