I love how they’re eliminating three water stations along the course to also lower the environmental impact; of course, their training regime for the race encourages taking a small drink every mile. Helpfully, the removed water stations are in the later stages of the race where some beginning marathoners are likely to struggle.
As for the capsules - should runners touch the gloved hands of volunteers rather than having it dropped in their hand, they’ll contaminate that volunteer’s gloves. Who’ll then stick their hands in the tub of more seaweed bulbs to spread it around.
And I’m still unconvinced this isn’t a choking hazard, both as the bulb and the remains of the bulb.
All in all, this is a solution seeking a problem. Just use paper cups, load them into bins, trundle them off to an incinerator and call it a day.
And I’m still unconvinced this isn’t a choking hazard, both as the bulb and the remains of the bulb.
My first thought!
At around twenty miles into the Chicago Marathon, I grabbed mint hard candy from a basket.
Refreshing, a nice change.
Until it thinned out and I unthinkingly crushed it with my teeth.
I inhaled the fragments, NOT GOOD!!!
Could not catch a breath and dropped to my knees wheezing and coughing.
Someone handed me a water bottle, a small sip, and a huge improvement.
I think the mint fragments adhered to my dry throat?
I finished but felt like crap.