Race cancelled over security concerns. Really?

Probably means they werent getting enough up front entrants and this is their "out."

People who live near this canceled race should contact the race officials and point out that there are races being held in the EXACT location in Seaside that the explosion happened this weekend. One 5k and one Tri/Du.

Clueless in Topeka wrote:

Muslims ruining things for everyone.

No.....A paranoid or dishonest race director is ruining people's weekend race. The bomber didn't just target races, and was caught quickly.

Wherever this race was being held, people should remember and not support the people running it. Who wants to sign up and train for a race and then if someone says "boo" the race is off? Cowards.....

becuz wrote:

You know what we should be pissed at big time? The effin govt going into Afghanistan and opening the poppy fields. Every single day several young folks in New England die of a heroin overdose. This was NOT happening prior to the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan as the Taliban had shut down the heroin trade. But the US cut deals with the heroin dealers, allowing them to flood our streets with cheap and potent heroin -- killing far more Americans than any so called acts of terror have (including 911). Where is the media on this? Our so called leaders? All gutless careerists afraid to work for the good of the people.

That has nothing to do with the opiate epidemic. In fact, heroin produced in Asia almost never makes it to the United States. Most heroin in the U.S. was produced in Colombia and Mexico.

The real reason we have an opiate epidemic is because prescription opiates have been handed out like candy to anyone who says they're in chronic pain. We've created a huge market of addicts. This market fueled the explosion in Mexican/Colombian production of much more affordable heroin than had ever been available before.

the race director is a terrrorist and the real bombs are planted in the entrants houses who's addresses he got from their registrations. Now they all have there schedules wiped during that time and can be expected to be sitting at right home (with the bombs) when it all goes down. Its the perfect plan really. Only a muslim could have thought of this one

holy crap you kids are paranoid.

[quote]800 dude wrote:

That has nothing to do with the opiate epidemic. In fact, heroin produced in Asia almost never makes it to the United States. Most heroin in the U.S. was produced in Colombia and Mexico.

Really? just an odd coincidence that the US re-opened the Afghan heroin fields in late 2001 early 2002 and that those dates coincide with the huge increase in cheap and potent heroin on our streets?

Where does the heroin really come from?

Per the Business Insider, March 2015:

Heroin consumed in the US comes mainly from Afghanistan and Mexico, members of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), said in Mexico City on Wednesday, March 2.

INCB's 2015 report also revealed that exporters of the vast amount of opium planted in Afghanistan have their eyes set on distribution in the US's growing market, similar to heroin trafficked from Mexico.

"In different parts of the United States there has been a resurgence in the consumption of heroin, and Afghan heroin has an enormous production. They have more than 200,000 hectares dedicated to the production of heroin in Afghanistan," Alejandro Mohar, a member of the INCB, told a news conference.

Yes, it's a coincidence.

Read the DEA report that I posted: "Southwest Asia produces, by far, the majority of the world’s heroin; however, very little of the heroin produced in Southwest Asia supplies US markets. Most of the heroin produced in Southwest Asia is consumed in Europe and Asia. Likewise, very little of the heroin produced in Southeast Asia is transported to the United States. The majority of the heroin produced in Southeast Asia is consumed in that region and in Australia. Mexico is the primary supplier of heroin to the United States. Opium poppy cultivation in Mexico has increased significantly in recent years reaching 17,000 hectares in 2014, with an estimated pure potential production of 42xvi metric tons of heroin."

It's very difficult to move large quantities of drugs between the eastern and western hemispheres. Heroin used to get to the U.S. from asia via "the French connection," a complicated international drug conspiracy, but it was dismantled in the 1970s. By contrast, getting drugs into the U.S. from Latin America is fairly straightforward, and trying to stop it is like playing whack-a-mole.

Anyway, back on topic:

I honestly cannot tell if the RD is an idiot or just a crook. People are absolutely irrational when it comes to assessing risk, but this is so egregious that I'm not sure if it's plausible.

Yada yada yada the Jews cancelled Oh Pee's fun run

Only at LetsRun, ladies and gentlemen.

I'm sure at least 80 percent of the people entered in the McLean 5K wanted the race to go on. The race director is a dolt. If you allow fears of terrorism to extend to races like that, move to Singapore.

Several races in the Charlotte area in OCTOBER are being cancelled because of the protests/riots this past week. Seriously.

800 dude wrote:

That has nothing to do with the opiate epidemic. In fact, heroin produced in Asia almost never makes it to the United States. Most heroin in the U.S. was produced in Colombia and Mexico.

https://www.dea.gov/docs/2015%20NDTA%20Report.pdf

Except that Asian production increases global supply, which drives down the price, which drives up demand. This is econ 101.

You are not very smart.

The meme: "They hate us for our freedoms"

800 dude wrote:

"Due to the recent terrorist attacks targeted at a Seaside Park, NJ charity 5k race very similar to the McLean 5K, the Board felt it had a responsibility to protect all involved. With the event less than two weeks away, they simply would not be able to execute the safety plan which includes increased security everyone deserves.

https://www.facebook.com/McLean5KRunwiththeWarriors/?fref=ts

The hate that hate produced.

Run away from it.

I know 800 dude quite well and you...are very funny.Would you agree that logistics is a necessary component of economics? If so, then I suppose you are admitting to poor grades in econ 101? Hint: It's very difficult to get asian poppy juice across the pacific. It's also difficult to get mexican/columbian/central american poppy juice across the atlantic. Finally, as a medical professional I can attest that 800 dude is spot on about the reasons for the significant uptick in opioid dependence in this country, which as created a NEW demand for injectable poppy juice. I'll let you put 2 and 2 together to figure out why the vast majority does indeed come from central and northern-south america.

no to censorship wrote:

800 dude wrote:

That has nothing to do with the opiate epidemic. In fact, heroin produced in Asia almost never makes it to the United States. Most heroin in the U.S. was produced in Colombia and Mexico.

https://www.dea.gov/docs/2015%20NDTA%20Report.pdf

Except that Asian production increases global supply, which drives down the price, which drives up demand. This is econ 101.

You are not very smart.

yo dudes..... wrote:

Several races in the Charlotte area in OCTOBER are being cancelled because of the protests/riots this past week. Seriously.

My guess is fear that the off duty cops will still be busy and not able to work the race.

October is just next Saturday...

Just an update from Seaside:

Both events that were scheduled for today went off and were completed without a hint of trouble....a triathlon/duathlon, and a 5K race.

The tri/du bike leg went DIRECTLY past where the explosive device went off two weeks ago. There are now a few dozen flags and shells sitting on the site of the explosion.

Bravo to the race directors for carrying on with both events.