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Living on the wrong side of the marathon route has been nearly a lifelong practice. The November event was initiated in 1970.

For most of the lifetime of the NYC annual run, I lived on the far side of York Avenue.

I came to develop strategies to circumvent the runners’ path.

Some years, that was an extremely difficult task. The M31 didn’t run at all one of those Sundays.

Fortunately, that was not the case the year I got a ticket for a City Center Encores! performance. The walk there would have entailed getting up and out extra early.

One year, I did walk down York to 57th Street to a supermarket on the other side of 1st Avenue. It’s clear below the bridge, and I could get across town from that point.

This year, I witnessed the Friday night fireworks that kicked off the festivities before the marathon.

The noise first alerted me. When I looked up, swirls of exploding colors decorated the skies above our rooftop view.