Technology In Athletics

Wow - too cool.

In Tokyo today, there was a 26m marathon.  The third place winner was an amateur, but this is where this story gets...bizarre?...intriguing?...innovative?

Yuki Kawauchi is just a regular Joe Shmo who decided to run the marathon.

What makes this story remarkable is that he ran it with 4 iPhones and 1 iPad strapped two him as he broadcast live.  One iPhone was pointed at the ground, one at his face as his ran, one was a GPS and he had an iPad strapped onto him so he could communicate and tweet with his followers.

How wonderfully odd and unique.  What doors will this open in up in terms of (virtually) being part of an athletic endeavour? 

I'm intrigued - to say the least - to see what doors this might open up.