Party at NYC marathon mile 20: the quest to get the Bronx moving
Mile 20 — the wall, as marathoners call it — is the loneliest part of New York City’s marathon course.
Here, 6 miles from Manhattan’s inspiring skyline and the cheering fans in Central Park, is where some 50,000 runners in the New York City marathon will feel like they can't take another step.“We are known as the party zone,” said Jose Bravo, a member of the Boogie Down Bronx Runners, a running group that promotes health in the state's least healthy community, according to University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
To realize its goal, Boogie Down organizes what is probably the marathon’s most enthusiastic cheer zone, equipped with a DJ booth, a table spread with snacks, and 60 members taking shifts to motivate runners with cowbells, pom-poms, booming and soon-to-be-hoarse voices, and confetti cannons that are popped over each of their runners that pass.“If you just want to start off walking, we have that for you,” said Matt Moody, who’s been running with Boogie Down for the last six years.
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