Marathon You Can Do It

Marathon races have rules and regulation. The rules for elite runners are more stringent than for the casual runners.

The rules for elite runners became more clear after the debacle at 2009 Lakefront Marathon in Milwaukee. In that race three different ladies were declared winners.

The first winner was Cassie Pellar who was disqualified shortly after the race for accepting aid – a water bottle – from a friend outside of the official water stations. The second place finisher, Jennifer Goebel, then took the first place. After a few days, supporters of Cassie posted a photo of Jennifer, the race photos showed Goebel with an iPod tucked into the waistband of her shorts. Since running with an ipod is against the rules she was stripped off her first place.

The third place finisher Canitz, a green 42 year old runner was elevated to first place.I wonder what dirt they will now dig out about her??? she better have her taxes in order.

The Elite Marathon Rules

• Don’t take water or food from spectators
• Don’t listen to music during the race.
• And this last one is so obvious, Don’t use dope

written by Constantine Njeru \\ tags: Debacle, Dirt, Dope, Elite Runners, Few Days, Goebel, Ipod, Lakefront Marathon, Marathon Races, marathon runners, Milwaukee, Pellar, Photo, Place Finisher, Race Photos, Rules And Regulation, Spectators, Waistband, Water Bottle, Water Stations

I was browsing around the cyber world when I came across this invention on science mag website that claims how you can generate a usable amount of electricity from your walking.

Scientist in the United States and Canada said they have developed a unique device that can be strapped on the knee that exploits the mechanics of human walking to generate a usable supply of electricity.

If you are a runner who enjoys listening to your Ipod while running and you are worried that your Ipod Battery might get low, Worry no more! the geeks behind this gadget say a minute of walking can power a cell phone battery for 10 minutes.

 

For more information how this device works and how it might change how we run visit: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/207/1

written by Constantine Njeru \\ tags: Ban of Ipod, Ipod, Running