My favorite race, the Brooklyn Half-Marathon, is this Saturday, May 30th starting at 8 am in Prospect Park.

At the finish line:  more than 30 participating Coney Island
shops, restaurants and attractions will host special discounts to runners and
spectators, including the famed Cyclone Roller Coaster, Deno’s
Wonder Wheel
Park and Nathan’s hot
dogs.

Quite a few Park Slope restaurants are having Brooklyn Half-Marathon specials. Those restaurants include: Apertivo Cafe, Melt, Blue Ribbon, Barrio, Playa, Sotto Voce, Alata
Voce, Cataldo's, Gialeti's Cafe, Down Under Bakery/The Pie Shop and
12th Street Bar  & Grill. Go to NYRR.org for more information.

There will also be family activities on the beach, including
Ringling Bros. performers, salsa lessons, a tug of war, DJs, kid’s obstacle course and
more.

 What:             

Nearly 10,000 runners plan to take part in the NYRR Half-Marathon Grand
Prix Presented by Continental Airlines: Brooklyn, a 13.1-mile journey that
starts in Prospect
Park and finishes on the iconic boardwalk at
Coney Island . Registration numbers are expected to reach
an all-time record high and race officials anticipate almost double the 2008
finisher total of 5,832.

When:  

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Start: 8:00 a.m.

Kids’ Races: 10:45 a.m.

Where:   

Course Start: On Center Drive in
Prospect Park

Finish: On boardwalk behind KeySpan Field

Post-Race Activities

Kids’ Races: To be held inside
KeySpan Park
(weather permitting)

Beach Party and Post-Race Festival: To take place on the beach adjacent
to the finish line