Did they really just make "Speed-walking" a kids track and field event?
Does anyone know of any writer/comedians who like getting up at 4:45am? (unless you are Howard Stern and get paid a billion dollars to be up that early)
Well I found myself up at the butt crack of dawn this past weekend to volunteer at a kids track and field event(like I don't see enough kids already while working my day-job)
But I did my part to help society. I helped move some stuff, I put myself in charge of one of the events, and (as I know all too well working with bad ass kids for a living) I had to basically babysit other people's kids while their parents stayed home and enjoyed the peace and quite for the day.
Eventually, what seemed like 10 hours later, it was 8am.....(damn, thats it)......But its ok, because it is time to get this spectacular event started. Singing of the national anthem, guns ready to go off, and BAM !!!! They begin the very popular 'Speed-walking' race....Huh?
Really? This is how they start a track and field event. Between this event, and the small bus with tinted windows I moved some table and chair items out of earlier in the morning, I really did feel like I was supporting the special olympics (which is a great even, by the way, so don't start sending hate mail)
But there they were, young boys and girls, moving at the speed of......walking......And, because my minds never stops moving, I started thinking about certain things. For example, I wondered, If a child gets tired (and bored) with walking and proceed to "jogging", do they get disqualified. I also started thinking, do these kids practice this event home? Do they walk around their home, or down the block? I'm picturing the scene in Rocky, when our hero Rocky Balboa is jogging up and down the streets of Philadelphia, with all the neighbors cheering him on. Only, in this case, it will be a 10 year old boy (walking funny) up and down his block, with neighbor feeling sorry for the kid who appears to have some kind of physical affliction which causes him to jog like that.
My last thought was this........If its 'down-the-stretch-they-come', and two girls are 'neck-and-neck' towards the finish line, does one of them get the urge to just "fucking run" to finish first? Or do they at least learn their head forward or something to 'win-by-a-nose'
WHATAYATHINKATHAT?
Well I found myself up at the butt crack of dawn this past weekend to volunteer at a kids track and field event(like I don't see enough kids already while working my day-job)
But I did my part to help society. I helped move some stuff, I put myself in charge of one of the events, and (as I know all too well working with bad ass kids for a living) I had to basically babysit other people's kids while their parents stayed home and enjoyed the peace and quite for the day.
Eventually, what seemed like 10 hours later, it was 8am.....(damn, thats it)......But its ok, because it is time to get this spectacular event started. Singing of the national anthem, guns ready to go off, and BAM !!!! They begin the very popular 'Speed-walking' race....Huh?
Really? This is how they start a track and field event. Between this event, and the small bus with tinted windows I moved some table and chair items out of earlier in the morning, I really did feel like I was supporting the special olympics (which is a great even, by the way, so don't start sending hate mail)
But there they were, young boys and girls, moving at the speed of......walking......And, because my minds never stops moving, I started thinking about certain things. For example, I wondered, If a child gets tired (and bored) with walking and proceed to "jogging", do they get disqualified. I also started thinking, do these kids practice this event home? Do they walk around their home, or down the block? I'm picturing the scene in Rocky, when our hero Rocky Balboa is jogging up and down the streets of Philadelphia, with all the neighbors cheering him on. Only, in this case, it will be a 10 year old boy (walking funny) up and down his block, with neighbor feeling sorry for the kid who appears to have some kind of physical affliction which causes him to jog like that.
My last thought was this........If its 'down-the-stretch-they-come', and two girls are 'neck-and-neck' towards the finish line, does one of them get the urge to just "fucking run" to finish first? Or do they at least learn their head forward or something to 'win-by-a-nose'
WHATAYATHINKATHAT?
Posted by Ernest Dove at 5/22/2011 12:03 PM 
Categories: My Daily Thoughts, sports
Tags: Howard Stern track and field special olympics Ernest Dove speed walking kids Rocky Balboa
Categories: My Daily Thoughts, sports
Tags: Howard Stern track and field special olympics Ernest Dove speed walking kids Rocky Balboa
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