Olympic Park run

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Jul 2013
2:26pm, 22 Jul 2013
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Spleen
@Herman: It's a sham, and everyone knows it. Football stadia with running tracks are awful - ask any Italian (if you can find any in their half-empty grounds). The "retractable seating" is just a laughable fig leaf, similar to the imaginary "air conditioning" that will supposedly make Qatar a suitable place to play the World Cup - a foolproof plan with only one minor flaw - that the technology doesn't exist. If it was workable then every club in Italy would be falling over themselves to install it.

The running track will go. There will be a few years of legal wrangling, posturing and negotiating over penalty clauses, but it will go.
Jul 2013
2:30pm, 22 Jul 2013
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HermanBloom
Well I would assume that in the 99 year lease is a watertight clause that says "you keep the running track otherwise you are in breach of contract and we take back the stadium", hence why Spurs backed out.

But given it would be years and years until I was sorted out either way, this event can carry on for a fair few years I would think.
Jul 2013
2:33pm, 22 Jul 2013
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HellsBells
i get one photo when I search on my race number - and it's not of me
Jul 2013
2:36pm, 22 Jul 2013
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mulbs
are you searching for HellsBells or your real name? ;-) You can have as many of my photos as you like, they're all dreadful and highlight just how round I am!
Jul 2013
2:39pm, 22 Jul 2013
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HermanBloom
If you were wearing a pink cap, with a purple top and yellow shorts then that search engine on the site would probably do the job. Given 90% of the people were in blue tops though, I'm no sure how that type of search helps :-)
Jul 2013
2:48pm, 22 Jul 2013
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Meglet
Don't think all the photos are on yet. There's ones of me from the finish line but no others yet.
Jul 2013
2:49pm, 22 Jul 2013
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HermanBloom
If it's like the Bupa 10k they'll stick some on initially and then add more over the coming days.
Jul 2013
2:54pm, 22 Jul 2013
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jiminy cricket
marathon-photos.com

Try this
Jul 2013
3:03pm, 22 Jul 2013
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runner duck
if this works, this is my beloved offspring at mile 4ish:

www6.marathon-photos.com
Jul 2013
3:05pm, 22 Jul 2013
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runner duck
re the stadium - aren't the world athletics being held there in the next couple of years? they'll need to keep the track till then at least!

i'm really hoping that it's on next year and that i'll be well enough to run it :)

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