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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4762383, member: 5787"] Yesterday was amazing. I've said it before, but the energy and love throughout the city during the marathon is truly heart warming. Had a great time and my did feels great today, despite running the Hampton's Marathon three weeks ago and us both working through colds. Perfect weather and no rain throughout any of the time we were in Hartford. After the start, I was able to sneak down to the finish area and snap the photo below, and even ran into Howie the Hawk! [ATTACH type="full"]92107[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]92108[/ATTACH] Around mile 8, the runners ran over Founders Bridge and I was able to hang out right by the Old State House, which was a pretty awesome vantage pTheoint to snap photos amongst some of the taller building in downtown. Right after that, picked up an amazing as always breakfast at Mo's Midtown, which took a bit longer since Whitney Street was closed, so I was able to park on Kenyon Street and walk down that street for the first time. Beautiful historic homes and especially fun with Halloween stuff and foliage starting to turn. With the runners trekking through East Hartford and South Windsor via Main Street, I was able to camp out near Newberry Road. That part of South Windsor is very pretty this time of year and the overall vibe in that area was a ton of fun: lots of onlookers, DJs, etc. After that, I was able to spent the remainder of the marathon right near the Memorial Arch for about 45 minutes, where it's hard not to get emotional seeing the finishers run under just a mere meters from the finish line. A favorite moment: one guy was focused on the finish line and then he realized how close he was to the arch. Catching this, he stopped, grinned, snapped a photo and then finished the marathon. My wife's post-race go to meal is an egg salad on rye w/ pickles, so we ended up trying The Cove Deli in Wethersfield, which was surprisingly really good. I highly recommend if you're in the area. Back to my opening paragraph: to all the runners, onlookers, volunteers and staff: it's truly one of my favorite events of the year! [/QUOTE]

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