As a marathon runner, I must admit that I do tend to get a bit "pissy" myself whenever anyone who has never run a marathon makes a negative comment about someone's marathon time. How about this, YOU go and run 26.2 miles, and then we can talk finish times, okay?
All I know is that the light of Eritrean was shining on Meb Keflezighi and he won the damn NYC marathon! Also, the guy he beat was Kenyan- so take that Jerry Seinfeld #nycmarathon
First the marathoners get all huffy because some people take hours and hours to complete the "race." (You mean not everyone breaks for brunch?)
Then the marathoners get all pissy about how some people don't actually cover the whole course. (Twenty-six what!?!)
I don't know what's worse: Pretenders who want credit without doing the work, or true believers who worry a little too much about what other runners are up to.
@jlpcastillo: The longest distance I've ever raced was a 10K, so I don't have personal knowledge of what it must be like to run -or- walk 26.2 miles, but I can tell you that anyone with good sense and a healthy respect for running will tell you that finishing the race is the point. Veronica Webb did something most of us will never do, and she did it for a hell of a lot longer than many. Give the woman the credit she's due. #nycmarathon
Extensive coverage Foster, but dish the dirt and tell us how many people died. The only way to make marathon running palatable to the American public is if people leave the story thinking "Gee honey, I'm sure as hell never going to run a marathon. Six people DIED trying. Yeah, I'd like another beer." #nycmarathon
@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Me and a friend were on the DC metro, heading to (standard-lazy-person-activity) the movies and the participants from the Marines Marathon were still everywhere around. We were perplexed by the space blankets and wondered if they served any purpose. I thought the runners were just using them to gloat about the marathon they just finished, but Poodle, thanks for clearing that up for me. Science is cool #nycmarathon
Saw the marathon, and you know what? It’s the day after Halloween and barely any folks acknowledged that! Just all those darned foreigners wearing weird rabbit ear junk that reminds you about how weird some Euro-tastes are.
@SpyMagician: Who wins the New York Marathon does not matter. If it did, they would not have it in New York. Who WINS any marathon does not matter. Unless it is in the Olympics or you are one of the 25 or so top marathon runners. Finishing a marathon is what really matters, particularly when you get to my age and you can't do it anymore. #nycmarathon
Well, I guess the publicity stunt didn't work out like she hoped, i.e. nobody cared and it certainly wasn't helping Darfur, so she quit. What a pompous ass. "If you don't help those people in Darfur I'm going to starve myself!"
Fasting for starving people is like skipping your nap to help insomniacs.
Considering how this crisis has been mishandled to mangled, the last person to ciritcize is Farrow. Is it celebrity grandstanding? I suppose, as is any famous folk support for good causes.
Try going without food for 12 days. Hell, try being patient in the line in Starbucks. Most of the world doesn't live like we do.
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Good for Ed Norton #nycmarathon
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Then the marathoners get all pissy about how some people don't actually cover the whole course. (Twenty-six what!?!)
I don't know what's worse: Pretenders who want credit without doing the work, or true believers who worry a little too much about what other runners are up to.
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[www.runnersworld.com] #nycmarathon
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That's a 13:44 pace. Most people can walk faster than that.
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[www.nasa.gov]
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[www.techbriefs.com] #nycmarathon
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Turned? Not too much of a trick.
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Fasting for starving people is like skipping your nap to help insomniacs.
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Try going without food for 12 days. Hell, try being patient in the line in Starbucks. Most of the world doesn't live like we do.
Believe me, I love filthy, sarcastic, dark humor, but this is just dopey.
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