The PH London Marathon 2014 Thread

[ewenm]

Double mobile post

[The jiffle king]

My running club is very culturally diverse and probably has a representative cross section of the local population. Having said that, most races I've attended are not as diverse.
What I love about running clubs is the variety of jobs/backgrounds you get. From the window cleaner, the carpenter, the CIO, the sales manager, the teacher etc. Pretty much most of society is covered in 200 people

[Willy Nilly]

okgo said:

Willy Nilly said:

But there's loads of black people in London yet hardly any black people ran the London Marathon save for the elite runners.

Generally I think most running/cycling/tennis/rowing clubs are mostly white dominated, probably a class thing I guess?

You don't think they had someone throwing black peoples entries in a bin do you?

No, I just wondered why (in the masses) they weren't there when the black elite athletes are so far ahead of everyone else.

[okgo]

lepetitoeuf said:

I hope I'm wrong, but are you saying that white people do these sports and are a different class to black people?

I think you know what I meant, but hey, try and paint me as a massive racist why don't you

Yes, cultural thing is what I tried to mean, Ewen summed it up well. And it was something I noticed on the day too.

[Rich_W]

The jiffle king said:

My running club is very culturally diverse and probably has a representative cross section of the local population. Having said that, most races I've attended are not as diverse.
What I love about running clubs is the variety of jobs/backgrounds you get. From the window cleaner, the carpenter, the CIO, the sales manager, the teacher etc. Pretty much most of society is covered in 200 people

I subscribe to the "any club that would have me as a member" so generally train on my own. But have noticed on numerous occasions that the women who run at my speed or slightly faster at events, generally have great asses