messy, tulsa (11/22/2009 12:06:17 PM)

Imagine how much faster he would have done if he didn't have to deal with all those pot holes!

Rupert Shootman, Tulsa (11/22/2009 12:52:34 PM)

And stopping to change his son those two times.

Online predator, Muskogee (11/22/2009 12:54:02 PM)

Ill do it next year.

Kat Hat, Owasso (11/22/2009 12:58:36 PM)

I ran the half this morning... It was a great race... Very well put together... Congrats to all the runners! :-)

Carlos, Tulsa (11/22/2009 1:00:25 PM)

How cool! What a neat thing to be able to tell your friends in school. How many preschool kids can say they helped set a world record?

wilson, (11/22/2009 1:45:39 PM)

messy, he has a 2:20 marathon to his credit, which is the olympic qualifying standard for men. Great to have those two world class athletes in Tulsa!

ranay22, Ponca City (11/22/2009 3:55:51 PM)

Yeah Wilson, As long as they don't get shot or stabbed. Finally I like to read something positive for once.

FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (11/22/2009 3:58:41 PM)

It is nice to see a record set right here at home.

Hurricane4Lyfe, (11/22/2009 4:38:11 PM)

Congratulations Runner's - Resha You Did It!!!!!

out of tulsa, (11/22/2009 5:10:41 PM)

Babies and strollers have no business in a competitive race....selfish dads.

Elusive, Owasso (11/22/2009 6:05:01 PM)

Congratulations to all that completed the race today meeting your own personal goal.

Panza, (11/22/2009 6:07:44 PM)

I think this was a great idea, but consider another day other than Sunday. It took me 3 different attempts to get to church this morning. Very inconsiderate for those people who attend services in downtown Tulsa. And when you told the police officer "my church is only a block a way", she was really nasty about it instead of letting us go 1 block. Heck, Tulsa seems to have a run for just about everything. For those of us who live in the downtown area, it really is inconvenient. Do something out at Mohawk....no traffic interruption plus it's really quite pretty.

UptonS, (11/22/2009 7:50:03 PM)

Selfish dads??? Having children be part of their lives, while doing what they love is a selfish thing?? What about the 4,000 dads who ran today's race WITHOUT their children. What would you call them? Do you know how many hours they must train WITH their children each week? If more dads would spend that kind of time with their children, I think we would have better behaved children in our country.

Runner Evington, : ) (11/22/2009 8:26:25 PM)

Runner Evington said: Picture perfect day for a marathon. Congrats! Chelsea Jones…You did it! Good Job! ?
Zac Freudenburg & Liam you guys are awesome. It’s nice to see a record set right here in Tulsa!

eglkeeper, Cooder Bluff (11/22/2009 9:41:54 PM)

Awesome job Tulsa, great event that really showed various sides of our city. The weather and volunteers were flawless. My personnel best and first place was achieved...
Hooo Yaaaa-

Captain BlackBeaver, Bat-Poop Crazy Island (11/22/2009 9:45:24 PM)

I understand that Tulsa's very own, Paul Tay, is attempting to organize the Guinness World Record for largest bicycling orchestra.

PhoenixIX, Jenks (11/23/2009 5:25:03 AM)

This Marathon filled the Marathon Board of Directors' coffers,supplied a disproportionately small donation to the United Way and kept thousands of people from exercising their right and to worship God during the traditionally established hours of Worship for MOST Tulsans.

Thanks Route 66 Board of Directors !

Elusive, Owasso (11/23/2009 6:29:10 AM)

Congratulations to all the runners. My daughter ran and said the weather couldn't have been more perfect.

wotko, Sapulpa (11/23/2009 7:59:40 AM)

PhoenixIX,

hmmm . . . so thousands of Tulsans can only worship God during specific times of the day and only at certain places. What a weak grasp or concept of religion/spirituality they have. Im glad that I am able to commune with God whenever and wherever.

ranay22, Ponca City (11/23/2009 10:27:42 AM)

AMEN wotko!!!!!

Mags, (11/23/2009 11:39:35 AM)

One of the things Tulsa is known for is the number of thriving churches that we have downtown. To host such a large race on Sunday morning doesn't make sense. Why can't it be held on Saturday or in the Mohawk area, as Panza suggested? Thousands of people drive downtown every Sunday morning, and it would seem that the City of Tulsa is oblivious to this. Look at the map of street closings on the Route 66 site, and you'll see that downtown is blocked from the north, from the west, and from the south. Church members trying to enter the downtown area during the race are pretty much limited to 11th Street from the east or from expressways, and with construction on the inner-dispersal loop, even the expressway options are limited right now. No one I know has any objection to the Route 66 Marathon itself, but the time and location are not fair to those of us who worship downtown.

fld11, (11/23/2009 11:54:55 AM)

This is crazy. They look like lemmings running off the cliffs in Europe. Why would anyone want to do this, and how much did this cost the taxpayers? If you want to run, go run, but we don't need all this hubub.

out here in the middle, Sand Springs (11/23/2009 12:29:04 PM)

I love how people gritch and gripe about how they weren't able to get to church. I believe I even read the words "its not fair." What a hoot.
Can you see these people in the first couple of centuries of Christianity?
"It doesn't make sense to feed us to the lions. Its just not fair. Why can't you feed someone else to the lions? I don't object to lions in general, but don't think you should be feeding us to them."
How about this? You downtown churches could turn events like this into opportunities to serve those who are running in the race. What a novel concept! Christians, SERVING others. Wow! Here was an opportunity to impact thousands of people, from every state, and from several countries. But all you can do is complain about how it inconvenienced you.
I hope that people will see that Christianity is not the shame that you folks make it sound like.

moogle, Tulsa (11/23/2009 12:52:42 PM)

>> You downtown churches could turn events like this into opportunities to serve those who are running in the race.

Care to elaborate? Or are you just pointing out that the world revolves around you? Even though there are many ways this could have been done without blocking off the majority of downtown, when the world revolves around you, you are entitled to reserve for your own recreation whatever suits you and block others from going where they need to go.

Mags, (11/23/2009 12:58:13 PM)

Tulsa's downtown churches serve the community in multiple ways. We serve meals to the homeless, we provide groceries and clothing to the working poor, we pay utility bills for those who can't. We send teams throughout the US and around the world to help others recover from hurricanes, earthquakes, and tsunamis. And yes, we worship on Sunday mornings because worship is as much a part of our faith as is service to others. The race could be moved to a Saturday and accommodate both racers and worshipers.