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McClelland seems to think America will have more 'marathoning spirit' if we won more olympic medals and a handful of dedicated shoe store clerks/runners were the only people running marathons.
I'd say 45,000 people in the Chicago marathon is a hell of a lot of marathoning spirit. And the country will be better off, stronger, and more athletic for them -- without a single medal to show for it.
What makes you proud? A nation of people like Oprah who reach for a difficult goal and achieve it? Or a nation of couch potatos watching one American getting the gold?
