Talk:2016 London Marathon

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At the least, the offical number of entrants, starters, and finishers should be here. The explanation of why wheel chair bound "runners" finish an hour faster than runners should be mentioned. The link to the "official" web site redirects to the 2017 London Marathon (Perhaps they have removed the 2016 already, IDK.) Finally, it is absolutely ridiculous to equate treadmill "running" (in microgravity!) with running while supporting your full weight on Earth. This was a publicity event and has NO MERIT, imho. If they don't run the same course under the same conditions, then its not the "same" race, obviously.Abitslow (talk) 15:24, 26 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]