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75 days to go! Celebrating Mile 13
75 days to go until race day! Sunday morning had me at the track bright and early to try to beat the heat for an 8 mile speed session. Yesterday my long run was 16 miles (slow and steady for these) and quite truthfully my legs were TIRED. Every bridge on race day will be a long steady hill so I’ve been trying to use these long runs to find as many hills as possible and my route did not disappoint. Since there are 75 days to go, today I’m looking for a $75 donation to Safe at Home to sponsor mile 13 of my marathon effort. If you sponsor a mile, I will be blaming you for any pain that I am in and I may even send you photos of how miserable I look. 13 miles is at the edge of my “sweet spot” for running distances, so this one could go either way. If you’re interested, here is a piece from the NY Times that ran in 2012 before the marathon that year. Mile 13: Where Changes Sweep From Williamsburg Into Greenpoint Greenpoint comes right after Williamsburg, both on the marathon route and in the changes sweeping through the waterfront neighborhoods of Brooklyn. While the neighborhood is still home to generations of working-class Polish-American and Hispanic families, the winds of hipness and creative energy (and higher rents) have blown north from Williamsburg, as Robin Finn described in The New York Times in July. On Manhattan Avenue, though, our running path for the 13th mile, an old-neighborhood feel remains, and an unconventional runner craving protein will find plenty of places to grab a kielbasa. As marathoners emerge from the relaxing tree cover of McCarren Park, they pass the Mile 12 marker and angle left onto Manhattan Avenue where Bedford Avenue ends. Two immediately visible storefronts are Polska Ksiegarnia and Lomzynianka Restauracja, clear signs that we are in Little Poland. They used to call Brooklyn the City of Churches, and now another beacon is towering in the distance. It is the Church of St. Anthony-St. Alphonsus, a Gothic Revival work with a tall spire that is worth gawking at right up until the route passes it by. A block later, the masses swing a sharp right onto Greenpoint Avenue for perhaps a one-minute downhill glide, and then a left onto McGuiness Boulevard. It is a testament to the lure of this area that even on this stretch of McGuinness, where loud trucks rumble past wheel alignment shops and electrical supply companies, new condos line the left side of the street. The Pulaski Bridge is just ahead. Is it halftime already? Remember to go to my web page (https://runarweb.com/nycm_e.php). Click the menu option "Description of the Course". There I also describe the course, mile by mile. I don't describe the neighborhoods, but the course itself, hills etc.
Added on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at 04:59 PM
A MESSAGE FROM Ashley Ortelli's Fundraising Page
I am so excited to be returning to the NYC Marathon after 14 years!  I won't be doing it alone, but rather racing for and with Joe Torre Safe at Home, which provides healing, hope, and empowerment to children who are exposed to violence and abuse. 

Feeling safe at home is something every child deserves. Safe At Home's transformational programs ensure that children and teens have a safe place to heal, grow, and learn to support one another. Thank you again for supporting their cause for this year's marathon!

You can now sponsor me for a mile of the New York City Marathon!  As the mileage increases, so does the difficulty and the cost!  Here is the mileage breakdown:

0 (Journey to the start) - Frank Lizzio
1 (Buy a bridge: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge) - Rachel Quiles
2 (Buy a bridge: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge) - Frank Lizzio
3 (Buy a borough: Brooklyn) - Gillian Lichter
4 - Frank Lizzio
5 - Meg Burdett
6 - Frank Lizzio
7 - Jim Thone
8 (Buy a building: Barlays Center) - Rachel Serton
9 (Buy a building: Brooklyn Academy of Music) - Richard Mooney
10 - $50 - Linda & Mark Shames
11 - Robin Portman & Vito Varriale
12 - Colleen Olphie-Lippman
13 - Frank Lizzio
14 (Buy a bridge: Pulaski Bridge) - Shannon Maria Brower
15 (Buy a borough: Queens) - Shannon Maria Brower
16 (Buy a bridge: Queensboro Bridge) - Ann Palladino Kornacki
17 - Dennis and Linda Ortelli
18 - Danielle C. in loving memory of Paul Chery
19 - Frank Lizzio
20 - (Buy a borough: Bronx) - Kristin Rubisch
21 (Buy a bridge: Madison Avenue) - Laura, Madison, and Jordan Wittmer
22 (Buy a borough: Harlem) - $200 - in loving memory of Helen Rubisch 
23 (Buy a borough: Manhattan) - Kristin Rubisch
24 (Buy a museum: Guggenheim) - Steve Karp
25 (Buy a park: Central Park) - $400
26.2 - Liane Roseman, in loving memory of Linda Arden


During the mile that you sponsor I will be blaming you for the pain that I am in and I may send you photos of how miserable I look.  If you would like a specific mile (and it is available), please let me know.  Feel free to donate more money than is requested for the mile you would like.  Please send me a message, email, text, etc to let me know what mile you would like when you are donating.  I look forward to running every mile with you!

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  • Giovanna Giordano made a $50.00 donation

    You go girlfriend!

    $50.00
  • Dale Tucker made a $50.00 donation

    Have a great day tomorrow!

    $50.00
  • Hallie Fenton made a $100.00 donation
    $100.00
  • Maria Vazquez-Goncalves made a $25.00 donation

    Good luck & God Bless you!

    $25.00
  • Amy Thibodeau made a $25.00 donation

    good luck lady!!!

    $25.00
  • Leah DeCaro made a $150.00 donation

    good luck!! stay hydrated!! I'm sure you will fly like a bird🤗

    $150.00
  • Christina Dixcy made a $50.00 donation

    RUN GOOD! xoxo

    $50.00
  • Mitha Chery made a $20.00 donation
    $20.00
  • Patrons of Nod Hill Brewery made a $329.39 donation
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  • Nod Hill Brewery made a $100.00 donation

    woot woot!

    $100.00
  • Matt Leonard made a $20.00 donation
    $20.00
  • Anonymous made a $10.00 donation
    $10.00
  • In memory of Peter Lambo made a $100.00 donation

    good luck chasing Cheetos

    $100.00
  • John Raffa made a $25.00 donation

    Best of luck, hope fir a cool day.

    $25.00
  • Bob Karp made a $55.00 donation

    26.2…GO FOR IT AND DOUBLING DOWN.

    $55.00
  • Tommy Pelletier made a $100.00 donation

    Great cause! Go Crush it!

    $100.00
  • Max Parker made a $100.00 donation

    good luck!

    $100.00
  • Danielle Chery made a $100.00 donation

    We’re so proud of you Ashley and we absolutely LOVE the Ortellis! The Chery Family

    $100.00
  • Benta Samuelson made a $100.00 donation

    good luck out there!! we are all rooting for you from near and far!

    $100.00
  • John Raffa made a $10.00 donation
    $10.00
  • Danielle Ortelli made a $75.00 donation

    You got this!! 🏃🏼‍♀️ Run for all those people that can’t! ❤️ Sprinks, Maddy, Regina, and Cris

    $75.00
  • Frrank Lizzio made a $75.00 donation

    I got you Super Runner Girl miles 0/4/6!!!!!

    $75.00
  • Natalie Telyatnikov made a $50.00 donation

    You are amazing, friend!!!! PLEASE put this in your calendar: Max's 9th birthday, Stamford Museum and Nature Center at noon - 3 on Sunday October 23rd! the Melt Mobile food truck will be there from noon - 2 and we will have a Meet the Reptiles act around 1 or 1:30! My number is 203-918-3750 still but i got a new phone and lost my contacts so text me there! -- Natalie & Igor

    $50.00
  • Ian Weiss made a $25.00 donation
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  • Gerald Bosak made a $250.00 donation
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  • Carina Bandhauer made a $50.00 donation
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  • Stephen Karp made a $300.00 donation

    Wishing that you first make it to the starting line with no more physical problems or real-life interruptions. And second, that you remember the joy is in the journey ... and that the race will take care of itself. Much love - Steve Karp

    $300.00
  • John Vanacore made a $110.00 donation
    $110.00
  • Frank Lizzio made a $100.00 donation

    Ashley apply this donation where ever you need, I am so proud and happy to know you, Da do run run run da do run run!!! Give Damian a hug from me.

    $100.00
  • James Thone made a $25.00 donation

    Mile 7 covered!

    $25.00
  • Colleen Olphie made a $50.00 donation

    MILE 12!!!!! Just imagine that I am passing you on Simpaug and that you just started your run! With you in spirit Momma because you couldn't pay me to do that Marathon! You are amazing!!!! Love, Colleen

    $50.00
  • Jaci Slattery made a $100.00 donation

    to running really far

    $100.00
  • Jesse Redniss made a $100.00 donation

    Team Redniss, here to root you on.

    $100.00
  • Ashley Ortelli made a $317.50 donation

    look at me, running the nyc marathon and stuff

    $317.50
  • Michael Johnson made a $250.00 donation

    Good Luck with the race." Let God be in your feet. " this was my favorite line the fine people in Brooklyn where yelling at me when I ran,

    $250.00
  • Frank Lizzio made a $75.00 donation

    This is for mile 13, no pain no gain!!!!

    $75.00
  • In memory of Linda Arden made a $500.00 donation

    Go get it Ashley!!!! Thrilled to support you and this wonderful cause. Mom would have been too, while of course also sharing a continual stream of comments! 😉

    $500.00
  • Linda and Mark made a $50.00 donation

    We're rooting for you Ashley!! You're doing amazing things for a wonderful cause.

    $50.00
  • Laura Wittmer made a $150.00 donation

    I'll take #21: buy a bridge, Madison Ave. I'm rooting for you!

    $150.00
  • Eric Givler made a $100.00 donation

    I miss all of you; have a great run

    $100.00
  • In memory of Helen Rubisch made a $847.00 donation
    $847.00
  • Frank Lizzio made a $25.00 donation

    Hey there mile 2 covered, Da do run run run da do run run

    $25.00
  • Shannon Brower made a $200.00 donation

    some from me & some from Richard Mooney. bc over the years I’ve blamed him for quite a bit Mad Mooney March pain thank you for picking a meaningful charity and always having a big heart. love you and miss you so much

    $200.00
  • Rebecca Sigman made a $36.00 donation

    Go Ashley!!

    $36.00
  • Emily Remensperger made a $25.00 donation
    $25.00
  • Leslie Caltenco made a $20.00 donation

    I’m so happy you are running this marathon! You’re going to do great.

    $20.00
  • Gillian Lichter made a $25.00 donation

    Kristin would say the best part of going to Brooklyn is leaving, but in honor of Joe Torre's birthplace, I'm happy to buy the borough in support of both you and Safe at Home <3

    $25.00
  • David Palladino made a $15.00 donation

    “If you happen to run by a donut shop I would like a Boston crème and a lemonade!” - David, Jr.

    $15.00
  • Robin and Vito made a $50.00 donation
    $50.00
  • Rachel Serton made a $50.00 donation

    Go Ashley! So proud of you!

    $50.00
  • In memory of Theresa Leonessa made a $100.00 donation

    Good Luck! Linda and I are proud of you!!

    $100.00
  • Meghan Burdett made a $25.00 donation

    Relax. stride on. BAVO.

    $25.00
  • In memory of Paul S. Chery made a $100.00 donation

    Run like the wind! 🫶🏾

    $100.00
  • Frank Lizzio made a $100.00 donation

    You are one of my major inspirational peeps, I run because you run

    $100.00
  • Ann Palladino made a $100.00 donation

    YOU ARE MY HERO AND YOU ARE GOING TO CRUSH THIS! ❤️ Can’t wait!!

    $100.00
  • Rachel Quiles made a $25.00 donation
    $25.00
  • The Boogie Down Bronx made a $150.00 donation

    Kick ass in the best borough around!

    $150.00
  • Nicole Norman made a $20.00 donation
    $20.00
  • Benta Samuelson made a $25.00 donation

    go get ‘em!!

    $25.00
  • Roz and Mitch Rubin made a $50.00 donation

    You Go Girl! 💪💪. I’m happy to support Safe at Home!

    $50.00
  • Colleen Flannery made a $75.00 donation

    You Go Girl!!!🥰 🙌 🥰 we are all so proud of you and are cheering you on!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 you are an inspiration!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🐶🐔🐔🐔🐹🐹 The Caceri!!

    $75.00
  • Julianna Santiago made a $10.00 donation

    Get it girl! See you at the Finish Line!

    $10.00
  • Susan Zevola made a $15.00 donation

    ❤❤❤

    $15.00
  • In memory of Helen Donaldson McGowan Rubisch made a $100.00 donation

    You Go Girl! Braw!

    $100.00
  • Kristin Rubisch made a $262.00 donation

    My dearest Eliza, best of sisters, best of runners!

    $262.00
  • Jocelyn Toner made a $50.00 donation

    Pomaikaʻi!!

    $50.00
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