Terry's Journey to the New York City Marathon 2025

With 61 blog posts published and lord knows how many hours of training completed me and my 3 pints of Guinness were ready to take to the New York City streets. I did not have a great nights sleep although I manage a 62/100 Fair sleep score with my Samsung smart watch. Waking at about 2-45am with no alarm I headed to the toilet to sort out my needs. I then head back to the bed to get dressed, I manage not to wake Yvonne until just before I leave. As I leave she kisses me and wishes me good luck. In my lap I have my helmet, gloves, phone and water bottle. When I get down to the hotel reception they tell me no packed breakfast has been prepared for me and that I need to come back at 5am. I tell them I need to be on my bus at 4am. I head out into the streets heading for 5th Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets, the quickest route is to head to Time Square and then south along Broadway.  As I push up 38th Street the fleet of disability buses join me at 5th Avenue. I jump on the first bu...