Jock Semple will kick your butt if you wear an iPod. Have you seen the pictures of Jock taking out "K. Switzer" (Katherine Switzer)? She was just trying to sing along the course. Music at Boston is a big no-no. Better bring a bodyguard and you can reserve bib number 390 for him.
Jock Semple will kick your butt if you wear an iPod. Have you seen the pictures of Jock taking out "K. Switzer" (Katherine Switzer)? She was just trying to sing along the course. Music at Boston is a big no-no. Better bring a bodyguard and you can reserve bib number 390 for him.
Pics for the kids:
http://www.katherineswitzer.com/photos/tri_photo_new_400.jpg
Toss in a fanny pack and you'll be due an ass kicking by the first water stop.
OP wrote:
I expected a bit of that.
Truth be told, running is a funny sport. Boston organizers set the rules, but anyone can break them without reprecussion.
Check out the pictures at the 2008 Boston. Some pretty good runners with headphones/earbuds can easily be found.
I can't wait to be one of them in 2009!
Didn't someone once finish Boston by catching a tram to the end? I'm surprised that the Boston officials raised a fuss - it's just another rule that was broken. I don't think anyone even got a picture of that rule being broken!
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That was the famous Rosie Ruiz. It was in the 70's, and she was seen by many people on the T riding with her numbe ron. What's more she was also seen running from the crown around the 24 mile mark. She also didn't have much sweat and didn't know what a speed workout was when asked.
Yah, but there was no rule broken. Rosie still denies cheating and no one can prove that she really did cheat.
She'd be acquitted in a court of law.
So you re-tell an infamous story of someone who probably cheated without any proof.
BUT...
You set a rule (no MP3 player), take a picture of that person at the end, and DON'T disqualify them for cheating?
That doesn't make any sense.
runner1234 wrote:
That was the famous Rosie Ruiz. It was in the 70's, and she was seen by many people on the T riding with her numbe ron. What's more she was also seen running from the crown around the 24 mile mark. She also didn't have much sweat and didn't know what a speed workout was when asked.
Or it was in the '80s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_RuizAgreed. Right on.
Anthony
jizzmo wrote:
The continuing downward spirial of Boston into a big "jogfest" like other mass marathons.
If you are near the front, who cares? More money for appearance fees and prizes.
Boston! wrote:
I'm running Boston in 2009. I'll be training with my iPod, so I'll be racing with it on.
I read a few posts in the past about this being 'against the rules'. Too bad.
When I finish, I plan on pointing at my iPod. I'll post the pic on here. I'll make a bet - no one will DQ me (even in the weeks/months that follow the finish).
Go you crazy bastard...Go!
Boston! wrote:
>>> wrote:the word is out, also you are a doofus and attention-seeking-small-penised file clerk
Hah! Shows what you know. I'm not a file clerk.
The only part of the above message you denied is that you aren't a file clerk - so you are a doofus with a small penis then??
jizzmo wrote:
The continuing downward spirial of Boston into a big "jogfest" like other mass marathons.
2:15 marathoner wrote:
If you are near the front, who cares? More money for appearance fees and prizes.
Except that Boston has a cap on entries, so the 'income' from the joggers will not change unless they start upping the entry fees. Oh, and that John Hancock foots the bill for prize money and entry fees, not the Galloloafers.
