Cheering at the NYC Marathon
You know how much I love race signs. I had a great time making them and an even better time standing for three hours cheering on marathoners.
Ben and I watched the elite women start on TV at 9:20 and then we left a few minutes later to drive a couple miles away to the course route on 4th Ave in Brooklyn. We arrived in time to see some of the parathletes in the wheelchair division. Then we saw the elite women go by.
We grabbed a cup of coffee at a cafe a block away while waiting for the elite men. We saw the elite men go by.
Then our job of cheering for the marathoners began in earnest. While the top age groupers were too busy running to appreciate our signs, the runners who had less at stake laughed and smiled at our signs. We added to the fun by yelling, “The wall will be HUGE!” and “Trump thinks you’re classy!” Most of the runners got the humor, but a few were a bit upset and said that they didn’t support Trump. Neither do we. Neither do we.
Trump thinks marathoners are classy.
Our signs were the BIGGEST, MOST MAGNIFICENT SIGNS EVER!
Another great morning and early afternoon spectating the TCS NYC Marathon. It was really fun cheering for the runners, especially our friends who were running this rather humid fall race.
A Fast Paced Life 
I LOVE your signs. These are so awesome. I was in Williamsburg cheering on runners after the course closed and I was so careful with what I said to them so as to not discourage them. I really just needed these signs.
Thanks!!! I lost my voice cheering, so I danced around and held up my signs. I’m sure it meant a lot to those runners to have you there cheering them on.
I saw your signs! I loved them and told my cheerers about them at the finish. I love a good topical sign that (hopefully in this case!) won’t be relevant next year.
Yay! You, me, and several thousand other runners can’t wait for the Trump nonsense to be over.
So awesome that you went out and cheered. Your signs rock!!
Thanks! I love cheering for the runners. It’s so much fun.
OK, I actually laughed out loud at these! So funny/tragic. Can you bring some signs to the next race I run???
Absolutely! Colby says that my signs bring PRs.
JAJAJAJAJA!!!!! Love it!!! In Chicago, my favorite sign was in Pilsen that said, “F*%k the wall” with a picture of Trump next to it. It really made me chuckle and at mile 20, I needed it. I’m sure most runners appreciated your signs!! I certainly would’ve 🙂
Hahahaha! We would have loved to have been at Mile 20 with our signs, but Mile 7 is a lot closer to where we live.
Ah that sounds like so much fun, and I love those signs!! I’d love to spectate a race one day and see all the runners I don’t get to see mid-race 🙂
I love spectating races. Honestly cheering for the mid-packers and back-of-the-packers are way more fun than the speedy runners.
lol oh good! When I saw the pic at first, I was afraid you were a Trump supporter…love the funny signs after reading!
Ben got a few confused looks and more than a few flipped the bird at him when he held the wall sign. Most got it and quite a few stopped for a few minutes to take a photo.
love your signs!
Thanks, Darlene!