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Maybe you would all not be so tolerant towards this mob like activity, if someone dear to you was in an accident or dangerously ill, but could not get an ambulance or vital medical assistance, because the services, hospitals and roads were in deadlock with these ridiculous people.
Reverandfunk, no don't ban alcohol, ban drunks.
Gromit, The London Marathon is a national institution? no it's like an institution being let out. Yes I would ban the Grand National because of the fact that horses do get killed.
The fact remains that a very large amount of these people are not trained athletes or necessarily fit to take on this challenge. Would it be at all wise to let an untrained driver race a formula one car? Or for some other idiot to climb Everest dressed in a silly costume?
Bring in legislation to make it compulsory before entering for the Marathon to obtain documentation showing what training has taken place, clean bill of health certification , and that private insurance has been taken out.