Around 7:15 am on Thursday, a photographer in a golf cart trailed a gaggle of young runners in matching black shirts through the southern corner of Central Park. This wasn’t some Instagram-ready Gen Z run club, but had potentially as much virality, if not more, since Jon Gray, Blackstone’s president and unlikely short-form video star, was leading the pack.
I joined Gray and more than 110 interns, first-year analysts, and pre-MBA summer associates for a group run — and yes, it really was a run, since even those of us at the back kept a pace of 9:22 per mile, according to my Strava. The event was inspired by Gray’s hugely popular running videos…
