(Please forgive the length of this idea.)
On most days, it is just several tourist
trails put together. You have the scenic
trail, the historic trail, shopping trail,
theatre trail, public building trail, etc,
and
all of them take full advantage of the
roads, subways, bus routes, tour
busses
and taxis. The end of all of the tours is a
goal, or prized landmark above all others
that may be well known for one of many
of
the above trails. No one is expected to
finish the whole trail of any category or
even reach the major goal landmark
except for the most tenacious of tourists.
However, all of that changes on City
Labyrinth Marathon Day. Imagine if you
will, the different colored lines in the
sidewalks and maps to signify the
different types of touring trails. But
today
is different, now prizes are handed out to
the winners and many enter to raise
money for different charities.
Now people can be sponsored for
charities
by not only the number of miles traveled
but also the amount of time used.
Temporary dots are spray painted into
the
sidewalks and crosswalks to signify
barriers. Now sometimes you have to
turn
back. Even the ending landmark may
have
changed.
Many core parts of the city are shut down
to regular traffic minus the public
transportation. Some of the barriers
have
crowds of people behind them cheering
others on.
Closer to the main goal or
paths to or near the main goal where the
city is shut down it becomes much
harder
to cheat as thousands of people are now
eyeing your moves. Especially since the
only pedestrians allowed to walk on the
closed streets and sidewalks have to
have
their marathon numbers visible.
Making the public transportation part of
the labyrinth allows for only small parts
of
the city to be blocked off while giving the
rest of the traffic and inhabitance
mobility
through out the city. Not to mention
giving the labyrinth many dimensions
that
most labyrinths do not have.
Not to mention your own dimension,
apartment complexes you or your friends
live at, keys to certain buildings where
you
work or museums and restraunts that
you
can take short cuts through are also fair
game in this marathon.
For those who think, 'hey I'll just take a
taxi to that end location,' will be
dissapointed when they see there is no
way to enter the goal area due to the fact
that either there is either a subway stop,
sky way or underground passage to the
said location. You may have actually
added time onto your journey.
Perhaps said person will think to his/
herself, 'Ya know, it's not too late to get
lunch at that place running the
promotion
where they will get a taxi for you
afterwards that takes you to a place that
may actually shave hours off your trip."