safety issue wrote:
The people who are going to punch and kick their way through, are you assuming you are going to be the first runner to reach the protest line? Because statistically that seems unlikely. There may be many runners between you and them. Are you going to punch and kick your way through other runners who are also being impeded? Should I have to worry about fellow runners plowing into me because I am stuck on the course?
Well, I plan to be slightly under 2:30, so while I won't be first, there won't be crowds of people in front of me (hopefully). If there are, I have either fallen off pace so much that it won't matter or it is going to be one fast year at the TCM.
Either way, I won't touch another runner unless, as I stated earlier, they are intentionally impeding my progress. I'll politely ask you to move aside if you're in front of me and refuse to do anything but stand there like an imbecile.