Gelana vs Cassidy

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Wriggling Snake Apr 2013 3:05pm, 22 Apr 2013 3,975 posts	0 Wriggling Snake The solution is easy, either have the runners/wheelchait things at different places in the race, say 500m apart or on opposite sides of the road.
Fellrunning Apr 2013 4:00pm, 22 Apr 2013 818 posts	0 Fellrunning The Beeb would have plenty of time for coverage if they did less celeb gurning/bulid up/ Bendan "Paula Radcliffe" Foster gibbering on, and more (shock horror) showing the action. I visited my local to watch the Boat Race on the TV,. How the hell can they manage to have two and a half hours covergae of a race that takes less than 20 minutes. Build up should take 5 mins max (Heres the course here are the crews) and wind down a similar amount of time (Here's Oxford? trying to drown an American dwarf who hitched a ride in the boat). I digress.
Wriggling Snake Apr 2013 4:03pm, 22 Apr 2013 3,977 posts	0 Wriggling Snake I watched the end of the Men's race and thought the ex-athletes added nothing particularly useful, but it would all be odd without commentators...
Fellrunning Apr 2013 4:07pm, 22 Apr 2013 819 posts	0 Fellrunning Dont mind the commentating, its all the fluff that comes with it. Commentators and presenters are supposed to enhance the viewers experience not become the viewers experience.
Hackett Apr 2013 4:12pm, 22 Apr 2013 1,147 posts	0 Hackett Seems pretty simple send the Elite Wheelchair athletes off before the Elite runners. Or within a time that means it is unlikely they are reaching a water station together. In this incident I think the female runner was at fault cutting across the line but Cassidy stated this has been raised previously with officials. Perhaps now an incident has occurred they may change the timings next year to prevent it.
RunningBob Apr 2013 4:30pm, 22 Apr 2013 3,027 posts	0 RunningBob The elite women are racing hard and can't be expected to look around all the time. That crash could have easily cause some nasty injuries. If they really must run the races simultaneously I would have thought wheelchair athletes could avoid drinks stations - why not just carry a bottle on board like a cyclist? My main gripe with the bbc is complete lack of coverage of GB athletes. Mo aside I think only Susan Partridge was featured. Why not devote 10 minutes to covering the top 100 or so club athletes - it is after all the UK marathon championships.
Duchess Apr 2013 6:18pm, 22 Apr 2013 3,083 posts	0 Duchess The bbc has no idea what a club runner is; if you're not a professional elite, you're a fun runner.
Gobi Oct 2016 3:27pm, 28 Oct 2016 59,174 posts	0 Gobi Yeap , I think one year Steve Way ran 2.19 and was called a fun runner.
Longwayround [LWR] Nov 2016 12:10am, 15 Nov 2016 1,669 posts	0 Longwayround [LWR] Did he enjoy it?