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Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby HCcD » Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:50 pm

Ooopss !!!

Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest after wrong U-turn


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/16/bangkok-half-marathon-worlds-longest-u-turn-17-mile-race
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Re: Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby Commodore665 » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:08 pm

DO'H


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Re: Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby HCcD » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:32 pm

And, the RD has "owned it" and made a peace offering ...


Botched half-marathon offers T-shirt apology

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/767988/
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Re: Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby turd ferguson » Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:54 pm

Are we sure that everybody's Garmin wasn't just inaccurate? Because I think that's the cause of races seeming long. Either that or failing to run the shortest tangents.
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Re: Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby jonovision_man » Tue Nov 17, 2015 2:00 pm

turd ferguson wrote:Are we sure that everybody's Garmin wasn't just inaccurate? Because I think that's the cause of races seeming long. Either that or failing to run the shortest tangents.


:lol:

I love the T-shirt apology, clever.

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Re: Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby canalrunner » Tue Nov 17, 2015 4:37 pm

Stuff happens. Like the apology. Perhaps they should have been charged marathon prices for the extra distance.

This is one for the Garminazi.
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Re: Bangkok half-marathon becomes world's longest ...

Postby scrumhalfgirl » Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:21 am

canalrunner wrote:Stuff happens. Like the apology. Perhaps they should have been charged marathon prices for the extra distance.

This is one for the Garminazi.


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