Winning is a Boston Marathon afterthought

What’s the Boston Marathon all about? It’s almost as if the winners don’t matter.

It’s about telling your spouse you’re pregnant.

Sarah Norcott will reveal to her husband Jim sex of their baby when he finishes http://t.co/m9MYFpj92D @bostonglobe pic.twitter.com/sk9DN2g8sR

— David Filipov (@davidfilipov) April 21, 2014

It’s about twerking…

Damn you @diplo #BostonMarathon pic.twitter.com/WhuyHVOSSo

— typical squirrel (@typicalsquirrel) April 21, 2014

Or pushing your son one last time.

Father and son Boston Marathon race team Dick Hoyt, right, and his son Rick Hoyt walk across the start line as they warm up before they run the 118th Boston Marathon Monday, April 21, 2014 in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Or just making the statement of your choice…

The Marathon is about signs… always the signs.

.@bgervais' fan club at mile 25! pic.twitter.com/bRw9AewW5E

— norviscotia. (@angelakay629) April 21, 2014

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.