Scranton is not a bad town to run around. There are many runners here and I almost always find someone else running or walking while I am out. There is a Boston qualifier marathon here in the fall, and there are other races throughout the year. Many races have a national or even international following.
Yesterday was a big cancer 5K walk/run, the Race For the Cure. There were a few thousand participants. That is "good stuff." The problem that I had, and continue to have with Scranton, is that along the route, and within a couple of blocks of the festivities, were a number of cars parked on the sidewalks. If someone wanted to go to the event from a mile away, they would have to walk in the street to get there. If someone lost a leg because of bone cancer (or any other reason), and was stuck in a wheelchair, they would be denied access just because some ignorant person wanted to park their car on the sidewalk. On top of that, though it IS illegal to park on the sidewalk in Scranton, the police ignored the infraction.
Scranton, has to wake up and start enforcing these laws. It can be a leader in the fitness world, or it could find itself losing what good it has accomplished.
Be active, be happy
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