The Boston Marathon is the annual 26.2 mile race that brings the elite runners from around the world the the states. This is the Super Bowl of marathons. Knowing this, one would think Americans would be licking their chops to run on home turf in front of the American faithful. This may be true, but the results in the last 20 plus years show otherwise.
This weekend saw the beginning of the NBA playoffs and the biggest edge teams have is home court advantage. Statistics favor the home team in both individual games and the overall series. I thought the same statistics would apply to running on American soil. However, the Americans, men or women, haven't won this race since 1985. Since then, the best finish has been third place, accomplished today by Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher. People are happy with how we did in comparison to previous years.
WHAT??? HAPPY??? THIRD PLACE???
How are you satisfied with not winning. This is America! We weren't given anything in the beginning. We had to scratch, claw, and work our tails off to get to the top of the food chain. Sure, if you want to consider third place a moral victory, kudos to you, but don't be proud of that because that is when complacency sets in and victory is never acheived.
We have the best facilities, best trainers, and have no reason to have a 24 year dry spell of winning our race. Pick your heads up, get your butt in the gym, and win a race dominated by foreigners in the last quarter century. Until next time...
Branden E. Jones
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