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Boston marathon returns; Russian, Belarus residents not allowed in race

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The Boston Marathon is being raced Monday on its traditional April start, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. 

“The comeback is greater than the setback,” race Director Dave McGillivray said about the 126th running of the prestigious  race for runner and wheelchair athlete.

The race was cancelled in 2020 and run in October last year. 

Participant will still be subject to vaccine requirements, but McGillivray described the circumstances related to the race as “a new normal,” according to the Associated Press.

The race will have roughly 30,000 participants. But race organizers, the Boston Athletic Association, earlier this month said Russians and Belarusians who were accepted into the 2022 marathon as part of the open registration process and are currently residing in either country will no longer be allowed to compete.

Those who are not residents of either country will be able to compete but not under the flag of either country.

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27 Comments on Boston marathon returns; Russian, Belarus residents not allowed in race

  1. Open fucking bigotry is completely okay now in today’s America; so long as it’s against white people. JFC. Anyone who runs in that race this year is a fucking disgrace.

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  2. Anyone who might have any connection to anyone who might interfere with the Biden’s, Kerry’s, Romney’s or Pelosi’s One Stop Money Laundering Shop not welcome.

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  3. This action of denying entry to Russians and Ukrainians is a stain on the city of Boston and the worms that run the marathon. They’re just athletes who want to compete.

    It’s just a feel-good gesture that won’t help anybody.

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  4. Boston. Run by Democrats. Indiscriminate internment of Americans of Japanese descent during WWII and the Trail of Tears, the Woodrow Wilson Administration’s resegregation of the federal workforce and the US military and the litany of their discrimination is the legacy the despicable bastards always leave.

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  5. Seriously though, I’m reading several Boston PD Uni’s were stolen over the week end. They now have the Fibbies helping out. This might not be a good race to run.

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  6. Odd. I saw a beater 4 door today with two LARGE women in it.

    Licence plate? BELARUS.

    Not blrus45 or bllaruz or anything like that because it’s such a popular name. Just….. BELARUS.

    Which means no one in the history of time has picked that licence plate. Ever.

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  7. Nah…..I got this deal with a pushy client.

    Kinda seems like the guy working on your ride would be the last mofo you would want to piss off….but here we are.

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  8. Brad….it would be like someone paying you upfront for a lower….but then wants it in 8….with everything moved to the other side….and it has to shoot confetti.

    At some point you’re gonna’ explode in ‘WTF!?!?! ery.

    So glad I don’t do interiors or paint. I just get classic cars runnin’. That’s it. Instead of payin’ 30k upfront, a lot of folks would rather spend 6 and then toss me 2 to 5 to get it street legal. Then they can enjoy driving it while it gets restored.

    So simple. How can people f this up?

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  9. Money in the headliner…… what am I, 18? You go up in an old headliner you get a face full of debris.

    Nah, this guy wants more gears in his tbird. Yeah……you can do it….but it’s expensive and it DOESN’T FIT.

    He’s gonna’ have to go to Phoenix. Because pretty much everyone in town who has parts knows about him. And also….I don’t cut frames. Or springs. or the damn roof.

    I may take a normal job for a while.

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  10. It takes about 3 days to do a headliner… with a fucking sunroof. 3 more days to set the glass.

    My dear wife wanted a new headliner. I don’t know why. The current headliner is not sagging… and I don’t look up driving a car. Yeah, it’s a little sad, but it’s not SAD. Some stains. Stains happen. Little stains.

    6 days to do a headliner. If the glass was OUT? And you are telling me I have to take all the glass out but the roll downs?

    Yo! Fuck that shit.

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  11. Muh Westy rains debris from the perforated headliner when I go over big bumps.

    Just….lemme’ clear muh barn of all these dumb ass projects so I can finish that ride.

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  12. The last truck I wanna’do is for Ghost.

    Someone come up with some cheddar so I can buy a 1930 Ford pickup and dump a small block in it.

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  13. See, I’d start with something like this. Not this exactly…I’m not payin’ 3K for a shell. 1500 is more like it.

    https://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/d/phoenix-1932-wills-sainte-claire/7470564534.html

    And then I’d go to pick a part to dig up an engine and tranny…possibly the frame but I doubt it. But after a while it’ll look sorta like this.

    https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/d/gilbert-1928-ford-model-roadster-hot-rod/7463036393.html

    Yes. Completely impractical and unsafe at any speed. Ahhhhhhhhh.

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