Tokyo, Rio, London were all very flat. Have they ever ran it on a not-flat course? I feel like that would make the race much more exciting as hills allow for moves to be made. With a pancake-flat course it is basically a group time trial and takes a lot of the thought out of racing. I also feel like seeing people run up/down hills makes the TV broadcast more engaging.
For reference, I would like to see them race on a course with an average 40-80 ft climbing per mile.
Going from memory, I think Barcelona, Atlanta and Athens had major hills or were hilly.
Intense heat, humidity, AND hills would a bit much.
asdasdasd wrote:
Tokyo, Rio, London were all very flat. Have they ever ran it on a not-flat course? I feel like that would make the race much more exciting as hills allow for moves to be made. With a pancake-flat course it is basically a group time trial and takes a lot of the thought out of racing. I also feel like seeing people run up/down hills makes the TV broadcast more engaging.
For reference, I would like to see them race on a course with an average 40-80 ft climbing per mile.
London wasn’t flat. Rio was flat because if you took it through the city, the runners would get robbed. And you know why Tokyo/Sapporo was flat. Other than that, you’re making stuff up. You also don’t know what “pancake flat” is until you run the Fort Lauderdale or O.Ne marathon. To sum up: you don’t know what you’re talking about.
jusuutfv wrote:
Intense heat, humidity, AND hills would a bit much.
No, it would be great. I agree with the OP. The marathon should be run on a hilly course, it is not a track event.
Because major cities tend to be along the ocean, bay, large lakes, or large rivers. Since you’re near large body of waters it tends to be flat. Also they want it to be accessible to fans along the course. Put it up in the mountains and that’s not so much.
There’s exceptions like Atlanta. But if Atlanta was on the Atlantic Ocean like MIAMI is then it would of been flat.
Geography wrote:
Because major cities tend to be along the ocean, bay, large lakes, or large rivers. Since you’re near large body of waters it tends to be flat. Also they want it to be accessible to fans along the course. Put it up in the mountains and that’s not so much.
There’s exceptions like Atlanta. But if Atlanta was on the Atlantic Ocean like MIAMI is then it would of been flat.
You don’t know anything about geography. And you don’t know anything about the Miami course, including when RNR was there. They go over multiple causeways. And those would be considered hills. You would have been better off saying Panama City, but I wouldn’t call that course flat either.