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On a typical working day, how easy would it be to get around the London Marathon course (legally) in under 2 hours ...

... on a bike?

In reply to john arran:

What type of bike?

Any gears on the bike?

Assuming no punctures?

In reply to subtle:

Details, details. No engine/motor, but apart from that it's up to you.

In reply to john arran:

3am on a Wednesday? Easy.  

In reply to bouldery bits:

That may be possible, on the typical working day I would imagine it's impossible to complete the course in under 2 hours legally - but it may be worth a UKC challenge?

In reply to john arran:

as an aside, it was good to see Sir Mo thrashed after his recent outburst and subsequent revelations. British Athletics appear to be lying...

https://swiftgirlathletics.wordpress.com/2019/04/26/a-not-so-brief-history-...

https://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/athletics/ewan-mackenna-mo-fa...

In reply to malk:

Agreed. Mo "nice but dim" is not quite in Lance's class in the rebuttal skills. 

In reply to malk:

Thank you for that post - I took my time reading the two links and enjoyed them.

I know which camp I'm in when it comes to Mo, and Paula as well actually.

In reply to john arran:

Interesting idea - you happen to know of a link to an official route map? 

In reply to subtle:

I enjoyed the articles too. The independent one is very telling. Perhaps its time for a bit more scrutiny, public scrutiny, of Mo and Radcliffe and if they aren't prepared to be honest and answer direct questions then their records should be annulled. If Seb Coe cant show 100% openness he should be removed.

I f*cking hate cheating in sport, especially from those who profess to be whiter than white.

In reply to nufkin:

Dunno about 'official', but https://www.serpentine.org.uk/pages/race_london_course.html

In reply to Pedro50:

Given what's there, not so nice either.

In reply to malk:

Oops

Looks like there are some questions to be answered (or brushed under the carpet)

Elite sport is now big money, that results in big pressures to perform. It also means that the lines between clean, technically clean but morally dodgy, technically dodgy, and clear cheating are in practice, very blurred.

Not sure there's anything we can do about it except become more and more cynical

In reply to TheDrunkenBakers:

I think the hypocrisy is the worst bit.

It's quite refreshing to hear the one or two who basically just say, tried to keep up, cheated, got caught.

In reply to Michael Hood:

Nice to know some are getting caught at least

In reply to DubyaJamesDubya:

But how many are still getting away with it, perhaps Mo included.

In reply to malk:

Both of those athletes attract a lot of suspicion from non-Brits, PR for blood passport anomalies and how incredible her performances and MF for a multitude of reasons. I’m deeply suspicious of Farah in particular. 

In reply to Yanis Nayu:her performance s weren't very incredible for a very talented former junior world champion with what turned out to be a dangerously high work ethic.  They're only incredible if you have no context.  But we've argued over this before

In reply to wbo:

And note that she didn't live and train in Bedford, but Switzerland - at altitude.

In reply to john arran:

It's not quite possible to ride the exact and entire route... legally. The bit where it goes around the cutty sark is pedestrianised  if I remember correctly, and I think there are other bits where it goes against normal one-way flow in the Rotherhithe/Canada water area. You can get pretty close approximation to actual route most of the way though. The traffic can be pretty horrendous even filtering on two wheels at times though!

In reply to lorentz:

If you ding your bell, it gives folk on the pavements a chance to dive out of your way

In reply to fred99:

France, but you point still stands.

I think wbo is bang on the money, a hugely talented athlete trained to within an inch of destruction, which gave her a two year window of brilliant performances, but ultimately led to long term injury problems and retirement.