Our runners are preparing for today’s race as I write this.  Five o’clock seems way way too early to be getting up.  With dawn still an hour away, and a bloody cold wind outside, I’m not envying them the trip out to Staten Island.  The plan, since there are concerns about the ability of buses to all get to the starting line on time, is for the guys to take the Staten Island Ferry and then a shuttle out to the race.  We’ll be following our usual plan as support folks, and catch them at the 12 mile marker, and again as they enter the park at the 24 mile marker.  I’m considering shooting a few pics over the reservoir at dawn, but then again I may find a coffee shop and hole up there for a few hours.