Thursday, January 17, 2008
Brooklyn Half on April 26
The NYRR Web site has the Brooklyn Half on April 26, which as one of the posters noted, is on tail end of Passover. Given the course runs down Ocean Parkway, near a number of synagogues and temples if I'm not mistaken, the choice of the Saturday versus the Sunday (the 27th) is indeed odd. It's also possible NYRR didn't have a choice of days and it had to be a Saturday, given they need permitting from both the city as well as the parks folk to hold the race.
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Since it was brought back out to Ocean Parkway (from the four-loops-of-the-park course) it's been on Saturday. I've always presumed that Saturday, when the religious don't drive anyway, was less objectionable.
In looking back at the last few races, I see what you mean about the Saturday scheduling. Given the limited scheduling choices for the race (in terms of what weekend they might have it) - it may mean that the 26th was unavoidable.
There's a mention on the NYRR web page today (3/13/08) that this date is off "due to concerns in the Brooklyn community".
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