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The London Marathon is one of the world's
biggest city marathon events. I thought, as
they're going to close all the streets
anyway, why not have a bicycle race over
the course before the main running race. It
would be great fun to be able to ride at
high speed through London without traffic
or traffic lights and the whole thing could
be over in an hour or two.
London Marathon
http://www.london-m...n.co.uk/index.shtml
[hippo, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Not exactly a new idea, is it?
http://news.bbc.co....cycling/3104670.stm
[DrCurry, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Cycling 26 miles is pretty darn ho hum. Pulling (pushing?) a wheelchair or handcycle that far is something else.
http://www.ingnycma...ults/ma3/ma3wch.htm
[DrCurry, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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I would prefer to see the London Marathon Bicycle Race begin a few minutes behind the foot race, in a Pamplona running of the bulls style. |
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Another excuse to play the Queen song. |
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Yay! But can we customise our bikes wacky-racer style? Cheating should be activly encouraged. I'm going to talk to [bris] about the possibility of a hulla-bike-baloon. |
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What's so half-baked about that? How about a Segway rally, or a one-legged blade runner marathon? In New York, we send out the physically challenged ahead of the crowds, on crutches, in wheelchairs and on handcycles. |
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26 miles is a trivial distance for a bike race. Putting cyclists on the marathon course would diminish the efforts of those for whom 26 miles is a real stretch. And finally, bike races are Widely Baked, even on the busy streets of London. |
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The NYC marathon uses cyclists to accompany the runners, especially the physically challenged, so I'm going to guess that if you really want to cycle the marathon course, you can do that thing. Otherwise, this idea is unworthy of you. |
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Yes, as you well know the London
marathon has all that too, but not a
bicycle race.
I didn't see the
relevance of the BBC link - the London
marathon isn't the Tour de France. |
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...or dead people from the extreme heat... |
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You could run bike versions in tandem with things like fell-running, which might be fairer. Or runners' versions of downhill or slalom ski courses. Stock-cars on a specially-widened luge track. |
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pogo sticks are much neglected... |
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[badgers] near Hey-on-Wye in Wales they have a Man v Horse v Mountain Bike Race every year. Someone on foot usually wins but it's pretty close. |
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And the horses just wander all over the place. |
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the man is pretty suspect too. |
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[scout] Interesting... The London
Marathon Pub Crawl would be a
challenging race. I'd bet there are a fair
number of pubs on the London
Marathon route. |
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of the London Slow Bicycle Race. Last one to finish without putting their foot down wins. |
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Space hopper racing. That's what you want, not boring old bikes...unless they're bikes with wobbly front wheels. |
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