Bergen Runners

Rachel Lu

I can run, but I could never run away from fate.

Twenty years ago, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I had my first weekend visit to Manhattan.  I had just landed a job downtown and settled in New Jersey, anxious about all the uncertainties.  I emerged from the subway with the cloudy November sky overhead, my mood equally gloomy.  That is, until I was met with a large uniform crowd, many of them covered by the same silvery rain poncho.  With the rain drops bouncing off their shiny poncho and bursting into countless micro rainbows, all the faces shared a similar glow, even though they were each of a different color, age, and hairdo.  Intrigued and lifted by the festive atmosphere, I asked one of the people, “What is going on?”  “We just completed New York City Marathon,” he replied.  As I was digesting the term “New York City Marathon” little did I know that that day I embarked on my voyage.
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Mao Mao

在回纽约的航班上，忍着身体的疲惫和头痛欲裂，开始回顾我的首马，趁回忆还新鲜，趁我还有话想说。这大概会是我为首马做的最后一件事。

结果

先说结果：很简单，跑崩了。赛前我有过不同层次的预期：最低的是不撞墙，安全完赛；往上一层是四小时完赛；再往上，是实现训练时的预定目标。除了底线达到外，其它都没有实现，连我以为几乎十拿九稳的四小时都没有实现。从这个意义上说，绝对是崩了（我倒真没想过首马BQ，主要是因为群里跑得好的小伙伴以首马BQ作为目标的，或者被别人目标的，感觉最后首马体验都不怎么好。但是他们实力摆在那，BQ是迟早的事）。
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Anna

從來沒想過自己會跑步。一直認為頭腦簡單的人才跑，簡單枯燥，沒有變化，沒有技巧，沒有激情，更沒有樂趣。那怎麼會是我呢？！我喜歡動，喜歡思考，喜歡挑戰，喜歡飛揚，那可以是音樂，是舞蹈，是游泳，是詩歌，是摯友之間的交流，是滿了生命的動感，是美與愛的融合，是心與靈的馳騁！而 這一切，在我心裡眼裡，都與跑步無緣。
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QQ Z

顺利跑完了1月21日纽约中央公园的半马比赛，由于天时地利人和，成绩大大超出了预期估计。晚上跑群队长兼好友Renny 塞来微信小纸条，让我写初半马跑后感。虽然多年没有爬格子，虽然内心深处我还只是个酱油跑党，虽然群里群外到处是各路跑神纷纷扬扬的全马回忆录，为了报答我们金不换的跑群队长，为了队里的大侠和小伙伴们，也更为了自己，记录一下这几个月的历程也是一件快乐的事。(哇，小学生排比句应用得真好。)

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