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DCRunningDiva
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 Posted: 11/01/04 - 22:46 Post subject: Things I saw yesterday
Marathoning always brings out the best in people and with a marathon on Halloween you can only imagine what I saw...
Halloween-related sightings:
Superman
Madonna (with her cone bra)
Kermit the frog
Dude wearing full-gear fireman's outfit
Dude wearing full-gear military outfit (notice - only dudes do this!)
Bride/Groom (this one is getting kinda old)
Dude in pink tutu (  )
Dude in full business attire
Wonderwoman
Captain America
Incredible Hulk
Non-Halloween related:
Dude who really needed to wipe his nose...it was hanging/dripping and blowing in the wind
Dude who spent way too much time in a port-a-potty without any toilet paper
Wheelchair guy taking a crash on a hill at about mile 3. 
What really odd things have you seen in a race???
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 22:51 Post subject:
Spiderman....on August 1st.
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 23:29 Post subject:
Where's your RR? Did you see the thread I started for you?
Congratulations, Diva!!
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 23:32 Post subject:
 Yeah! Congratulations!
When I ran Chicago, I ran about a mile or so with some dude wearing nothing but a black thong and a bowtie! 
I absolutely had to ask him if he used any bodyglide......His reply completely serious and stunned at the same time - "What's Bodyglide?"
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 11/01/04 - 23:53 Post subject:
| imgomer wrote: | Where's your RR? Did you see the thread I started for you?
Congratulations, Diva!! |
Girl, I even posted in the CH! 
THANK YOU for the thoughts you sent my way via SGH! She told me you wished you could be there to cheer me on...that means so much. 
Maybe my next race will be in CA!
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 07:10 Post subject:
| alyson98 wrote: | Yeah! Congratulations!
When I ran Chicago, I ran about a mile or so with some dude wearing nothing but a black thong and a bowtie!
I absolutely had to ask him if he used any bodyglide......His reply completely serious and stunned at the same time - "What's Bodyglide?" |
Was this this year?? I was there this year and saw a guy in a speedo too. I don't remember the tie though. I guess I was looking below the neck??  It was not pretty BTW. 
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 07:25 Post subject:
No interesting sitings at my marathon.
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 08:57 Post subject:
I don't remember much at Chicago - I do recall a guy at somewhere between miles 18 and 20 dressed like a chicken. At Mad City, there was the obligatory feminine hygiene product in the road (this always seems to happen in Madison races, for some reason  ), and the woman who thought she was at a Nascar event, and flashed us. 
At the Crystal Lake half, there was a firefighter (for real), dressed in the full gear. And he did finish.
I usually am searching the sidelines for Goldens. I don't believe in luck, but usually when I see them, good things happen.
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:05 Post subject:
Other than the crazy abortion protestors with their disgusting photos and people literally stopping dead in their tracks to fall over, nothing too bizarre at the marathon. At other races? Plenty. The highlights:
- dude running all 10 miles of Broad Street with a "case of beer for the finish"
- a quartet of dudes dressed as the Nike "nekkid soccer field guy", wearing nothing but fleshtoned thongs, long scarves, and running shoes. In February, in snow, sub 30 degree weather.
- the Human Construction Zone - a guy who ran all 5 NYC half marathons dressed head-to-toe in yellow and orange reflective gear, who carried a yellow boombox that played jazz the whole time he ran
- Flash, who ran in full costume (including boots and mask) through Manhattan in 85 degree weather
FYI - I did see a feminine hygiene product at a race this fall and immediately thought of gretriever. Great association, no?
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:11 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: |
FYI - I did see a feminine hygiene product at a race this fall and immediately thought of gretriever. Great association, no? |
For the first time, Kid, I have no comeback to a reply of yours. Congrats! 
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 09:39 Post subject:
The KY Derby Festival Mini/Marathon has The Running Elvises each year. A few years ago, it was one. Now its about five, all singing and running, tossing scarves to the crowd.
This year, about mile 6, Old Fat Elvis stood waiting for the rest. I'm guessing Old Fat Elvis did not wish to run 13 miles, and met them half way.
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 10:02 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: | The KY Derby Festival Mini/Marathon has The Running Elvises each year. A few years ago, it was one. Now its about five, all singing and running, tossing scarves to the crowd.
This year, about mile 6, Old Fat Elvis stood waiting for the rest. I'm guessing Old Fat Elvis did not wish to run 13 miles, and met them half way. |
Wouldn't that be the Running Elvii ?
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Posted: 11/02/04 - 10:13 Post subject:
| MastrBrewr wrote: |
Wouldn't that be the Running Elvii ? |
Good to see I wasn't the only one who was thinking that.
Thankya, Brewer, thankyaveramuch.
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 11/03/04 - 20:16 Post subject:
| bpdou wrote: | The KY Derby Festival Mini/Marathon has The Running Elvises each year. A few years ago, it was one. Now its about five, all singing and running, tossing scarves to the crowd.
This year, about mile 6, Old Fat Elvis stood waiting for the rest. I'm guessing Old Fat Elvis did not wish to run 13 miles, and met them half way. |
Hey, maybe I should make that my next marathon? What month is that? April?
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