2. Long Jumper and Clueless Runner Have a Meet-and-Greet
SPOILER ALERT: This second blooper contains an important lesson for budding track stars: always look both ways before crossing the long jump runway. The slow motion really makes this video particularly funny. Watch it once for crash. Watch it a second time to see the guy the orange jacket scream something like “Nooooooo!”
Michael Starkey is an engineer 9-5, but in his spare time he writes about music and cultural history. His work includes "'Mercy, Mercy Me, The Ecology': Environmental Themes in Black Music" and "Hidden from Sight: African Americans and the Wilderness", presented at the annual conference of American Society of Environmental History, in 2006 and 2007 respectively. He is currently working on a book based on his master's thesis, "Wilderness, Race, and African Americans: An Environmental History from Slavery to Jim Crow." Michael lives and work in New York, NY. He currently resides in East Harlem with his wife and splits his work time between offices in Queens and Manhattan. He enjoys bicycling, listening to music, and playing soccer.
