Music friendly marathons v the MP3 police

from walking.about.com

Do you walk with an iPod or other music player? If you do, then you would probably miss it sorely when you participated in a walking event or race that bans iPods. Events sanctioned by USATF, which would include many large marathons and half marathons, ban headphones. The Portland Marathon proudly bucks this and declares itself MP3 Player Friendly (as well as walker-friendly) on the front page of its web site. What would happen if you wore headphones or earbuds? Our Guide to Running says that the Twin Cities Marathon disqualified anybody finishing with headphones and banned them from future participation. More