Ride London 100

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user16171

If you took 26,000 people and made them sit still in a field for 8 hours does the law of averages say that some will require medical attention before the day is out?

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Scrabble in reply to @user16171

It's annoyed me that every news article has focused on the incidents rather than the event and money raised for charity. You never get this with the marathon, but I'm sure there are lots of relatively minor medical issues and unfortunately deaths every couple of years. These are always reported as a side issue though, and don't detract from the general coverage. For the 100, every news outlet was desperate to tell you about the medical support, or the 'traffic chaos'. Always hints at the general cyclist outgroup mentality of the media/public.

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TheArchitect in reply to @Scrabble

The London marathon has been going for 35 years, so comparisons to an event that's only 3 years old is a bit unfair. For what it's worth my sister lives near the route (Hampton court) and isn't a cyclist. Initially she hated the disruption, but now has kids and loves the event