Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Marathons
Well it appears that the "marathon season" is coming to
a close for this year......I guess that the best time to run
is in the coolness of the Spring and Fall.......It basically
starts in Boston in the Spring and ends in New York City
in the fall......And, let us not forget all the smaller "runnings"
in other American cities.....
What "gets to me" is the fact that when these marathons
started they were a "home town" event.....(And many still
are.)......Some tried to create more notoriety and get better
TV coverage......In so doing they offered a big $$$$ prize to
the winner.....
Today all the BIG winners, who win the $$$$, have names
you can not pronounce and come from other countries.....
Some are members of a team with other professional runners......
What ever happened to the American hometown marathon
where the winner was happy to get his/her picture on the
front page of the morning newspaper?........Along with the
10"x12" "glossy" to frame beside the cheap little
gold ribbon.......Pumps
a close for this year......I guess that the best time to run
is in the coolness of the Spring and Fall.......It basically
starts in Boston in the Spring and ends in New York City
in the fall......And, let us not forget all the smaller "runnings"
in other American cities.....
What "gets to me" is the fact that when these marathons
started they were a "home town" event.....(And many still
are.)......Some tried to create more notoriety and get better
TV coverage......In so doing they offered a big $$$$ prize to
the winner.....
Today all the BIG winners, who win the $$$$, have names
you can not pronounce and come from other countries.....
Some are members of a team with other professional runners......
What ever happened to the American hometown marathon
where the winner was happy to get his/her picture on the
front page of the morning newspaper?........Along with the
10"x12" "glossy" to frame beside the cheap little
gold ribbon.......Pumps
# posted by Pumps @ 2:40 PM 
