tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post4148973546538294514..comments2023-10-23T23:12:27.656+08:00Comments on Genetically Challenged Athlete: Running Boston for charity? Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-73138921637277668332015-05-07T16:57:47.213+08:002015-05-07T16:57:47.213+08:00Nice blog and thank you so much for share your goo...Nice blog and thank you so much for share your good piece of content with us.I like it.Yahoo Customer Service Numberhttp://www.customercarenumber.co.uk/yahoo-customer-service-contact-number/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-20123310856894995462015-05-07T03:02:54.273+08:002015-05-07T03:02:54.273+08:00As you get older the time limits for Boston do inc...As you get older the time limits for Boston do increase. I hope to get to earn the right to run Boston when I'm 60. The time limit increases to 3:55 which I hope to be able to still do.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970744235157866760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-66656894666484829752015-05-03T18:49:39.599+08:002015-05-03T18:49:39.599+08:00You are right. I think there are many ways to rais...You are right. I think there are many ways to raise money for charity: for instance a shorter distance during the same event.<br />But Boston is..... Boston. I began to run in 1985 and every italian magazine and every book about running told of Boston. For me that dream didn't come true.Black Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283409222072090440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-18411063984186650952015-04-22T02:40:42.081+08:002015-04-22T02:40:42.081+08:00I didn't realise that you could run Boston for...I didn't realise that you could run Boston for charity. I don't know if I'd take that option but if I did, I don't think I'd brag about running Boston. It would always be spoken of with the qualifier that I'd run it for charity.Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819714901550763235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-64809436523878434622015-04-21T07:58:54.496+08:002015-04-21T07:58:54.496+08:00I think it's a big fundraiser for several char...I think it's a big fundraiser for several charities, so I applaud that. It's also what made the Gansett marathon the ONLY qualifying-only marathon in the world...until it stopped in 2013. Who will take up the challenge next?! Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641028266038110278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-65948568162387264402015-04-21T03:10:51.175+08:002015-04-21T03:10:51.175+08:00Yeah - I don't really understand the notion th...Yeah - I don't really understand the notion that charity runners might *diminish* the prestige of a race. If someone can raise $10,000 for a great cause, more respect to them! <br /><br />I do think the scarcity factor re Boston makes a difference though - to people wanting to run it, and to the causes that benefit. (A little selfishly, it just wouldn't be my personal choice to run Boston for charity, though I might do a different crazy endurance thing for charity instead.)Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988009473800206542.post-54988306420519029232015-04-21T02:46:16.641+08:002015-04-21T02:46:16.641+08:00I dunno, I kind of think I respect the charity run...I dunno, I kind of think I respect the charity runners more (and I say that as someone who hopes to run as a time qualifier soon, and doesn't do the race charity thing at all). I mean running as a qualifier is fine and good, but it's really not about anyone or anything but yourself, whereas charity runners are actually making a difference and accomplishing something important for other people. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with running selfishly for yourself (I do it, it's my hobby/way of relaxing/etc.), but the very idea that someone might suggest that raising a bunch of money to help others somehow *diminishes* the prestige of a race?? I find that pretty galling. (And honestly....Just in terms of skill sets, it will be way easier for me to meet the qualifying time than it would be to raise that much money. Because WOW I suck at fundraising. So I kind of think that makes me respect charity runners that much more.)Angela Knottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596658700954456205noreply@blogger.com