The Carnival of Running #50

Welcome to the 50th edition of The Carnival of Running!

Here’s a promotional video shown prior to the New York City Marathon titled “Marathoners of the Decades.” It features some old favorites and some you may have forgotten:

Let’s wrap up the New York City Marathon coverage with a post-race interview with Meb Keflezighi, who was also lampooned in a story on the Onion News Network headlined, “New York Marathon Winner Tests Positive For Performance-Enhancing Horse.” My favorite line was: “Also, just before the start, he lifted up his tail and loudly deposited a 9-inch-high pile of steaming fecal matter on the pavement, an unusual occurrence even in the world of long-distance running.”

Runner’s Web posted this helpful list of major marathons, with the last time an American runner won each.

The 2010 Los Angeles Marathon moves back to its March date, and unveils a new, flatter course, but not everyone is thrilled.

A collector is auctioning off the 5,000 remaining condoms from the 100,000 distributed to Olympic athletes during the Summer Games in Beijing. Each condom wrapper carries the 2008 Olympic motto – “faster, higher, stronger.” Rumors abound that female athletes were issued diaphragms that read, “too fast, too small, too rough.”

We’ve previously reported on the runner who was disqualified for having the wrong color thread on his underwear. Now we have a Florida school district banning student athletes from running shirtless (male) or in sports bras (females). Story submitted by DetentionSlip.org. Good to have you reading!

The Boulder SWAT teams saw to it that the Naked Pumpkin Run did not take place, but the Nearly Naked Mile at the University of Colorado at Boulder went off without a hitch. The Chapman University undie run ran into some difficulties, however. It’s best to stick to superhero costumes.

Could you win a 200-meter race in a pair of pink high-heeled boots? Hayley McComas could, and she was rewarded with a trophy and a pedicure.

FitSugar set up a new section of its site for runners called, oddly enough, “RunningSugar,” and the Charleston Post and Courier is hosting a new running blog by the appropriately named David Quick.

This week’s linky love goes out to RoadBunner, a blog featuring the “adventures of a running rabbit owner (aka bunny-slave).” Mario is cute, but he’s no Oolong. And encounters with bunnies are sometimes fraught with peril.

That’s all for this week, friends. It’s Veterans Day. On behalf of veterans everywhere, I’d like to say, “You’re welcome already. Now let me finish my Bloomin’ Onion.” Submit your posts to carnival@runningisfunny.com. Until next time, run away!