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In an age when everyone is looking for a competitive advantage, it's getting tougher and tougher for sports' rule makers to draw the line. What exactly is a performance enhancer, anyway? Well, in running, an iPod apparently qualifies.
This morning, Jennifer Goebel was stripped of her first-place finish in Milwaukee's Lakefront Marathon after online photos surfaced showing the 27-year-old listening to an iPod while running the race, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. According to The Sporting Blog, Goebel was in violation of an oft-debated U.S. Track and Field rule that bans headphones or portable music during a race. Understandably, Goebel isn't happy about the ruling. She only used the iPod between miles 19 and 21 of Sunday's marathon. (It should also be noted that Goebel won only because the woman who originally finished first was disqualified for drinking water that a friend had given her during the race.)
Look, we understand a rule is a rule, but it's not like Goebel was blood doping or shooting steroids before the marathon. She listened to some music to take her mind off how tired she was, for crying out loud. Trust us, it's not a competitive advantage. We could listen to music all day and barely run a mile, let alone a marathon. [From: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and The Sporting Blog, via Gizmodo]
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Subscribe to commentskbeneventoOct 14th 2009 3:36PM
If it wasn't a competitive advantage she wouldn't have used it. She 'needed" something to keep her going or to distract her or keep her mind off her tiredness.
Music peps you up and heals. Isn't that why we listen to it? Of course it is a competitive advantage!
DaveOct 14th 2009 4:32PM
She wasn't DQ'd for using an iPod specifically, rather for using an electronic device. We only know it was an iPod because she said so. Any type of electronic device is against the rules because it could have been a two-way radio to a coach, or friend to give her information on the competition. Besides, if you "need" an iPod to race, then you shouldn't be racing. If she wanted to listen to music, she should have entered as a non-elite.
herbuveauxOct 14th 2009 4:50PM
If you're a real runner you listen to your body, your footsteps, your heart and your mind. You pay attention to the course and the other runners around you. You develop the mental toughness to distract yourself without external assistance. People who "can't run" or "get bored" without their iPods, Walkmen, whatever, haven't learned what running is really about and shouldn't consider themselves "elite".