My wife is a MA State police officer. The State will be putting signs out tonight that will not allow running on the Boston Marathon Course. Tomorrow. They will be enforcing NO RUNNING even if you are alone. The carriage roads will be okay but the course will be closed.
She hates what’s going to happen. She told me to warn my training partners so that they don’t get caught up in things.
This was on the local news last night, encouraging people to not run the course on Monday. They said it's great to get out and run but stay off the marathon route. Makes sense to me. When I ran Boston, I was mentally and physically shot by the time I shuffled into Kenmore Square. Probably a good thing there were no cars on the road. And the local authorities have other stuff to deal with right now.
They will never stop me from running. Hope your wife has my jail cell ready.
Well, would love to see them stop me. I'm posting my run to Strava immediately after so you'll see it happened. Feel like I want to quote Ice-T right now..
It's a prelude to the course being shut down for the actual marathon in September.
covidiot23 wrote:
Do you like being married to a jack booted thug?
Why would you say something like that?
They can't catch us all.
No kidding wrote:
covidiot23 wrote:
Do you like being married to a jack booted thug?
Why would you say something like that?
Why are you asking this? The police are preventing people with all their individual freedom and self-determination from running, alone. You don't see a problem with that? Being able to move about is not a privilege...
Anyone caught running on the Boston Marathon course tomorrow should be banned at the following levels:
- from participation in any future BAA events
- from participation in other local road races that have responsible RDs and can coordinate with BAA to get the names of arrestees
- from membership in USATF or any USATF affiliated club.
Also, I hope everyone who runs on the course tomorrow burns every piece of toast they make for the rest of their lives.
Okie fenokie wrote:
Anyone caught running on the Boston Marathon course tomorrow should be banned at the following levels:
- from participation in any future BAA events
- from participation in other local road races that have responsible RDs and can coordinate with BAA to get the names of arrestees
- from membership in USATF or any USATF affiliated club.
Also, I hope everyone who runs on the course tomorrow burns every piece of toast they make for the rest of their lives.
+1
Okie fenokie wrote:
Anyone caught running on the Boston Marathon course tomorrow should be banned at the following levels:
- from participation in any future BAA events
- from participation in other local road races that have responsible RDs and can coordinate with BAA to get the names of arrestees
- from membership in USATF or any USATF affiliated club.
Also, I hope everyone who runs on the course tomorrow burns every piece of toast they make for the rest of their lives.
Why would you say that?
Simen, I say it because running is already coming under plenty of scrutiny from local officials. If a few idiots congregate on the course tomorrow, that's going to attract a lot of press attention. Mayors and governors across the country are going to know about it, and will come under pressure to restrict running.
There's no Boston Marathon happening tomorrow, so there is literally no reason to run on the course. Congregating there in defiance of the race's cancellation is a selfish act which, besides any actual health/spread risks, is just going to invite crackdowns on running.
Have to massively disagree with this. It's been proven that running contributes to health and beating this virus. Today there were thousands of virtual marathons on Strava and tomorrow there will be even more virtual Boston Marathon, with, I guarantee you, a couple dozen or more actually running the course. You are probably a retired runner and no longer competitive. Keep to yourself.
Okie fenokie wrote:
Simen, I say it because running is already coming under plenty of scrutiny from local officials. If a few idiots congregate on the course tomorrow, that's going to attract a lot of press attention. Mayors and governors across the country are going to know about it, and will come under pressure to restrict running.
There's no Boston Marathon happening tomorrow, so there is literally no reason to run on the course. Congregating there in defiance of the race's cancellation is a selfish act which, besides any actual health/spread risks, is just going to invite crackdowns on running.
Like I said I'll be there with several friends. We will be running the course. It's not illegal to go running.
AT THESWOOSH wrote:
Have to massively disagree with this. It's been proven that running contributes to health and beating this virus. Today there were thousands of virtual marathons on Strava and tomorrow there will be even more virtual Boston Marathon, with, I guarantee you, a couple dozen or more actually running the course.
You are probably a retired runner and no longer competitive. Keep to yourself.
Okie fenokie wrote:
Simen, I say it because running is already coming under plenty of scrutiny from local officials. If a few idiots congregate on the course tomorrow, that's going to attract a lot of press attention. Mayors and governors across the country are going to know about it, and will come under pressure to restrict running.
There's no Boston Marathon happening tomorrow, so there is literally no reason to run on the course. Congregating there in defiance of the race's cancellation is a selfish act which, besides any actual health/spread risks, is just going to invite crackdowns on running.
Go run tomorrow then. But stay off the course unless you are a d!ck deserving banning.
Nope, I've run it twice and will run it again tomorrow, on-course for as much as I can. Why don't you high five us (bunch of ex-collegiates pacing each other) at Wellesley?
massholes wrote:
Go run tomorrow then. But stay off the course unless you are a d!ck deserving banning.
AT THESWOOSH wrote:
Nope, I've run it twice and will run it again tomorrow, on-course for as much as I can. Why don't you high five us (bunch of ex-collegiates pacing each other) at Wellesley?
massholes wrote:
Go run tomorrow then. But stay off the course unless you are a d!ck deserving banning.
So you’re a European ex-collegiate that flew to Boston to pace other ex-collegiate for a Monday run during a pandemic. Cool.
AT THESWOOSH wrote:
Nope, I've run it twice and will run it again tomorrow, on-course for as much as I can. Why don't you high five us (bunch of ex-collegiates pacing each other) at Wellesley?
massholes wrote:
Go run tomorrow then. But stay off the course unless you are a d!ck deserving banning.
If your were smart (doubt it) you would have run the course this morning, starting at dawn, and been done before any significant traffic on a Sunday morning. No one would have cared. Either way you are not running the Boston Marathon.
If you run tomorrow with your buddies, run in a pack, be sure to wear your red trucker caps, run with the flag and no masks. Will make a nice photo op. Hope it costs u some bail $.
Okie fenokie wrote:
Anyone caught running on the Boston Marathon course tomorrow should be banned at the following levels:
- from participation in any future BAA events
- from participation in other local road races that have responsible RDs and can coordinate with BAA to get the names of arrestees
- from membership in USATF or any USATF affiliated club.
Also, I hope everyone who runs on the course tomorrow burns every piece of toast they make for the rest of their lives.
Every piece of toast? THAT’S a step too far.