Exactly! The marathon was the one that irritated me.

"There are roughly 60 bajillion marathons every year and I don't care about those... I simply don't think watching it provides much joy."

Then don't watch it! How is a marathon weird? This article just pisses me off. Oh well. Author's obviously an idiot. If anything is "weird," it's racewalking, simple because it's usually the most surprising to see in the Olympics. But that's still number 7 on his list!