so have headphones been banned from the TowPath marathon too?

i personally couldn't imagine running that long without music, podcasts, and
books on
tape :)

AJ

--- In towpath_marathon@yahoogroups.com, "folkie1979" <folkie1979@...> wrote:
>
> This rule is all about lawyers and insurance companies. How many
> accidents have you seen occur from a person running a 8 or 9 minute
> mile pace in a marathon occur? I can understand if the runner is a
> top finisher that headphones wouldn't be the best thing because of the
> speed they are running, but for runner wearing headphones that finish
> in the range of 4 hours...please!!!!!!! I am registered for the
> Cleveland marathon in 2008 coming up here and I see they have banned
> headphones from the race. I'm still wearing mine. This country is
> supposed to be free. If this continues to happen more I will stop
> registering for these races and just run as a bandit runner.
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/01/sports/run.php
>