Oh, by the way... leave your iPod at home (Read 1650 times)

So I ran the race w/headphones. No one said anything and there were other runners doing it as well, though surely less than usual. If I didn't check my email I would never even have known the "no headphones" policy as no one even mentioned it on race day.

And yet it looks like you still had a pretty good day. Nice job, Chris.

Re: the headphones - I thought of this thread during my marathon this weekend ... as I finally went completely over to the dark side and am now entirely anti-iPod. A year ago I was arguing for them. You can probably find me arguing the point. I was wrong. They should be banned, period - and the ban enforced. I ran alongside one of the wheelchair racers (apologies if that's not the politically correct term) for almost the entire 26.2. Which was fascinating, by the way; it seems easy on the downhills, but man they struggle on the ups. So we kept passing each other on every hill. Bet I passed him 50 times and vice versa. But he'd fly on the downhills. And you see where this is going, right? On every downhill, he'd have to yell: "On your left! On your left!" And everybody got over. Except the idiots with iPods in their ears. No offense. At least a dozen times I saw him almost hit somebody. Twice runners with iPods had to be physically pulled out of his way. They were completely oblivious. Somebody will get killed, sooner or later. Guaranteed. They should be banned. Period. Or at least ban wheelchair racers. Good luck with that one.

But he'd fly on the downhills. And you see where this is going, right? On every downhill, he'd have to yell: "On your left! On your left!" And everybody got over. Except the idiots with iPods in their ears. No offense. At least a dozen times I saw him almost hit somebody. Twice runners with iPods had to be physically pulled out of his way. They were completely oblivious.

You know what would be fantastic is if they made some sort of attachment for the front of the wheelchair, similar to what 19th century locomotives on the front had to shunt cattle to the side when the train hit them. I'd stop running races and would volunteer for more of them just to watch that.

You know what would be fantastic is if they made some sort of attachment for the front of the wheelchair, similar to what 19th century locomotives on the front had to shunt cattle to the side when the train hit them. I'd stop running races and would volunteer for more of them just to watch that.

I would probably pay to watch that. You really should have seen this poor guy bellowing over and over: "On your left!" ... to the oblivious zombies. I almost tripped over a couple myself. Bring on the cattle catcher.

Bring on the cattle catcher.

I vote cattle prod. I know Len would approve.

Yes. But then he'd be going out of his way to impede other runners in hopes of a free tasing. And that's just sad.

Plus, think of all the extra miles he'd run chasing people all around the course. Kinda tough to run a PR when you're adding an extra couple miles to a race. Unless you count it as a non-certified PR, I guess.

Yeah, looks like a new PR. And sub 20's just around the corner. Nice job, Chris!

You know what would be fantastic is if they made some sort of attachment for the front of the wheelchair, similar to what 19th century locomotives on the front had to shunt cattle to the side when the train hit them. I'd stop running races and would volunteer for more of them just to watch that.

oh yeah.....that is a great visual!