Waddle On...

Hardly a race weekend goes by that I don't encounter some angry elitists bemoaning the fact that the sport of running is being ruined by all of the non-runners participating in the events. And by non-runners, these folks don't mean just the walkers and the run-walkers. They mean anyone not gunning for an age-group award.

This disgruntled subset of the running community actually believes that the reason there are so few really fast runners these days is because there are so many really slow runners out there now.

The truth is, the sport of running has never been healthier. As record numbers of "jolly joggers" (people like me) hit the streets, new world records continue to be set. All I can say to those that don't think that they can do it is: Waddle on, friends, waddle on.