Football owns the front page when it comes to sports, so when Ruth Chepngetich shattered the woman’s marathon record in Chicago, on a football Sunday no less, this news was hidden from the world. Ruth ran 2:09:56, 4:55 per mile, less than 2 minutes slower than the first American male. Just sayin’.
We understand personal records, we know what it means to train, we participate in the same sport as Ruth, we are runners, we are the athletes, no matter what the pace. On the other hand, I’m guessing the majority of football fans have never played on a team. I’m not against football, I admit I’m excited for the Lions, I’m just sad a marathon world record, or our sport, is not worthy of the front page. We may be armchair quarterbacks on Sunday afternoon, but we can be proud of our own weekend run, proud of our own performance and stats. Your name deserves to be on the back of YOUR jersey.
Run like you own the team, you do!
Randy Step, an admitted obsessed runner on my one person team, who is proud of everyone who plays our game.
