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.

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    Im envisioning water tunnels where runners can run through with their bottles over their heads to refill them and get a nice dousing. Maybe with one side open so some runners can stick their arm in with the bottle and not get doused or to limit the amount of dousing. all while not breaking stride.

    • Zagorath@quokk.auOP
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      2 months ago

      Ha, that’d be pretty cool to see!

      Apparently they can filla whole flask in just a couple of seconds, so the delay might not be too bad if there’s no lines. Though even those few seconds stopped is a big hit to momentum compared to grabbing a cup—or your idea of essentially a drinkable waterfall.

      But even with the waterfall, there’s still the added weight of carrying all that water with you. Not ideal.

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        2 months ago

        I mean given folks drink one and splashone in the face maybe they will just look up and grab a mouth full and skip the container.