…Fashion Week, but marathon thoughts keep dancing in my head. Ten days to go until I am 26.2 miles deep in Easthampton. I have never looked forward to a race so much. The last long run took place yesterday, squeezed between Pamella Roland and Tibi; now all I have to do is plan my outfit! And transportation. And where I will sleep. But those are just details.

I always fall into a little depression spell after a marathon. It’s a such an enormous achievement, over in minutes, without possibility of running another for at least a couple months. I tend to feel at loose ends without a race day looming on my calendar, without an excuse to run long and fast. But this year I will stave off the finisher’s blues by training for a new race, a short race, a very interesting race that came to my attention via the lovely Elizabeth Anne:

Runyon 5K to benefit the Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

This is without a doubt one of the coolest running events I have heard of. It takes place in Yankee Stadium on Sunday, November 15, and if you are in the New York area and love a challenge, please sign up for this. So awesome. From the invitation’s description of the course:

Participants will run or walk the Stadium’s concourses and ramps, climb stairs between levels, and finish with a lap around the warning track that circles the famous field – then enjoy the view from a player’s perspective!

Intriguing, right? The entry fee is $50 (pricey for a 5-K but also tax-deductible), and you can sign up here. All proceeds support “brilliant young cancer researchers” funded by the Foundation.

Run hard, and save lives! That’s the most fashionable thing I’ve written all week.