Comments on: The Jackass Kick

By: mr loser

mr loser — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:40:47 +0000

Funny post and too true. I’ve experienced untold cheers at many an event’s end only to find they were for grandmas, pre-pubescents or clumping Colonel Sanders characters about to rumble past.

By: carlos

carlos — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:55:06 +0000

Hi Dean,
please contact me – i would like to present your blog
as “blog of the month” inside one of the upcoming EPO ezine
issues.
Just in case you would like to check out what for,
read some of the old issues at http://epo.endorphinum.de
and check out the “blog-o-meter” or “blogspot” columns.

Greetings from Hamburg in Germany!

By: Andrew Runion

Andrew Runion — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:21:05 +0000

Still not running. I’m on a roll.

By: Andrew Runion

Andrew Runion — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:11:57 +0000

In a recent rainstorm, a woman in my area was running and a tree limb fell and killed her. Proof, once again, that running can kill you.

12,045 days of not running, and counting.

By: Dane

Dane — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:47:20 +0000

“Anyone who would contemplate passing an old woman in sight of a marathon finish is, by definition, a jackass.”

I wholeheartedly disagree.

First of all, nice of you to recognize her efforts. But second, I think we have gotten to the point, or at least we SHOULD be to the point, where beating any runner, regardless of age and gender, should be about beating a competitor. I am sure there will be many who will deride your desire to beat a woman (and yes, there is a slight sexist psyche that makes males kick it in a little bit to beat a female in some races) but many will want to be treated simply as another “runner”. If or when I beat all the women in a race I am pleased. Not because I bet the women but because if a runner beats all the women in the race, chances are, on this day and age, you ran a pretty fast time.

Then again, maybe I am a jackass. Won’t be the first or last time that is asserted!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:27:53 +0000

Oh, and I mentioned you in my blog today
http://www.inathought.com/blog/2009/07/636/

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:09:22 +0000

I had a few minutes to spare this morning and I decided to check out good ol’ ZTB and I’m glad I did. Always a fun read, thanks.

By: RunnerDude

RunnerDude — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:26:04 +0000

Just make sure you get to the Hobble & Gobble, I mean the Picadilly by 4:30 to beat the rush!
Great post!

By: B.o.B.

B.o.B. — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:07:51 +0000

I legitimately got beat by a 10 year old the other day. At least you won your race.

By: dean.schuster

dean.schuster — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:51:05 +0000

Viper,

By Grabthar’s hammer… I shall avenge you.

- Dean

By: Viper

Viper — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:11:57 +0000

I believe we all have to go through some version of this story. I have gone through it more than once, but the worst was last year’s Towpath Marathon when this older gent, whose form more resembled a question mark than a runner, passed me in the late stages of the race and said, not panting, “20 miles and I finally passed someone.” There’s no comeback for that.

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:08:26 +0000

I think the crowd showed bad form as well. Of course you’re going to beat someone doing 16-minute miles…but I know that feeling, having once raced some 7-year-old being coached by his dad on the sidelines — and losing to him anyway.