Crowd running

The principle of this sport is relatively simple. A high street is chosen as a venue, preferably one with a large number of people on it and at the busiest time of the day, most likely to be lunchtime, is chosen as the start time. A series of competitors known as crowd runners most then proceed in attempting to reach the end of the street in the fastest possible time, while dodging the on flowing crowd and hitting as few members of the crowd as possible.

I’ve personally tried this in my local city’s high street when I was trying to catch a bus and then on another day to meet a friend, both times I was in a hurry. I actually enjoyed the exhilarating feeling of dodging the crowd, ducking and weaving through the massed throng. I thus thought (eventually) that this would make an exciting sport to participate in.

(I’m not sure about watching, but I suppose that spectators could watch from balconies above the street and that the competitors could wear luminous clothing for easy spotting)

Dodging the crowd effectively requires good coordination and skill as well as the ability to manipulate your body’s position and speed. It could be classed as either an extreme sport or an urban sport, and hopefully an Olympic event. (eventually)

Note: This idea in no way contains any Teflon, except it’s mention in this note.