Sun, March 7, 2004
This morning the helicopters overhead reminded me that the L.A. Marathon is being run today. I noticed a number of mile markers on my commute home Friday, but I hadn't realized that the 19th mile runs along 6th Street about a half-block south of my home. So, when I flipped on the TV, I got to see them run by. Good for them!
However, I'm shocked that there's no rule about the camera vans being electric-powered or anything. The cavalry of KNBC cameras are just grinding around in minivans. And at low speeds! You would think that – with the heat and the noise and all the other runners making it hard enough – they'd have regulations in place to keep the marathonners from having to inhale fumes for the entire 26-odd miles. Sheesh!
