Houston Running: Austin Goes A Leg Up on Houston

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Austin Goes A Leg Up on Houston

According to runtex.com today, the entire AT&T Austin Marathon, for the first time ever, will not only have its entire race on local TV (nothing new here, of course), but it will also be streamed over the Internet (like the Chicago Marathon.)

Plus, it has been reported that KTBC Fox 7 will have a live web cam on the finish line for streaming video of finishers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Can you see it? At about mile 25, people start whipping out their cell phones. I can imagine a conversation going something like this:

"Mom, Mom, log on to the Internet so you can see me cross the finish line!"

"Wait, Mom, why are you crying? I didn't know that you would be so emotional over me finishing my first marathon!"

"Oh ... Mom, I'm so sorry that you're still on dial-up! I'll cross the finish line really, really slow for you then."

As she hangs up, she thinks to herself, "Sheesh, I'm glad I wasn't trying to qualify for Boston!"

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Mom says, "Why are you wearing something THAT skanky and where's your makeup? Haven't I taught you never to go anywhere with....[gasp] what's that silver thing on your navel? You just wait until your FATHER hears about THIS!"; 8:02 PM