Some Races Are Banning iPods
Since the Nike+ has been so helpful to my running, I was planning on bringing it with me on my next race. Looks like I need to read the rules first. According to Wendy, there are many races that ban iPods and headphones.
They say that it’s for safety precautions:
“Last weekend, my walking team did the Rock ‘n Relay marathon. As we were going through the race info right before the start, we saw that they banned wearing headphones or earphones during the event, for safety purposes… The stats don’t bear out that pedestrian accidents happen more often to walkers distracted by being on the cell phone or wearing headphones. Instead, in 40% of pedestrian fatalities the victim was imbibing alcohol. It is of interest that we got a ticket for a free beer at the beer tent to have at any time during the event.”
Real healthy, Rock ‘n Relay. You can have beer, but you can’t listen to your tunes while you run. Technophobia strikes again.
That’s just a little bit stupid. What happens if you sneak the contraband iPod into the race?
Comment by Mike — August 10, 2007 @ 7:34 am
I really don’t know. I’ve run only one 5K with headphones. It definitely made the race different. Mostly, I felt less connected to the people around me, but it was definitely easier to move with the beat pounding in my ear.
I was planning on using my Nike+ on my next race. I guess I better have a good look at the rules.
Comment by Laura Moncur — August 11, 2007 @ 8:04 am