NYC Marathon

wowee! i'm GLAD I turned on the tube just now!
i got to see the END of the nyc marathon. i have some questions, tho!

i don't understand how they got the men to finish later than women, tho the men's times were shorter. they had to be on the same course, cuz when the top men were finishing, i saw a woman in the FOREground...and she wasn't a top finisher...and she was aHEAD of the guys. so they must stagger the start, for some reason (televised purposes only?) w/ the gals ahead of guys..like an hour? 1/2??? THEN in one shot, i saw on the screen where the paths diverged. did they have the guys take a different route? if so, that'd be hard for the pairs of husband/wife runners or whatever. but surely that can't be the case.

another question i have is did anyone see the 2nd place runner (susan?) as she was running, when still in 1st place, PUKING as she ran?? that was lovely! i can TOTALLY imagine feeling that way if i was running TWENTY SIX miles...and she wasn't running like i do. she was SPRINTING. how does a body sprint for TWENTY SIX miles????? I ASK YOU!!! I just don't see how it is physically possible. perhaps that is just ME! someday, right?

oh yeah, & SHE DIDN'T GET A BIT upon herSELF! i can't say as much for the folks behind her, tho i didn't actually SEE anyone get spewed on. it was pretty colorful & interesting!

those are my thoughts on that...answers, if you have them, please!
kt