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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Marty Champions on November 01, 2012, 04:16:06 PM
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how silly is that a bunch of clowns running the whole day while the town is in shambles needs repairing LOL
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got to keep that money coming in, just jump over any dead people you might find along the course.
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got to keep that money coming in, just jump over any dead people you might find along the course.
lol
marathoners are so gay they just sit around all fucking day then run a marathon then sit around all fucking day
how about standing all fuckin day and do standing curls and standing lunges when done with standing around at work
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I am doing a marathon soon.. does that make me a marathoner? I'm pretty sure I will be sleeping before it and definitely not doing shit afterwards.. literally not moving.. maybe even sleeping again. Probably sleeping
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I ran a 1/2, that was far enough for me. mine was a trail run so that made it a lot less gay. ;D
I did it so I could eat more food.
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i went 16 miles once i was totally fucked
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I like to run but 26.2 miles fuck that. Does more damage than good no matter how "in" "shape" you are I wager.
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They should let Runningmom start now so she can at least beat 1-2 people.
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Is this still on?
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I like to run but 26.2 miles fuck that. Does more damage than good no matter how "in" "shape" you are I wager.
how fast can you run a mile ;D
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I challenge anyone to do a rear lat spread the entire time while running a marathon. Now that's posing practice.
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how silly is that a bunch of clowns running the whole day while the town is in shambles needs repairing LOL
X2!
what are they thinking, how confused is this, they put survival off just to run from point a to point b for no apparent reason.
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They don't have power in many areas, gasoline is tight, hotels are packed, they're still finding bodies...
Should the marathon continue, or postpone?
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Sports are always more important than the welfare of the public. Imagine the travesty if the Super Bowl were canceled. The show must go on.
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they might cancel if they knew derek anthony was at deaths door...
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fuck it, go ahead and run. its gonna take years to fix the damage.
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ron avidan is doing the marathon
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Can`t wait.
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ron avidan is doing the marathon
I would be impressed if Ron did it and could finish in 5hrs or less, seriously.
Considering what happened , I think the NYC marathon should be cancelled.
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Its absurd. They should give the runners provisions and send them off into the bouroughs to deliver goods to those stranded.
Typical liberal idiocy on display w Bloomberg
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Yes. It's shameful.
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Should we use generators for a marathon or generators for people who are suffering? ::)
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Yes cancel that shit.
There will be less stupid fffuuckss with the "26.2" stickers on their cars!
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Common sense says it should be cancelled - from what I've seen in news reports there's far too many areas in bad need of help.
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The mayor and governor should lose their job letting this thing happen
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$$$...the city needs all it can get right now.
over 300mil made last year.
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Would be the first time a white athlete ever wins the prestigious race...
...(becaus black people can't swim.)
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Cancel it.
Almost all of Manhattan under 39th street is dead in terms of power. The gas supply is about to run out. Staten Island is DESTROYED. 40 - 50% of Long Island doesn't have power. Travel times are 3 - 4x longer than normal, but they're going to close the Verrazano bridge for the Marathon, and pull doctors and police out to watch over the runners.
The people should take to the streets and disrupt that entire route. It's a travesty.
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Sports seem to always go above human dignity and morals. Look at all the idiots at sport games who get drunk, fight, boo injured players on the other team, or make stupid remarks when a player they dont like gets sick or gets hurt. I will never understand the appeal to sports. It's not you who is winning the game. You're not getting paid. Seriously, get a grip.
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Yes, they should cancel EVERYTHING!
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If they are disrupting the only roads and bridges that are open then yes. Otherwise who cares. Should I not go to the gym until everyone else has power? Its over, the recovery process has started. Life goes on. Its not like these runners are taking time off from their jobs at the power companies. I say run the race and lets move forward instead of sitting around crying.
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Sports seem to always go above human dignity and morals. Look at all the idiots at sport games who get drunk, fight, boo injured players on the other team, or make stupid remarks when a player they dont like gets sick or gets hurt. I will never understand the appeal to sports. It's not you who is winning the game. You're not getting paid. Seriously, get a grip.
::) Strange isnt it . Worshiping a bunch of guys playing childrens games . Its fucking bizzar
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Staten Island Hotel Refuses To Evict Storm Refugees For Visiting Marathoners
The owner of the Staten Island, New York’s Hilton Garden Inn is refusing to evict local refugees from Hurricane Sandy, even though his decision has drawn fire from marathoners who made reservations to stay and run the 43rd annual ING New York City Marathon this weekend.
“How do I tell people who have no place to go, that have no home, no heat, that you have to leave because I have to make room for somebody that wants to run the marathon?” asked hotel owner Richard Nicotra. “I can’t do that,” he said.
Mary Wittington, the president of the New York Road Runners, the group is sponsoring the marathon, agrees that displaced New Yorkers should take precedence over visiting runners.
“Marathoners will find a way,” she said in an interview. “They’re coming here now in support.”
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Staten Italy will survive Hurricane Sandy
As a nation we will not survive Hurricane Obama
Staten Island Hotel Refuses To Evict Storm Refugees For Visiting Marathoners
The owner of the Staten Island, New York’s Hilton Garden Inn is refusing to evict local refugees from Hurricane Sandy, even though his decision has drawn fire from marathoners who made reservations to stay and run the 43rd annual ING New York City Marathon this weekend.
“How do I tell people who have no place to go, that have no home, no heat, that you have to leave because I have to make room for somebody that wants to run the marathon?” asked hotel owner Richard Nicotra. “I can’t do that,” he said.
Mary Wittington, the president of the New York Road Runners, the group is sponsoring the marathon, agrees that displaced New Yorkers should take precedence over visiting runners.
“Marathoners will find a way,” she said in an interview. “They’re coming here now in support.”
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/gregorymcneal/2012/11/02/cancel-the-marathon/ -
"And let’s not forget the mess that has to be cleaned up. No, not Sandy storm cleanup, rather who is going to cleanup after the marathoners? After all, last year there were “114.29 tons of litter and debris, 6.34 tons of paper, and 2.98 tons of metal, glass and plastic” requiring “173 uniformed Sanitation Workers and 20 Supervisors who will operate 39 collection trucks, 41 mechanical brooms, seven dump trucks, 21 push brooms and back pack blowers, four front end loaders, and a fleet of small pickup vehicles to remove the marathon’s refuse and recyclables.” Dump trucks, front end loaders, nearly 200 government workers, and Mayor Bloomberg wants us to believe that picking up Gatorade cups is the best use of government time and resources?"
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colin cowherd said it perfectly -
If ONE police officer or generator has to be taken away from helping NYers without power - and given to a runner - then it is a mistake.
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Now that Jay Cutler basically has a "runners physique", does anyone know if he will be running in the NY Marathon?
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Postpone that damn thing.
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Bloomberg is a fucking moron..It really is pathetic
Gets hit with the biggest storm of the century and decides to hold the event 5 days after ::)
Lots of internet blogs saying that if the marathon is held, the marathon runners WILL be assaulted.
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No. Would you want them to cancel the Olympia because of a little rain storm?
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No. Would you want them to cancel the Olympia because of a little rain storm?
Nobody gives a shit about the Olympia nor the NYC Marathon
2 africans, and 40,000 losers
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colin cowherd said it perfectly -
If ONE police officer or generator has to be taken away from helping NYers without power - and given to a runner - then it is a mistake.
Agree
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Sports seem to always go above human dignity and morals. Look at all the idiots at sport games who get drunk, fight, boo injured players on the other team, or make stupid remarks when a player they dont like gets sick or gets hurt. I will never understand the appeal to sports. It's not you who is winning the game. You're not getting paid. Seriously, get a grip.
I understand the appeal of sports--to a degree. I do not understand it to the degree evident in the US. I'd much rather play a sport (any sport--even one I've never played before or have no skill at) than watch it on TV or from the sidelines. I guess it's just a difference in personality type. I also do not understand the hopelessly fat and out of shape men who are dedicated sports fans... spending their time, money, on attending sporting events, buying magazines, and photographing athletes as if their lives depended on it. One sees this in the world of bodybuilding a lot. Strange. :-\
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how silly is that a bunch of clowns running the whole day while the town is in shambles needs repairing LOL
all politicians are tools......... no big surprise there. should run it at night would be more interesting running among the crackheads, whores, mass murders in other words nyc finest. do it during a blackout...
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Cancel.
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NYC Marathon was just announced, it's been canceled due to so much controversy around it! Good job New Yorkers, we need some sense of normalcy. We have people who are cold and hungry, they come first!
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Off
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how fast can you run a mile ;D
Not sure bro maybe 5:30 or so. I haven't run a mile for time in about 15 years.
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The NYC marathon bring in about $340 million each year
http://www.businessinsider.com/lets-look-at-all-the-ways-the-marathon-brings-money-to-nyc-2012-11 (http://www.businessinsider.com/lets-look-at-all-the-ways-the-marathon-brings-money-to-nyc-2012-11)
The simplest reason for allowing Sunday's New York City Marathon to proceed is that it brings in a lot of money.
The race is worth $340 million each year, according to a 2010 study commissioned from consulting firm AECOM by the race's organizers, the New York Road Runners club.
The analysis surveyed 1,000 participants in the Marathon, and assessed their spending in categories such as hotel, travel, entertainment and retail.
The 2010 race drew 45,350 participants, 2 million spectators, and a television reach of 315 million worldwide.
Runners alone spent $1,800 over the course of the weekend.
If you average four guests per runner, you get $326+ million.
The race also yields direct tax revenues of between $10.8 to $11.2 million.
And it provides $24.3 million to NYC charities.
But with airports having shut down this week, the $340 million figure is likely already compromised.
Meanwhile, Sports Marketing Frontiers estimates ING paid more than $4 million to sponsor the marathon.
David Carter, executive director of the University of Southern California's Sports Business Institute, told us there was no way of knowing what kind of penalty the city would incur to ING if it canceled.
He added that too much time would have elapsed for any force majeure clause in the sponsorship deal to have been invoked.
"If the storm rolled through today, many would believe there was no way to run it," he said. "Whereas some now believe the run could go off, that there is maybe sufficient time to make an informed decision, and that it was not part of act of god."
There's also a third party with millions at stake.
The New York Road Runner's club is the official organizer of the race. Its annual revenue is approximately $55 million, of which the marathon is the biggest revenue driver, according to Fox News.
In an interview with CNBC, NYRR CEO Mary Wittenberg said the race now represents something larger.
"It’s no longer a run in any shape or form. It’s only about helping the city of New York on the road to recovery."
The race will start on Staten Island at 9:10 am on Sunday.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/lets-look-at-all-the-ways-the-marathon-brings-money-to-nyc-2012-11#ixzz2B6XYnmiO
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NYC has $$$ billions. They need people, equipment, man power, stuff. Money is not the answer right now.
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Its canceled
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What the?, this thread is pure stupidity. Why would they not go ahead with it? each person has over a thousand hours invested into it, you expect them to not do it, this is the type of stuff that lifts up spirits, when everyone else is bitter, this is encouragement and beneficial.
I ran a marathon 4 years ago and it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, unbelievable how mentally tough these runners are.
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Sunday's New York City marathon has been called off in the aftermath of the super storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced.
He said in a statement: "We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it."
Plans to press ahead with the race had prompted uproar from politicians in cyclone-ravaged parts of the city.
More than 90 US deaths, over 40 of them in New York, have been blamed on Sandy.
Across the US East Coast, some 3.5 million homes and businesses - 1.2 million in New York state alone - still have no electricity, four days after the storm made landfall.
Mayor Bloomberg said in his statement: "While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division."
Time-lapse footage shows Sandy's passage over New York City - Footage courtesy New York Times
He added: "We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event - even one as meaningful as this - to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track."
It was not immediately clear if the race would be rescheduled for another date.
Elected officials representing Staten Island were among the harshest critics of Mayor Bloomberg's earlier statements that the race would go ahead.
"We're still pulling bodies out of the water and the mayor is worried about marathon runners and returning to life as normal," US Representative Michael Grimm, who represents the island and part of Brooklyn, told CNN.
"The Verrazano Bridge should be used for getting fuel and food in to Staten Island, not getting runners out. Police resources would be best allocated to prevent looting and in rescue and recovery operations."
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Mayor Bloomberg pussied out. Life goes on can't let the terrorsits (storm) win.
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my words have the powers to shake modern cities it seems
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Sunday's New York City marathon has been called off in the aftermath of the super storm Sandy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced.
He said in a statement: "We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it."
Plans to press ahead with the race had prompted uproar from politicians in cyclone-ravaged parts of the city.
More than 90 US deaths, over 40 of them in New York, have been blamed on Sandy.
Across the US East Coast, some 3.5 million homes and businesses - 1.2 million in New York state alone - still have no electricity, four days after the storm made landfall.
Mayor Bloomberg said in his statement: "While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division."
Time-lapse footage shows Sandy's passage over New York City - Footage courtesy New York Times
He added: "We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event - even one as meaningful as this - to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track."
It was not immediately clear if the race would be rescheduled for another date.
Elected officials representing Staten Island were among the harshest critics of Mayor Bloomberg's earlier statements that the race would go ahead.
"We're still pulling bodies out of the water and the mayor is worried about marathon runners and returning to life as normal," US Representative Michael Grimm, who represents the island and part of Brooklyn, told CNN.
"The Verrazano Bridge should be used for getting fuel and food in to Staten Island, not getting runners out. Police resources would be best allocated to prevent looting and in rescue and recovery operations."
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There will be less stupid fffuuckss with the "26.2" stickers on their cars!
Haha yes
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I understand the appeal of sports--to a degree. I do not understand it to the degree evident in the US. I'd much rather play a sport (any sport--even one I've never played before or have no skill at) than watch it on TV or from the sidelines. I guess it's just a difference in personality type. I also do not understand the hopelessly fat and out of shape men who are dedicated sports fans... spending their time, money, on attending sporting events, buying magazines, and photographing athletes as if their lives depended on it. One sees this in the world of bodybuilding a lot. Strange. :-\
That's good to know. This thread was about you, so it's nice of you to talk about yourself
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Newmom is doing a $5 blow job marathon special.
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Isn't this the marathon newmom usually runs in?
Just more pussyfication of america and our 1st world problems.
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This cougar was almost in tears in tonight's Inside Edition because the major was thinking about marathon while there's tragedy all over the place..... "This is not political, this is AMERICA........ then urging VOTERS to make a change next week.
(http://cbswogl2.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/deborah-norville.jpg?w=420)
Later we found out it has been called off.
WOOOSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
And "Would you hit?"
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should have cancelled it the day after the storm. People are still without power, some maybe trapped, bodies still being pulled out, major destruction in many areas... wtf people..a marathon...really??
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should have cancelled it the day after the storm. People are still without power, some maybe trapped, bodies still being pulled out, major destruction in many areas... wtf people..a marathon...really??
NYC is leftist looney tune land, what else you expect?
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NYC is leftist looney tune land, what else you expect?
A city that allowed a mayor to buy himself a 3rd term. Crazy :-\
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A city that allowed a mayor to buy himself a 3rd term. Crazy :-\
Allow? Like the people of NYC could have done anything anyway.
In this world:
Politicians/Money > Regular people
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Allow? Like the people of NYC could have done anything anyway.
In this world:
Politicians/Money > Regular people
X3.
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What the?, this thread is pure stupidity. Why would they not go ahead with it? each person has over a thousand hours invested into it, you expect them to not do it, this is the type of stuff that lifts up spirits, when everyone else is bitter, this is encouragement and beneficial.
I ran a marathon 4 years ago and it was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, unbelievable how mentally tough these runners are.
you ran a full marathon? if so... RESPECT
even when i was a hardcore runner the futherest i ever ran was about 12 miles, and i hated every mile of it >:(
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why dont they see who can shovel out the most water in the subway or rebuild the most houses
this country and world is truly ILL with there priorities
i sit back and laugh as a falcon because im doing and ive done my part
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why dont they see who can shovel out the most water in the subway or rebuild the most houses
this country and world is truly ILL with there priorities
i sit back and laugh as a falcon because im doing and ive done my part
don't worry about others brother, just focus on yourself and be the best that you can be
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don't worry about others brother, just focus on yourself and be the best that you can be
i cant really be the best i can be with others failing so miserably
im not a power monger or greedy guy
but i am racist and hateful of stupidity
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here is the answer. however this level of resolve can only be seen in strong self reliant white people, so NYC is fucked.
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I walked 100km through mountainous National parks here in Melbourne for the Annual Oxfam Trailwalker.
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I walked 100km through mountainous National parks here in Melbourne for the Annual Oxfam Trailwalker.
(https://images.encyclopediadramatica.se/4/47/You_win_the_prize.jpg)