Ever Been Caught Short In Cardiff?
I was tempted to call this post ‘Stop Taking The P*ss’ but it’s a family blog, and I’m a visitor, so I won’t. Whichever way you look at it though, it definitely slips into the deepest waters of the ‘you couldn’t make it up’ lake. Without a life belt.
Organisers of the Cardiff 10k race have had to apologise after leaving the 2,403 runners high and dry whilst they were completing the course, which took place last Sunday. Someone had failed to provide a water station at the halfway stage and so the runners had to finish the race without fluids.
One of the competitors and the unofficial ‘state the bleedin’ obvious’ spokesman for the event said, “It’s really important because it helps you cool down”. You don’t say. Which then left the event organisers desperately trying to open the sluice gates and divert the flood of blame in any direction but theirs by stating, “The race was let down by the suppliers of the water”. Oh, well that’s alright then. Nothing to see wee here. Move along.
Sheesh!
“Who were the organisers?”, I can hear you all asking. Well, I left the best bit until last. Obviously. Why, it was none other than the … wait for it … Kidney Wales Foundation. No. I can assure you that I’m not taking the p*ss. Perhaps they were just trying to drum up a bit of extra business? Either way, as I said, you couldn’t make it up.
Incidentally, Cardiff seem to be rapidly gaining a history for this kind of ‘getting caught short’ business. Last year, the organisers of the Cardiff Half Marathon were forced to apologise after it was discovered the course was 211 yards too short after a last-minute change of route!
I wonder if they had to take a short cut to pick up some water?
Just wondering.
Max 😉
The worst race I have been in was the Salt Lake Marathon. We had about a five mile stretch with no aid station. You don’t need to have anything fancy, but runners do need water.
Good grief Trestin! That must have taken some doing. You must have been superfit to have gone five miles without fluid in that heat. Makes the affair in Cardiff seem a tad less traumatic.
I’ve never been caught short in Cardiff – in fact I’ve never been there at all. Haven’t got any plans to change that either…
I went to the ‘old’ Cardiff Arms Park a few times … back in the day. A tad grotty, I recall.