Running News Round-up: Ninjas, Mebsanity and the Lincoln Tunnel

On Monday, Meb Keflezighi became the first American in forever (over 30 years) to win the Boston Marathon.

Ran across these items (no pun intended):

• Ninja 5K costume race scheduled for June 28 at The Horizon Center.
• Meb Keflezighi evidently won the 26.2 mile race wearing LA Gear Sneakers Skechers.  "I don't even know how people can walk in Skechers," unnamed source.
• Special treat for anyone who wants to run an entire race in a smoggy, filthy tunnel, whilst also inconveniencing an entire city and thusly bringing it to its knees: there's a 5K race in the Lincoln Tunnel. 
• I ran a half marathon... while injured. Global Saskatoon has the scoop on the race. 
• Another news story about people dying while running half marathons.  Makes you wonder if eventually participants would need to be pre-screened before being cleared to run. I hope not.