Oct 28
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More on Nike

First off – Congrats to all of the MCM runners. For the most part it was a beautiful day in the neighborhood – if your knee didn’t get blown out, that is.

I knew I wasn’t quite done writing about Nike and then Grace posts pics that simply cannot be ignored.

First I wanted to post a couple of other impressions about the race. I did my first marathon in 1999 with Team in Training. One of the many ways they raise money is through selling corporate sponsorships that include having the sponsoring company’s logo printed on the running singlets. In 1999 the dot com companies couldn’t get enough of sponsoring races. The business was booming and what better demographic to recruit from than well educated, health minded individuals? In San Francisco the finish line party areas were just dirty with recruting tents and the backs of the singlets for TNT were covered, shot gun blast style with a thousand tiny logos. Here is mine with its 50+. Those were the days, man and I WAS THERE! I was so there.

How times have changed. The singlets I saw at Nike, even the ones from the Bay Area Chapter and from areas around Southern California had no more than 20 logos. And Western Canada? We need to have a talk. You Canadians did an excellent job with the wearing of the Maple Leaf but have you NO companies that will sponor athletes running for a cause? Your shirts are too empty.

Remember how I thanked Amy for coming in at the same time as me so I could watch as Ted proposed to her? Well here is the happy couple:

And here is me clapping for them:

As you can see I was genuinely thrilled for them and it was a great moment in race history but not quite as great as the moment I got my Nike bling from the firefighter you see on the far right in this pic

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Posted by 21st Century Mom.

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Posted on Sat, 28 October 2006 at 11:05 pm

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  1. Firefly's Running

    Very cute picture. Congrads to the couple.

    29 Oct 06 at 9:46 pm #
  2. WADDLER26.2

    What a cool experience. I hope that Amy said yes. And as far as the firefighter-very easy on the eyes.

    30 Oct 06 at 6:25 am #
  3. Mother of Chaos

    How cool is that? Say yes, Amy! SAY YES!!!OooooOOOOOooooo. What is it about firefighters, anyway? There were a few with their boots out collecting for a toy drive this weekend and I found myself wondering: Do they hide the ugly ones back at the station or something? Because those boys…were awfully easy to look at…

    30 Oct 06 at 7:51 am #
  4. lisa

    that is very cool!! Love the bling, too!

    30 Oct 06 at 8:33 am #
  5. susie

    Hah! Love the one of you applauding so heartily!! Great…

    30 Oct 06 at 4:22 pm #
  6. jeanne

    those are great photos!can you imagine anything more romantic?? I’m a sucker for a man in uniform…or a tux…or a uni.

    30 Oct 06 at 4:38 pm #
  7. rKwon

    16 miles cycling? WoW supermom!!

    31 Oct 06 at 9:54 am #