By Drew Grant 11/05/12 8:00am

Kickstarter

The logo for Run Free 2013 (Kickstarter)

Run Free 2013: Get All the Glory For Running a Marathon, With None of the Effort!

They say that a new Kickstarter campaign is created every five minutes (or something), and 7 p.m. last night was no exception. As the page for “Run Free 2013” went live, you could watch 26-year-old Kyle Scheele, the director of Ridiculo.us, makes his pitch for why you should donate to the $999 goal* of putting on a global marathon. Sorry, make that a fake global marathon.

” There’s a saying on the internet,” Mr. Scheele began. “Pics or it didn’t happen”.

“In other words, if something is real, if it actually happened, there will be pictures to back that up.

But what if something DIDN’T actually happen, but there are STILL pictures of it? Does that mean it DID happen? If something is fake, how much evidence does it take before it becomes real?

That’s the question we’re trying to answer.

So, on February 2, 2013, we are faking a marathon. “ Read More

By Drew Grant 11/02/12 12:34pm

New York City Marathon

Zeddie Little: The real reason you shouldn't run on Sunday

Thursday Styles Reveals Real Reason Behind Calls for Marathon Cancellation: Ugly Photos

If you have been spending your days reading only the A section of The New York Times lately, we can forgive you for thinking that this weekend’s NYC marathon might be canceled over something as mercurial as a hurricane. After all, that’s what Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said today: That holding a major event in a city while its still reeling from a crisis is potentially not the best idea. (Although hey, it certainly would be the fastest way to get over any of New York’s bridges.)

And that makes sense, at least on the surface. But dig a little deeper … say, to Thursday Styles, and you’ll find out the real reason people don’t want to spend Sunday running around a ghost town. They’re afraid someone will take a stupid picture of them. Read More