Posted April 11 2008 by Marc Lerman
Matzah and the Boston Marathon
Every year on Patriots Day, a Massachusetts holiday celebrating the start of the Revolutionary War in Concord, thousands of people run the Boston Marathon. While not as famous as its New York counterpart, over 25,000 runners take part. It usually falls on Pesach, many times Chol HaMoed, and Jews from all over the country join the race as well. This year the race falls on the second day of Pesach - yuntif. How will people cope? This story on CNN.com, found here, shows the way several marathoners are preparing for the race. The biggest obstacle is that the runners will have no pasta, bread, or pizza the night before to “carb up” for the big race. One of the biggest concerns about the way these runners will “carb up,” namely eating a lot of Matzah, is the “binding effect on the digestive tract.” We all know what THAT is about.
Best of luck to the runners, even if they are running a race on yuntif. Maybe a Jew will beat one of the Kenyans that have won the race for the last 640 years.
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