Does the Television know better than I?
Sitting down this morning in front of the TV I turned on the Olympics (blaise NBC coverage) and found myself watching the Women's Marathon. At first this seemed something wierd for me to do. I'm watching people run....kinda the same feeling as watching baseball on TV (instead of playing baseball or watching at the park). I didn't have anyplace else to be for a few hours, so the TV commanded that I watch said event.
WARNING POSSIBLE EVENT RESULTS SPOILER BELOW
It turned out to be an emotional race; the world record holder (Paula Radcliffe - GBR) held up throughout most of the event but emotionally broke down at about mile 23. The bronze medal winner (Deena Kastor - USA) kept a steady pace at about 12th position throughout most of the marathon only to burst to the front of the pack at the end of the race. It was an exciting finish to a grueling event.
Turns out the TV was right.....
(For those interested here are the results from the boring "Official Olympics 2004 website"
posted by Dern @ 4:29:00 PM
3 Comments:
We don't get NBC. It has something to do with the afilliate moving too far south for Oakland and San Francisco to get reception. I enjoyed your commentary and I wish I had the privilege of watching the race.
That race was really amazing wasn't it???? Noguchi, who's 4'11" and 88 pounds, was brilliant, and the Kastor gained a whole freakin' minute in the last two miles, cutting her splits to around 5 minute miles. Wow.
The thing about the network coverage that pissed me off was how they kept on saying Paula Radcliffe broke down emotionally. Would they say that if someone stopped during the mens' marathon? They'd say he broke down physically.
I'm 99% certain that Paula Radcliffe hit her physical wall FIRST, and THEN started crying. Not the other way around!!!!!!!!
Agreed. I've got nothing to compare it too myself, but just looking at everyone finishing the race...completely worn out in everyway would be my description.
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