The Penang Restaurant is located a block away from Central Park and that’s where I went for lunch. Have you ever had a US$11.25 plate of char koay teow? In the real Penang island, this char koay teow would be considered average. I miss char koay teow with cockles.
At last 41:42 mins and 5K (3.1 mile) later I’m finally at the finish line. The clock says a different time but amateur runners were let out about 5 minutes later than elite runners. And the fastest female runner completed the race in about 18minutes! It took me about 15minutes to reach the 1st mile marker 
This was a difficult stretch. I didn’t see the Mile 2 marker and kept looking for it and the second mile seem to last forever. What I didn’t know was that I’ve already passed the second mile marker and the Mile 3 marker is round the corner.
The runners/walkers are thinning out. Here is probabably halfway through the course. And I’ve stopped to walk twice
Komen Race entering Central Park
I am just entering Central Park after running along 8th Ave. Managed to run continuously so far. The 1 mile marker is ahead.
At last the big day arrives, after several months of some “training,” the 2006 Komen NYC Race for the Cure is here. Here’s the timeline of today’s events.
5am - wake up time
5.50am - start drive to Newark, New Jersey
7.10am - arrive in Newark
7.30am - finally found an open parking garage ($9)(after getting a little lost and encountering several parking garage that’s not yet opened)
7.35am - Newark Penn Station in NJ Transit train to New York ($6.25 round trip)
7.55am - New York Penn station
8.13am - Subway C (8th Ave local) train to Central Park ($2 one way)
8.30am - Central Park (get t-shirt and bib-lucky number-17677), place bag at baggage claim
9.20am - Starting line along 8th Ave at the American Museum of Natural History
9.25am- Race starts for amateur runners
(41min:42sec later) - finally reach finish line (personal best since this is my very first 5k race)
10:10-12pm - Hang around the expo trying to get as many freebies as I could
12pm - Penang Restaurant Midtown Manhattan
1pm - Subway C back to Penn Station ($2)
1.14pm - NJ Transit train back to Newark
1.50pm - start drive back to Bethlehem
3.10pm - back in Bethlehem
