Running Happy in New York

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With the out of shape among us gazing in wonder, many agency folks turned out to run the New York Marathon on Nov. 5. Some even finished it.

“You feel like you’re at the center of a parade,” says Neil Powell of the last mile of the race, which he ran in 2:53, faster than his four previous runs. With fans bellowing his name (he had penned it on his shirt), the 33-year-old Fallon managing partner soaked up the flavor, from the Latin music in Brooklyn to the quiet watchfulness of the Hasidic Jews in Williams burg.

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