Today, in the name of a minor contribution to charity, Kansas City's most self-absorbed runners will be pounding the pavement all over local streets and inconveniencing just about everybody.
Make no mistake . . .
THE KANSAS CITY MARATHON ISN'T ABOUT CHARITY . . . IT'S ABOUT THE MIDDLE-CLASS EXERCISE ELITE SHUTTING DOWN THIS TOWN SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE CENTER STAGE!!!
Seriously, the charitable contribution isn't that much and this event is really about nothing more than the vanity of bi-peds on parade.
I won't bother to guide readers around this mess because just about everything is blocked off. However . . . Here are a few links to survey the selfish cavalcade of Kansas City d-bags enjoying a sport the piqued in the 70s.
Check it:
Heads-up! KC Marathon to close some streets Saturday
Streets to close Sat. for KC marathon
Four-Time Boston Marathon Winner in Metro for KC Marathon
Marathon to close KC streets Saturday
Justene Jaro jogging shoes just in case.
You are grouchier than I am Tony.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why most of them aren't fat basement dwelling slobs. Any ideas Tony?
ReplyDeleteSTFU! Have you seen or read anything about the Chicago Marathon? They shut down a lot more streets and have more people and they embrace the run and have fun with it.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree, Tony. This is the day thousands self-absorbed twits (allegedly) from around the world screw up the streets for those of us who live in midtown. I've come to regard it as something like a snow day without the shoveling. It just pisses me off that it has to happen on a weekend.
ReplyDeleteTo those of you who just love this event, how about having it in your neighborhood?
Wow, shutting down midtown streets? Can't we do that every day?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the folks at St Paul's appreciate people not being able to get to their sale, which is for charity.
ReplyDeleteTo Mayor Sly: How about an election like the streetcar one where just the people who live in the affected area get to vote on whether we want this annual fiasco in our part of town?
ReplyDeleteArent the terms Middle Class and Elite kind of contradictory?
ReplyDeleteThe whole thing's over before lunch. Big deal. Things like marathons happen in cities.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to happen in just one area of this city. Why not have it at the Kansas Speedway? They could run their little hearts out there and not bother anyone.
ReplyDeleteFigures is sponsored by another fucking Investment Firm specializing in how to fuck up everyone's life in one form or another.
ReplyDeleteHope local Greg Hall shows out of towners how it is done with a win.
ReplyDeleteOk....you losers need to make up your minds. Don't bitch about how much Kansas City sucks and then complain when the city has something that every other progressive city does. Here's some truth here.......you're the reason why this city is dying. The constant whining and complaining then contributing nothing.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, they can't have at the speedway this weekend because they're busy making millions of dollars with the race and save your, "nascar sucks" shit. I think it's stupid too, but I'd like that money spent here.
Like x 1000!!!!
DeleteKCMO is NOT a progressive city and hasn't been since around the mid-1950s.
ReplyDeleteEverything still revolves around a little group of swells and insiders and what passes for city government does most of all.
Look at all the millions of tax dollars that have been spent for planners, engineering firms, construction firms, TIF bond attorneys, and out-of-town developers.
Have you checked your fire hydrant lately?
I agree, why not just move this event to the Kansas Speedway? They have all the facilities needed for this event. It would be better for everybody involved.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet all of the posters here supporting the marathon do not live in midtown.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I'm not expert on Greek history, but didn't the original Marathoner drop dead at the end of his run?
We should move it to the speedway. How about the stadiums, Nelson Atkins and every other thing too? Then you whiners can go nowhere unimpeded in an empty city.
ReplyDeleteTo whomever makes almost every thread about the fire department please stop. Nobody cares. That was so 2011.
ReplyDeleteI don't live in mid town but I work down there. Yes, it does make things difficult but I'm happy to see all the people down here.
ReplyDeleteYes 12:25 he did drop dead. Now housewives do it and fat people sit in their basements and complain about it.
ReplyDeleteYup I agree lets just take what little is left thats worth anything in KC-Mo and move it the fuck out and let the city curl up and die.
ReplyDeleteFire the police and firefighters as well let the crooks have what does not burn down.
Then maybe you bitchy sit on your ass lazy fucks will have a real reason to whine about some minor inconvenience like about to be robbed and gangraped.
This race takes a few hours out of one day a year and promotes fun and entertainment for many people at a huge fraction of the cost of either one of those GD fucking stadiums out there that have not done a GD thing for KC but to let the world know what losing ass teams they are, owned by owners who don't give a damn about how KC is seen by the rest of the world.
Fuck off tony. They had warning...
ReplyDeleteHell yes, leave it to the leaches to cannibalize each other.
ReplyDeleteSuper Dave shoots and scores.
ReplyDeleteIts one day a year. Deal with it. Or move to the middle of Kansas where u don't have all the amenities a metropolitan city has.
ReplyDeleteSuperdave don't live in da hood.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just one day a year. There are many,many races held throughout the year, all in this same part of the city. Some of us have jobs to get to,even on the weekend, and these runs hold the residents as virtual hostages in their neighborhoods until they are over. Why not have them do their running up north of the river, or in Swope Park? Give us midtowners a break for once!
ReplyDeleteGuess they shouldn't have the St. Patrick's day parade down there anymore. Bitches.
ReplyDeleteWant to have it up north, bring it up, be glad to have it. We wouldn't bitch and whine about it, we'd show up and cheer the runners on. God forbid downtown and midtown cry babies have to take another route to hang out at a coffee shop and try to act cool. And I was at Garrozzo's last night and a lot of the patrons were runners carbing up for the run so I'm sure Garozzo's didn't have a problem with the runners coming to town. Hey tkc some of them may have even went to the westside and had mexican. A side note, saw the plane in your neighborhood yesterday, thought it was awesome, really classed up the westside.
ReplyDeleteI went to the store and purchased their coffee. Good stuff.
Delete7:54-there IS no alternate route for people to get in and out of mid-town; they NEVER leave one!!!!
ReplyDeleteJog on my balls ladies.
ReplyDelete8:10 has a good point. If they insist on running from downtown to midtown, how about one street--maybe Paseo, Troost, Main-Brookside, Broadway-Wornall, or even Ward Parkway? Just down and back, all on one street. As it is, if you're anywhere from downtown to 75th and from Ward Parkway to Paseo, you're basically screwed.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, it isn't every weekend, it may be good for some businesses, blah, blah, blah. But I guarantee if you live in the area, you get tired of these things. And as for our moving to the boonies, 4:03, guess what. We were here first, and we're the ones paying the taxes to keep the streets that these people use maintained (the quality of which maintenance, of course is a whole other issue).