slowpokes

There's been a lot of chatter in recent years that marathons have become devalued by Finishers, that too many slowpokes are running, that 26.2 miles has become just another box to check in the modern adult experience.

NYC's Finest: the Finishers Jason Gay 2011

Now he is proposing a sleek, compact, two-seat sports car in the E-type's spirit, but with a lightweight body, six-cylinder engine and a hybrid system that uses a boost button to vault the car around slowpokes on the highway.

Tell Europe What Luxury Cars to Build Joseph B. White 2011

But it does say it uses ShotLink to help slowpokes identify where they lose the most time and should pick up the pace.

The Bashful Prince and His Public 2010

But it does say it uses ShotLink to help slowpokes identify where they lose the most time and should pick up the pace.

The Bashful Prince and His Public 2010

Also, the Blue Devils were accustomed to playing at different speeds, so the model figured they'd be able to handle speed racers like Baylor (which they beat in the regional final) and also slowpokes like West Virginia (which they beat soundly in the national semifinal).

Make It 78 Straight, And 7, for UConn 2010

Also, the Blue Devils were accustomed to playing at different speeds, so the model figured they'd be able to handle speed racers like Baylor (which they beat in the regional final) and also slowpokes like West Virginia (which they beat soundly in the national semifinal).

Make It 78 Straight, And 7, for UConn 2010

But it does say it uses ShotLink to help slowpokes identify where they lose the most time and should pick up the pace.

The Bashful Prince and His Public 2010

Also, the Blue Devils were accustomed to playing at different speeds, so the model figured they'd be able to handle speed racers like Baylor (which they beat in the regional final) and also slowpokes like West Virginia (which they beat soundly in the national semifinal).

Make It 78 Straight, And 7, for UConn 2010

Yes, the slowpokes hogging the lane are annoying, and breaking the law, and dangerous ... and should be stopped ... but I don't see cops pulling over the arrogant jerks in pickup trucks riding my ass and blinking at me, no matter what lane I'm in.

Move over Jersey drivers, Manahan takes on the left-lane lingerers 2009

With the season still three weeks away, NFL teams are hard at work at training camps, picking through the miniatures, slowpokes and other leftovers to see which of them, if any, they ought to consider keeping.

The Talent the NFL Turns Away 2009