BBC Sport speaks to two runners with opposing views on the fact there will be no single-use cups or bottles at this weekend’s Paris Marathon.
BBC Sport speaks to two runners with opposing views on the fact there will be no single-use cups or bottles at this weekend’s Paris Marathon.
The article is also short on details. How exactly do they get enough water to each runner? Are there hundreds of filling stations at each water stop? Will runners setting records, or trying to qualify, now have teams where a literal water boy carries water for you.
Easy, water hoses.
Runners setting records & qualifying will invariably be aiming for under 2 hours 40, and thus be allowed to put out pre-prepared drink bottles.
Although in the interest of fairness, it should probably be more like 3 hours for women. At the moment it’s very high performing but sub-elite amateurs for men, but only to elite women.