This weekend was the opening weekend for Paramount Canada’s Wonderland. Each year I think, this is the year I’m going to get there. And then other stuff gets in the way of my going. Stuff like cutting the grass. Weeding the garden. Washing the car.
It got me thinking though, why hasn’t anyone come up with a running themed park? Since no one has, I guess it’s up to me. Let me warn you, I’ve already patented this idea, so if it shows up as part of say … Disney World, I’ll know!
So you would walk in through this giant gate that is shaped like the shute of an race. There would be a starting time on one side and a finishing time on the other. Each person could get their picture taken at the finish line and have it sent to them. It would have their “running” time in the park on it. As well as their bib number.
Then you could decide where you want to go in the park. You could go to the kids fun run – the 1 km fun park. The place where running characters are available for pictures with the kids. What kind of characters you ask? Ben Aide – the special no hurt bandage. And there would be Sally the Super Sock.
For those without kids, you could go to Regular Joe Running Park or Eliteland for the elite runners. And of course, we wouldn’t forget our friends the Masters of Running.
I still have lots of stuff to work out for my running theme park. I am having a lot of fun dreaming up rides and games. Even though we pretend we whine about running, we keep going back. Kind of like roller coasters. And why do we go back? Because in the end, underneath the whining, we are having the time of our lives!
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