Comments on: Beautiful Day Greets Beijing Marathoners, But… http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/beautiful-day-greets-beijing-marathoners-but/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: mike http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/beautiful-day-greets-beijing-marathoners-but/#comment-233539 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:07:17 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19194#comment-233539 “A Yellow River runs wild in the heart of Beijing.”
So, in other words, no news?

“how dare they desecrate our sacred governemnt buildings?”
Nothing is sacred in China. You must be new in town.

]]> By: Chinese Netizen http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/beautiful-day-greets-beijing-marathoners-but/#comment-233240 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:29:52 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19194#comment-233240 It only needs to be “world class” at the beginning and finish line

]]> By: zi ziao http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/beautiful-day-greets-beijing-marathoners-but/#comment-233238 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 06:38:49 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19194#comment-233238 this is outrageous, the marathon should be banned. how dare they desecrate our sacred governemnt buildings? Capitalist running dogs.

]]> By: Area Man http://beijingcream.com/2013/10/beautiful-day-greets-beijing-marathoners-but/#comment-233237 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 06:14:22 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=19194#comment-233237 I was a participant in the race yesterday. It’s common pre-race practice to hydrate to the bursting point because, well, you sweat a hell of a lot over the course of 26 miles. There were a lot of bathrooms at the start, but I saw absolutely none beyond that point.

I’ve run 200-person marathons in the middle of nowhere in the Midwestern US that still managed to throw out a few porta-potties along the route. So to be fair to the Chinese runners, it’s really just more poor planning from a race that aspires to be ‘world-class’ but has a long, long ways to go.

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