Feeling Tired and Run Down?

Take solace by watching some "real work" take place today with the 31st running of the New York City Marathon.

About 30,000 contestants from all over the world will follow a 26.2 mile course through all five boroughs of New York.

If you cannot see the New York City Marathon, Karen Nicole Martin's poster of the Boston Marathon should get your heart racing.

Still worn out? Organizers of the New York Marathon give this advice to nervous runners, which might help you get through the day:

• "You are not alone."
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• "Don't double your Krispy Kreme Shop sojourns."
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• "You don't have to win."

Pictured: Karen Nicole Martin (artist) and Pro Creations Publishing Company (New Orleans), 1981 Boston Marathon (poster), 1981, silkscreen, 28 x 17 in., Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.