Komen Race starting line

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