Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run NYC

GorillaNJ
GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I had made a post about this in a NYC Group ( http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/717339-tunnel-to-towers-run-9-30 ) but realized that most people can't see that. The run is this weekend it is not too late to sign up! It is a Great run and a great cause!

http://www.t2trun.org/nyc

I did this run last year and it is an amazing day. A quick explanation is the race memorializes Stephen Siller, a NYC fireman who was just getting home from his shift heard about the first plane hitting the trade center he started to rush there from Brooklyn. Found out no traffic was aloud through the Brooklyn Battery tunnel, so in full gear he ran the length of the tunnel and ended up dying a hero saving people in the tower.

This run started as a fund raiser for the fallen public servents children college funds... and has grown from there. Now a lot of the money goes to building homes for soldiers returning from war who have lost multiple limbs and need specialized things for that.

The run follows his path through the tunnel to the WTC site...

I ran it for the first time last year and was blown away. Many firemen run it full gear, lots of groups of soldiers and police run it too... Going through the tunnel is slow pace but it amazing... chants and encouragement... when you get out of the tunnel there are firemen and police in full dress holding banners of those who died on 9-11. Somewhere around 40k people ran it last year. It is quite an experience and there is a large after party in battery park city.

I plan to run it again this year, hope some of you come and check it out too!

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  • StrengthIDidntKnow
    StrengthIDidntKnow Posts: 543 Member
    I am not going to be able to make it this year but will look for it next year. Good luck!
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    Plus a post race beer or three!!!
  • Typhanee83
    Typhanee83 Posts: 309 Member
    Sounds absolutely amazing and would totally do it if I were anywhere near NYC. Sounds like an amazing cause.

    :drinker:
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    Well they are calling for rain on Sunday... what a great opportunity since most of this run is inside the tunnel... we can run and not get wet!!!!! sign up today!!! LOL

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