This is not exactly off topic - actually. Someone has asked a similar question in a another forum.
I might get to run in the NYC Marathon this November (lottery selection because "only" 30,000 can run). I've come up with three options of getting there:
- Fly from Dallas (I think the round trip would be $250-300)
- Drive in my Insight the shortest route thru Tennessee, to I95 in Washington up to NYC
- Drive an additional 100 miles driving: Dallas, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, Ohio, Pennsylvania, NYC
My Insight could do 60mpg or so at 70mph on the freeways. Drive time would be two full days. I'm not supposed to run a couple of days before the race - no problem.