DC-MARATHON ROAD CLOSURES FOR SAT 3/16

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL at all the hypokinetic non-runners who can't let the city set aside a couple of mornings a year for a little fun and recreation, not to mention some tourist dollars.

If the point was the recreation and, um, kinesis?, then they'd just all run around a track together someplace, admire each other's nipple tape, etc.

What's funny about these things is that participants in this mostly solitary hobby pay the city to let them parade it through the neighborhoods once a year like it's an event of civic interest. It's like seeing ship-in-a-bottle enthusiasts pull their creations in wagons down the middle of the city's streets, cheered on by occasional small clusters of curious residents. I'd staff a gatorade table for that.

I don't think they're paying the city. This is a for-profit race and they money is going into private pockets. One of those pockets belongs to the wife of a former city councilmember who was jailed for defrauding DC taxpayers, so basically his pocket, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Laughing. Most of the marathons block the other side of the city and it’s awful several times a year. I’m sorry this singular one affects you.

+1. Why does this marathon have the audacity to be in Ward 3?