Race from New York to Washington
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by The Situation Room via twitter edited by CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet 11/27/2013 10:24:53 PM
.@BrianToddCNN crosses #CNNGreatRaceHome finish line & joins @NicRobertsonCNN +@LisaDCNN ! Thanks for following along! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaHHTIbCIAAttkz.jpg
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by Nic Robertson via twitter retweeted by Fujiki_Heartman 11/27/2013 4:11:44 PM#CNN race #NYC to #DC @LisaDCNN by train @BrianToddCNN drives, I fly - begins noon - making new friends - w... vine.co/v/hU0zmzLZOw3
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TODAY: looking for some RTs - I am racing the great @NicRobertsonCNN and @BrianToddCNN from NY to DC #CNNRace -
THE RACE: we'll leave live at noon, I'll get on a train, @NicRobertson will take a plane and trooper @BrianToddCNN will be in a car on 95.
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Here's the rundown of how their plans would work out, if all goes smoothly:
Robertson: Take off at 1 p.m., land in Washington at 2:20 p.m., drive to CNN offices.
Desjardins: Take a 1 p.m. Amtrak Acela train to Washington, arriving at 3:45 p.m., drive to CNN offices.
Todd: Drive from New York to CNN offices in Washington, perhaps a four-hour trip. (So, an arrival sometime after 5 p.m.)
Might not be that easy for Robertson, though. First of all, he'll need to make it to LaGuardia. He's leaving Time Warner Center in Manhattan for LaGuardia in Queens -- at least a 20-minute taxi ride. Then he needs to navigate the crowds there. Apparently he's going to go through security normally. You might think Mr. Senior International Correspondent would go through a TSA pre-check line, but not for this race, it seems.
And then there's the possibility of flight delays. Heavy winds today have caused delays averaging about an hour at LaGuardia, the FAA says. Though a delay might help him, since he's got a late start to the airport.
If he misses the 1 p.m. flight, he'll try to catch another. -
by Brian Todd via twitter 11/27/2013 4:32:12 PM30-mins and counting till the #GreatRaceHome begins! It ends on #SitRoom later. I'm racing @NicRobertsonCNN and @LisaDCNN fr. NY to DC. -
by Nic Robertson via twitter retweeted by StephGoggansCNN 11/27/2013 4:32:40 PMGood morning @LisaDCNN and @BrianToddCNN - today we race #NYC to #DC - Lisa by train, Brian drives, I fly - begins noon ET who arrives 1st
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To recap how long it theoretically would take each person, not counting delays:Robertson: Take off at 1 p.m., land in Washington at 2:20 p.m., drive to CNN offices.
Desjardins: Take a 1 p.m. Amtrak Acela train to Washington, arriving at 3:45 p.m., drive to CNN offices.
Todd: Drive from New York to CNN offices in Washington, perhaps a four-hour trip. (So, an arrival sometime after 5 p.m.)
If Robertson or Desjardins had missed their 1 p.m. departures, they would have tried for a different time. -
by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 6:14:39 PMOn my delta shuttle flight #CNNGreatRaceHome kinda bumpy but just happy to be here - really - kind and respectful #TSA - secure and fast
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 6:18:37 PM
At last! Our train is announced... In line. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaGO7ycIMAA4sYA.jpg
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This race is already over. Nic's plane is already in the air. -
by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 6:22:54 PMPilot just announced too turbulent for beverage service - the storms #CNNGreatRaceHome - still need to find taxi at #National to finish race
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by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 6:26:30 PM
Soon after take off #CNNGreatRaceHome http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaGQvH9CMAAozCc.jpg
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by Brian Todd via twitter 11/27/2013 6:27:09 PMStill slow-going on NJ Turnpike.. #CNNGreatRaceHome not looking great for Team Todd! See you on #SitRoom
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Nic Robertson should be required to take public transit once in DC - more intrigue, more interesting.
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by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 6:28:26 PM
Cloud looks pretty from up here but very bumpy ride - flight expected landing early #CNnGReatRAceHOme http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaGRLeNCIAA5KJ-.jpg
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by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 6:31:51 PM
Ride a little bumpy - feels like we are beginning our decent #CNNGreatRaceHome vine.co/v/hUEUBY3qaiH
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 6:33:44 PM
Plane may b fast but check out my roomy seat, table, new friends - oh - is that free internet? #CNNGreatRaceHome http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaGSZLMIUAAKKyH.jpg
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 6:38:58 PMExactly. Shaking fist. @CNNSitRoom : Now he's just rubbing it in, @BrianToddCNN RT @NicRobertsonCNN Soon after take off #CNNGreatRaceHome .
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With Robertson in the air, it's hardly a race for first anymore. FlightAware.com shows his Delta Flight 5915 over southeastern Pennsylvania, not far from northern Maryland. Delta estimates the plane will land at about 2:16 p.m.At this point he could almost eat a meal, take a tour of the capital and have a nap before slipping into the D.C. studio ahead of Desjardins.
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 6:54:05 PMMy location: Gliding by Woodbridge, NJ, the sixth-most populous municipality in the Garden State (Census). Helloooo New Jersey (from train).
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 6:57:34 PMNo! How about a) price, b) comfort, c) airport migraines? RT @JesseyLadny : @LisaDCNN yes but in a race, fast is all that counts...right?
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For those wondering how Robertson got from his cab (where he still was sitting at 12:45 p.m.) to the plane (sitting down at 12:59 p.m.) so fast:His flight took off from LaGuardia's Marine Air Terminal, which serves short "shuttle" flights like this one, and is located away from the main cluster of terminals. His chances of having a short TSA security line were better there than at the rest of the airport."I was lucky no one in line ahead of me -- I ran past someone on the way in -- ran the length of the terminal and they were calling my name at the gate," Robertson wrote in an e-mail.
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#CNNGreatRaceHome map
#TheGreatRaceHome routes. Nic's path is blue. Yellow for Lisa. Red for Brian.by dorrine.mendoza -
by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 7:33:29 PMOn the final leg driving through heavy rain passing #Pentagon soon #CNNGReatracehome - hitting traffic on 395 on the bridge - not home yet
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 7:38:09 PMClassic! CNN about to come to me for the train update and at that second we go into the underground Philly station. Sorry, folks.
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by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 7:40:46 PM
Slow bit steady in the traffic heading in to the nations capital #CNNGreatRaceHome should be 5 minutes - bu... vine.co/v/hU9hd3pY2KP
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by Nic Robertson via twitter 11/27/2013 7:42:41 PM
Past the block - open roads - is this the home straight ? #CNNGreatRaceHome vine.co/v/hU9MOxPluA7
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 7:43:55 PMREALIZATION: This could be a close race for second. @BrianTodd is now farther south in his car than I am on the train. #CNNGreatRaceHome
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Standing at Washington's Reagan National Airport about 20 minutes ago, a relaxed-looking Robertson said he had to be the luckiest traveler today -- no line at the TSA security checkpoint at LaGuardia's off-to-the-side Marine Air Terminal, and no delay in his flight to Washington."I didn’t think I was going to make it," he said of his New York cab ride to LaGuardia. "It was so slow getting up along the west side of Central Park. "It was hitting all the red lights."You'll see below that Robertson is on his roughly 25-minute car ride from Reagan National Airport to the CNN offices in Washington. His victory is well in hand -- Desjardins isn't due to arrive for at least another hour, and driver Todd -- as you would expect -- is well behind.
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Unfair comparison, they should have started the clock when leaving the office not the departure time of the vehicle. try getting from midtown to LaGuardia in less than 45 minutes. and most people don't run through airports to make their flight. very unrealistic.
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I think it is not fair at all how Nic did not arrive at the airport the Delta required 45 mins prior to an LGA departure. Part of the flying race is leaving early and waiting for the flight. Interesting that the US Air flight an hour later is delayed. We'll see what DL5919 does! Nic should have been required to be on the later flight!
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Despite Robertson's win, Desjardins remains optimistic that she'll come in second place. "I think Brian Todd may be just a little ahead of me, but I'm about to pass him," she said as the train traveled about 100 mph through Elkton, Maryland. -
by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 8:10:59 PMMainly it's my new friends enjoying the vino MT @ScottADunn66 : @LisaDCNN you're allowed to drink while on the #CNN timeclock? ...Cool!
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Todd describes himself as a "curmudgeonly and bitter driver dealing with the elements" and says his "chances of winning this race are slipping fast." But it's not all doom and gloom. "We've been pretty fortunate considering the weather," he says. Right now he's just south of Newark, Delaware.
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 8:18:00 PM
Team Train celebration. (something @briantoddcnn , Nic Robertson don't have - new friends.) vine.co/v/hU9Hn7XMKvj
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Robertson says winning was no easy feat. "We were 10 minutes from the airport and I didn't think I was going to get there. ... I am the luckiest traveler today." And he seems thirsty. His flight was too bumpy for beverage service. "So that coffee Brian's enjoying, can I get one now?" he asked when he arrived in our Washington studio.
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by Brian Todd via twitter 11/27/2013 8:22:45 PMIn northern Md., dealing w/snow (!) in #CNNGreatRaceHome . Catch our adventure on #SitRoom , 5:00p ET.
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 8:24:00 PMWill shout out and ask MT @danmericaCNN : for @LisaDCNN : Are there any former NSA heads on the train w/ u? CC: @tommatzzie #CNNGreatRaceHome
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by Lisa Desjardins via twitter 11/27/2013 8:47:47 PM
Love the train: meet great people like Shannon + Tim who just sent out wedding invites ystrdy. #CNNGreatRaceHome http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BaGxEtYCMAAkllC.jpg
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She made it! Lisa Desjardins just clocked in at our Washington studio, the official second place winner of the #CNNGreatRaceHome.
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Brian Todd, meanwhile, just compared himself to Chevy Chase in the National Lampoon movies. He's still stuck in traffic.
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by The Situation Room via twitter 11/27/2013 9:37:48 PM#LIVE on @CNN : Our @BrianToddCNN , in last place, gives an update of his position: "Somewhere in Maryland" #CNNGreatRaceHome
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by The Situation Room via twitter 11/27/2013 9:40:18 PM#BREAKING : @tomforemancnn walks @LisaDCNN into the #SitRoom after 4hrs 32mins of traveling by train for 2nd place finish! #CNNGreatRaceHome
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by echerneff via twitter 11/27/2013 9:42:10 PM#CNNGreatRaceHome update- @NicRobertsonCNN 1st place, @LisaDCNN 2nd -will @BrianToddCNN make it by @CNNSitRoom 5p? Tune in! #CNN
