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Jay (Eire)'s post celebrates a significant personal achievement: completing his fifth NYC Marathon, coinciding with the event's 50th anniversary. This article delves into his reflections on endurance running and the unique atmosphere of the NYC Marathon, while also exploring the fascinating world of sport-themed timekeeping, particularly focusing on Seiko's historical contributions to sports timing. His dual 'incomings' — the marathon experience and a new Seiko — offer a rich narrative for collectors interested in the intersection of horology and athletic pursuit.
Double incoming this last weekend. And a post split between Horological Meandering and Seiko, but on balance more HoMe I think.
Ran a very satisfying NYC Marathon on Sunday (the 5th NYC Marathon for me).
What that means for me personally is being patient for a long time (20 miles or so), keeping the stomach feeling good (the legs will always tire, that’s just the Marathon) and then being able to finish out the last 4-5 miles with a pick up in pace to a point where the last 1.5 to 2 miles are basically flat out.
It was also the 50th running of the NYC Marathon, so an important day for US and NYC running. NYC is one of the World Majors, so it’s a big (and lucrative) attraction for top runners.
This year we had several Olympic medalists, and on the woman’s side Gold and Bronze in Tokyo finished 1st and 4th respectively. It’s a crazy turnaround, 3 months, even for the best runners in the world. We also had several Paralympians who were both multiple time Olympians and multiple medalists (two of whom I chatted to on the course).
Plus the crowds were insane. There is no other race like NYC where the entire 26.2 miles are lined with one big party. It’s always been nuts, it was super nuts on Sunday.
And then the Seiko. A appropriate pairing for a sports related post.
I’ve been looking at and reading about vintage Seiko Stopwatches for a little while now. This is the first little purchase; 30 second counter, early 1970s 88ST, high beat 36000BPH, manual wind.
My end game is to have a set of 89ST which were developed for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
Congrats to a couple of others here who also ran on Sunday (ZSHSZ I’d known was running from a previous post several months back, but I think there were others too).
Equally impressive, I was never aware about this Seiko timers. This is why I like to hang out on this forum. As for the Marathon, I feel it’s somewhat similar to life, with it’s ups and downs,, and the relief at the end. You “beat me” on the numbers(I only ran 4 NY), and most likely in time as well(03:34:10), but I’m very happy to come out of retirement after five years and still finish in reasonable time. Problem is that now I’m hooked again, and hope to do it again next year! Congratulations t
I have a spot for the next two years and all going well will likely take them. But I don’t think I will “race” NYC next year, but running just for the energy and fun that NYC brings is a big enough draw. Re the Seikos, there are several pretty cool pieces out there. Congrats again, and congrats on a very solid time.
Really well done!
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