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This year was the 107th running of the Boston Marathon and 20,000 runners and over 150,000 supporters participated in the event.
http://www.bostonmarathon.org/
This thread is an analogy discussion about the Boston Marathon and open competitive events in general but it really could be viewed as being about the GOTM, QSC and Civ3.
Try to think about the Boston Marathon and compare things in that event to things that you observe in the GOTM and QSC. Although Civ3 could probably not be viewed as a physical sport (unless sleep deprivation counts) what are the common or different elements that you see in events like the Boston Marathon versus the GOTM related events?
Why do 20,000 people participate in the Boston Marathon if there are only 5 or 6 winners?
Eight of the top ten finishers in the Boston Marathon were from Kenya. Why do people from other countries even bother to run?
Since almost all the top runners are from Kenya, why doesn't the Boston Athletic Association create a seperate division for Kenyans so that some of the other runners would have a chance??
The fastest finisher in the race was Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa; why is the media so unfair to not focus on him as the winner of the Boston Marathon? He competed by the rules and got the fastest time, isn't he the best athelete?
The fastest runner from the USA was 42 year old Eddy Hellebuyck who finished 10th overall and nearly 6 minutes ahead of the next nearest American even thought Eddy competed in the Masters Division for runners that are 40 to 49 years of age. Why would an older American gut be the only runner to seem competitive with the younger Kenyan racers?
Why would 65 people over the age of 70 choose to participate in the Boston Marathon if the all finished 1 hour to 4 hours behind the winners?
http://www.bostonmarathon.org/
This thread is an analogy discussion about the Boston Marathon and open competitive events in general but it really could be viewed as being about the GOTM, QSC and Civ3.
Try to think about the Boston Marathon and compare things in that event to things that you observe in the GOTM and QSC. Although Civ3 could probably not be viewed as a physical sport (unless sleep deprivation counts) what are the common or different elements that you see in events like the Boston Marathon versus the GOTM related events?
Why do 20,000 people participate in the Boston Marathon if there are only 5 or 6 winners?
Eight of the top ten finishers in the Boston Marathon were from Kenya. Why do people from other countries even bother to run?
Since almost all the top runners are from Kenya, why doesn't the Boston Athletic Association create a seperate division for Kenyans so that some of the other runners would have a chance??
The fastest finisher in the race was Ernst Van Dyk of South Africa; why is the media so unfair to not focus on him as the winner of the Boston Marathon? He competed by the rules and got the fastest time, isn't he the best athelete?
The fastest runner from the USA was 42 year old Eddy Hellebuyck who finished 10th overall and nearly 6 minutes ahead of the next nearest American even thought Eddy competed in the Masters Division for runners that are 40 to 49 years of age. Why would an older American gut be the only runner to seem competitive with the younger Kenyan racers?
Why would 65 people over the age of 70 choose to participate in the Boston Marathon if the all finished 1 hour to 4 hours behind the winners?