Half-Marathon of Brooklyn (NYC).

I did this race, like 6000 others road runners, Saturday may 21 2011 (from Prospect Park to Coney Island).

Six in the morning, the runners drop their bags just before the race.

 In Prospect Park, the first seven miles.

The last mile on the boardwalk in Coney Island!

Yes! So great, the finish lane!!!!

A video when I crossed the finish lane, in 1h 59 min 42 s.

Half Marathon of Brooklyn from philippe le vessier on Vimeo.




The place  to pick up our bags.

After the race, a great time on the beach and in the water. So good!

In the street, direction the subway.

Time to pick up the train for Manhattan.

‘Birdman’ of Inwood in New York City.

 
" Inwood, an area in North of Manhattan (corner of West 208th Street and Ninth Avenue) is a place of refuge for hundreds of birds.  James Cataldi 53, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator and former computer programmer, spends most of his time...

 

  Bird Week | 'Birdman' of Inwood - NYTimes.com
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In a year and a half, he has single-handedly removed hundreds of pounds of garbage, including car windshields and syringes. But “it will take years of continuous work,” he says, to remove completely the garbage still festering under the topsoil...

“The Birdman of Inwood”,  as many in the neighborhood call him, now makes it his daily mission...

"I was a Wall Street guy. I was heavily into math,” Mr. Cataldi said. “But this is my calling.”...". By CHIARA SOTTILE.

Saturday, May 14, 2011