They cancelled another marathon due to the heat, this time in Rochester , N.Y.
http://www.mynextrace.com/Article720.htm
Quickly on the heels of another big race that attracted world-wide attention for it's controversial decision:
http://www.mynextrace.com/Article526.htm
http://www.mynextrace.com/Article528.htm
Have we become wimps?
Are the insurance rates too high?
Are the Greeks of old laughing in their graves at us?
Just imagine that runners finished the marathon distance long before they had things called energy bars, gels, shot blocks, salt pills, jelly bellies, sharkies, lunch-bucket buffets (hydration belts)...sports drinks.
And, there were no chiropractors, massage therapists and sports medicine specialists like we have today.
soft I say.
soft.
We've gotten soft....
PD
peter@mynextrace.com
