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Read other letters about this article
and still don't see why so many of you have taken this so
seriouosly? it's a run for heaven's sake! the same effect that a
half hour of driving would accomplish.
what i found interesting is that for once, in salon, a mention of
"genetic advantage" was not followed by cries of "racism!". is that
because kenyans are black? (similarly for the west african prowess
in sprinting - how come not music? just as good a case can be made
for west africans (the ancestors of jazz reggae etc) having some
"rhythmic music gene")
to me the essence of the piece(which i agree wasn't written so
well) was marathon as metaphor "It makes me ask: Has this country's
marathoning spirit been trampled by hordes of joggers whose only
goal is to stagger across the finish line?"
others have noted this too
Sandra M (4)"you have to dodge a lot of 'we're walking 8 abreast
for charity' folks."
hontonoshijin(12)"All of America has become stunningly tolerant of
mediocrity. It is treated as the same as accomplishment. After all,
I did my best!"
Buckeye Tim(7) "Imagine then that a movement comes along claiming
that anyone can be a sculptor."
perhaps there's a gene for abstraction. if there is, you sure lack
it!
