megulikjan
megulikjan OP t1_iuiw18i wrote
Reply to comment by Throwawayhelp111521 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Yep just did it the two of us. Wow I didn’t realize it was such a big event
megulikjan OP t1_iuhpp6m wrote
Reply to comment by sonder2230 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Yes that was exactly our experience. We went so fast after times square!
megulikjan OP t1_iuhl2vf wrote
Reply to comment by MasterChicken52 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
This all sounds so amazing. Would be awesome to be a part of this. Thank you for all the tips, i will look into what it takes to actually get signed up.
megulikjan OP t1_iug1qv2 wrote
Reply to comment by ToneBoneKone1 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
The Famous Jimbo's Hamburger Palace, i just looked it up. They were just really nice and asked if we wanted a muffin grilled with butter (haha i have never heard of this but the answer was yes!)
megulikjan OP t1_iug0qd9 wrote
Reply to comment by Throwawayhelp111521 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Yes will look to do it with a group in May! I am sure mentally it will be much better this way. The only reason we started in the 90s was to end at home. It was amazing coming home at the end, honestly i was so delusional by then.
megulikjan OP t1_iug0aag wrote
Reply to comment by MasterChicken52 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Wow thank you for this detail. I was somewhat training for a half marathon a while. Once during covid then again in nyc. Loved seeing the city running. But unfortunately got specific running injuries both times and had to stop. Walking doesn’t give me those injuries and after getting injured this last time I think I am giving up on running for good. I have explored so little of brooklyn - need to get on that.
megulikjan OP t1_iufn36x wrote
Reply to comment by Very_Bad_Janet in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Ah cool! I am so curious what this will look like years later when the lower/mid east side is developed!
megulikjan OP t1_iufmxet wrote
Reply to comment by HeyNiceSweater in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Ah thanks for sharing! How was it doing it in the cold? Was it snowy?
megulikjan OP t1_iufms14 wrote
Reply to comment by MasterChicken52 in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Oo thank you. Have you ever tried it? Any tips?
megulikjan OP t1_iuexelv wrote
Reply to comment by BrieGoneThot in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
After times square we walked so fast ahah, in a way the craziness made it go so much quicker. Up until then we were sightseeing.
megulikjan OP t1_iuedzvz wrote
Reply to comment by DameThistle in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Thank you very much and good luck! i think waiting for spring is a good idea anyways given the weather is getting colder. My face still hurts from the wind.
megulikjan OP t1_iue78fo wrote
Reply to comment by whodattguy in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Impressed by all the bikers here. Wish I could do that. Would allow me to explore queens/Brooklyn more.
megulikjan OP t1_iue6qt9 wrote
Reply to comment by whatistodaynow in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
If you can get up to 150ish street (by highbridge park) and cut to the path on the river (see the map) and walk over to Inwood then down a bit, it was truly amazing. The views were stunning that whole way and it was very peaceful.
megulikjan OP t1_iue5yn1 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Loll. Yep okay i deserved that..
megulikjan OP t1_iue5u63 wrote
Reply to comment by FleetwoodMacNCheese in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
I am sorry you “absolutely lost it” haha. We have been exploring manhattan non stop since moving here and have eaten locally when we can and when convenient. That being said i am not going to apologize for getting a delicious and quick sandwich on a go from a chain, which was one of the very few open places, straight on our path, with a bathroom and with amazing staff.
megulikjan OP t1_iue54qk wrote
Reply to comment by Algoresball in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
I saw lots of people talking about doing this on a bike! I am not a good biker, so I can’t but one could. On the east river side it will get tricky just like walking was so you will need to cut inland.
megulikjan OP t1_iue4xpo wrote
Reply to comment by HilariousConsequence in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
I gotta say, i am not a native speaker and i have never heard of this word! But every time i would google “manhattan perimeter walk” this would come up! So i figured that’s the term :))
megulikjan OP t1_iudulk0 wrote
Reply to comment by BrieGoneThot in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
I would love to try it with the official group next! Will keep an eye out for the sign up.
I guess we had been unintentionally training for this..most weekends we walk 10-15 miles total. Then couple weeks ago we did the broadway walk. And even with all that, it was a lot.
megulikjan OP t1_iudlezu wrote
Reply to comment by shamam in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Thank you! Wow this is so cool and an awesome idea.. i don’t know what our next big walk will be. Maybe the marathon route?
megulikjan OP t1_iudjbds wrote
Reply to comment by shamam in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Yes! So i tried uploading a picture, but looks like it didn’t work:( used map my walk app. I will see if i can add a pic to my post
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megulikjan OP t1_iuiwfgw wrote
Reply to comment by FrankiePoops in Just did the Great Saunter - wanted to share my experience! by megulikjan
Ooof. We did the broadway walk when it was sunny and it was rough. Until you get to upper west there is no shade..