Gothamist: Diddy Did It

callum

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 05:43:15 -0500

hello this is a Question to Matt Welsh and Ian Thorpe and here it is. How many gold medals have you both won for urselves Can you please tell me thanks callum martin

callum

Wed, 18 Aug 2004 05:42:51 -0500

hello this is a Question to Matt Welsh and Ian Thorpe and here it is. How many gold medals have you both won for urselves Can you please tell me thanks callum martin

asdfasd

Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:01:45 -0500

haha u stink, but charity is coo, but u stink, haha haha :P

FatLadyInHarness

Sun, 09 Nov 2003 12:01:32 -0500

no offesne it WAS great and everything but the PR he got from it will be worth way more than the 2 mill he raised for the kids! Very savy guy!

don

Sun, 09 Nov 2003 08:12:32 -0500

Sean Combs ran a marathon and raised money for NY schools. He put a lot of effort and time into this selfless act. Why are so many people talking crap about this selfless accomplishment of his. When was the last time any of us busted our asses, raised money, and lobbied to do something for perfect strangers or our community?

fredrik

Tue, 04 Nov 2003 22:28:18 -0500

Sean Combs net time was 4:14:52. He started in the front and it only took him 2 seconds to cross the start line. All results avaiable at http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/results/results.html I also know a couple of person that crossed the start line together with Sean Combs, which gives further support for the offical results.

lukas

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 19:26:41 -0500

bloomberg doesn't "usually do" what, exactly? donate to charities? support kids? or fraternize with self-aggrandizing rap impresarios?

Jen

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:55:46 -0500

That is amazing and thanks for the link to the British Heart Organization. I'll mention it tomorrow.

Stu

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:41:11 -0500

So Mr Diddy ran a marathon for charity. Big deal. Ranulph Fiennes (59) ran seven marathons in seven days (finishing with the NY marathon), for charity, only four months after suffering a heart attack and undergoing double bypass surgery(!). Surely that's a more newsworthy achievement.

Jen

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:35:11 -0500

Sadly, we did not catch Mr. Diddy running. We were in Brooklyn, attempting to have brunch at 11:30AM but only succeeding at 1:30PM. Jake's dad did see some runners on Fourth Avenue and then we helped a bunch of friends of a runner take a picture of their clever "Go Amy" shirts. Then I almost passed out from a fever, but luckily Jake's sister carries a huge bottle of Ibuprofen around.

hatchback

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:10:32 -0500

I was hoping to wake up to a Post or Daily News hed reading P. DIDDIT! (Conversely, if he failed to finish: P. DIDN'T!) Gothamist comes close with P. Diddy Did It. Did any Gothamists see Mr. Combs running for or with the kids?

doshin

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:03:06 -0500

No apology necessary. For what it's worth, I didn't detect even a hint of crankiness in your reply. But enough of this good will, I have work to avoid!

Jen

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 12:14:52 -0500

I'm sorry, doshin, I was being cranky because I was working on today's post for a while and then I saw your comment.

doshin

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:15:48 -0500

Good article. My apologies for jumping the gun.

Jen

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 11:14:56 -0500

Actually, his net time was 3:58:22; the 4:14:54 includes the time it actually took for him, running in the middle of the pack, to cross the start line. (The top athletes are at the front...it takes anywhere from 20 minutes to even ur to even make it to the start line when you have about 35,000 runners competing.)

blah

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:15:01 -0500

I think you made a mistake -- Diddy ran in 4:14, not under four hours.

jake

Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:59:12 -0500

amazing race pictures by clarsen