I’ll Show You: Proving Yourself on Fourth Ave

NYC Marathon Course Section: 4th Ave, Miles 6-8

The last section of 4th Ave in the New York City Marathon goes through Park Slope around miles 6-8. After Sunset Park, Park Slope is a relative valley. It feels pretty flat overall. The “slope” is in the shadow of is Prospect Park. This is the park where many Brooklyn runners do their weekly training. It resembles Central Park at about half the size. It is also the last leg of 4th Ave before entering a new phase of Brooklyn.

Marathoners Rocking New York Song:

Track #5: I’ll Show You

Time: 2:48

Tempo: 180 bpm

Treadmill Elevation: 1.0

NYC Marathon Course Section: Miles 6-8, Park Slope, Brooklyn

In the song “I’ll Show You,” from Marathoners Rocking New York, Sheena’s mind drifts further back. She goes from thinking about her recent past to thinking about her life as a whole and what brought her to this point. She remembers being in school and feeling misunderstood. She thinks about the why she came to New York in the first place. Her resolve to make something of herself and show the world what she’s made of is re-ignited before the Brooklyn fans of the NYC Marathon.

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I’ll Show You Lyrics:

Teacher, what do you know about the real world?

Left me unprepared for the real world

Spent your life in academia, now your senses suffer from anemia

CHORUS

But I’ll show you what I’ve got.

I’m full of spit, I’m full of snot

And we’ll see who’s right in the real world

Cuz I’m gonna make it in the real world

VERSE 2

My voice is the next canary,

You can’t find it in a dictionary

If you had only listened,

then you’d know what you were missing

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL *With Guitar solo

CHORUS

VERSE 3

I love you New York City

Both so ugly and so pretty

Pick me up and spit me out, make me scream and make me shout!

FINAL CHORUS

Let me show you what I’ve got.

I’m full of spit, I’m full of snot

And we’ll see who’s right in the real world

Cuz I’m gonna make it in the real world

Aching to make it re-al yeah x 12

Marathoners Rocking New York is the rock’n’roll-fueled journey of a 70’s punk loving young woman named Sheena. She’s on the cusp of turning 30 with nothing to show for it. Her rock star dreams are not coming true. She succeeded at the downtown party lifestyle but not at keeping a band together. After stumbling on the New York City Marathon with friends, Sheena accepts a drunken dare to run it the following year. To her surprise, and everyone else’s she actually does the training (with a little help) and makes it to the start line on time.

Sheena runs the marathon without music, so Marathoners Rocking New York is the guitar-driven soundtrack going on in her mind as she navigates the course. The songs are influenced by the early punk movement in 1970’s New York with bands like the Ramones, Blondie, The Patti Smith Group, and Television. The album is in an excellent tempo for running playlists and a useful tool for marathon training that can be downloaded through iTunes.