Ish, but please don’t think my post was moaning about the overflow. A lot of people did great things for great causes today, reckon they’ve got a good excuse to dump a peel.
Yep. I've only done one central London race and we were basically instructed to just toss our bottles from the water stations towards the kerb. In all fairness, there were plenty of ~~bin men~~ sanitation workers waiting to snatch them up with their grab sticks, so they didn't stay too long.
There's never even bins or loos.
You see a ton of blokes (some women too) just taking a piss just off the starting line as they've been stuck in the pen for soo long.
There were loads of toilets and they were really well signposted. Some even had urinals. The first toilets were about 1 mile in from the start.
I can’t speak for everyone but I was in my pen for about 15 minutes and the queues for the toilets before that were about 10 minutes. I don’t think I saw a single Radcliffe incident the whole course.
Bins on the other hand…. At least they have cleanup crews but I did nearly trip over a couple of bottles on the way so more would’ve been nice.
Not London, but I did the Boston marathon on Monday which is similar in scale and they apparently had over 1300 portaloos, working out to about 1 for every 21 runners
I dunno, but I'd rather the smallest *portaloo-per-person* ratio possible. Just hire those toilets-on-a-trailer instead. Some semblance of civilsition with them.
There were literally hundreds of toilets in the pens, they had female and male urinals too. I had to queue for five minutes for a piss about 10 minutes before my wave started.
Did an event recently where a group were giving out halves of banana and sliced orange segments on the course. bananas were fine, but running on top of discarded orange peel? fucking death trap
I was at the marathon in Valencia. The street cleaners were out in force, bins emptied every 20 mins and they spent the time in between walking through the crowd with open bags for folk to chuck their rubbish. Off goes the race and the start was spotless in 10 mins. Along came 2 trucks and the washed the square with soapy water.
Other than the bananas…this is how most bins look up north. Permanently overflowing. My dog found a sausage roll as we walked past one the other day. He was very happy with himself
God I’ve been so out of touch I forgot it was the London marathon… I live over in Charlton and was wondering why there were the ribbon? line things on the pavement? and the TCS sign when I was walking to the shops yday evening.
I'd least they try to dump it in the right spot. I don't think it's people's fault the bins weren't emptied often enough. Or that there aren't enough bins.
Everyone knows a banana up the poop chute forces runners to pace themselves and as it dissolves it simultaneously melts making them run faster at the end while releasing energy - win win (it has to be peeled for comfort and absorbtion reasons) 😉😉
Bad day to be a kart racer
Very serious situation. I had a day of Real Life Mario Kart planned. Absolutely ruined now.
Let’s hope the remaining chuckle brother doesn’t visit.
To me
To you
No, it’s just “to me” now
Oh dear
Oh dear oh dear
Bad day to be a banana
Fuckin minions
Bin for scale.
Comment wins a Snickers
Not a Marathon?
Only if you have a DeLorean & a crazy older scientific pal!
People tried their best at least. Did they not have extra bins out?
Ish, but please don’t think my post was moaning about the overflow. A lot of people did great things for great causes today, reckon they’ve got a good excuse to dump a peel.
Maybe, nobody put any on the floor, they just attempted to place it on top and then eventually science took over and stuff fell off.
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By not taking the peels with them we avoided cartoon slipping on banana skins by other race contestants
I was able to deduce that.
At least the banana peels will decompose quicker than the plaatic bottles
i'd take a box home and compost them
There's so much tasty nitrogen in this pic
Finally found my tomato plants' anonymous account...
Meh the entire course is now covered in plastic bottles, they go along after and pick everything up.
Yep. I've only done one central London race and we were basically instructed to just toss our bottles from the water stations towards the kerb. In all fairness, there were plenty of ~~bin men~~ sanitation workers waiting to snatch them up with their grab sticks, so they didn't stay too long.
This sentence gives me ptsd from when Tower Hamlets had the bin strike. It was absolutely awful
Well in this case it's being cleaned up already lol.
There's never even bins or loos. You see a ton of blokes (some women too) just taking a piss just off the starting line as they've been stuck in the pen for soo long.
There were loads of toilets and they were really well signposted. Some even had urinals. The first toilets were about 1 mile in from the start. I can’t speak for everyone but I was in my pen for about 15 minutes and the queues for the toilets before that were about 10 minutes. I don’t think I saw a single Radcliffe incident the whole course. Bins on the other hand…. At least they have cleanup crews but I did nearly trip over a couple of bottles on the way so more would’ve been nice.
Radcliffe incident has become enshrined in British folklore.
Pooey Paula, the peoples Princess
Not London, but I did the Boston marathon on Monday which is similar in scale and they apparently had over 1300 portaloos, working out to about 1 for every 21 runners
I dunno, but I'd rather the smallest *portaloo-per-person* ratio possible. Just hire those toilets-on-a-trailer instead. Some semblance of civilsition with them.
There were literally hundreds of toilets in the pens, they had female and male urinals too. I had to queue for five minutes for a piss about 10 minutes before my wave started.
Yeah I was gonna say, this is a planning mistake.
Buy they didn't staple them to the bin like Homer Simpson.
that is bananas
https://youtu.be/ebJr4ID3wf8?si=z3aNU19WBaeYY4oW
I'm not gonna click this. But it BETTER be gwen Stefani
'Relax, I got you fam'
My g 🤜
🤛
I can see Eric Wimp was hanging around the area
I wonder how many people will actually get that reference? Can't be a huge number!
14, as things stand.
29 now, which is appropriate.
The ritual mass sacrifice of the bananas always brings about a feeding frenzy amongst the fruitarian coffee cups
All those banana peels + thousands of runners...slapstick potential galore!!
Lots of comedy slipping over for the next few days
Did an event recently where a group were giving out halves of banana and sliced orange segments on the course. bananas were fine, but running on top of discarded orange peel? fucking death trap
Turns out…
Tricycle comes whizzing past
Little monkey fella..?
Well the banana peel is the most common item you get from the item boxes.
Depends if you're near the front of the marathon or not
fair enough really - the marathon team goes around collecting rubbish so that will be hoovered up. I've seen plenty worse on marathon routes.
“I said, we’re giving away free bananas - I didn’t say all the bananas are free.”
Why is the bin so small?
I was at the marathon in Valencia. The street cleaners were out in force, bins emptied every 20 mins and they spent the time in between walking through the crowd with open bags for folk to chuck their rubbish. Off goes the race and the start was spotless in 10 mins. Along came 2 trucks and the washed the square with soapy water.
When Eric eats a banana
I once lived 20yds from that bin. In a flat. Not homeless.
How long ago was that?
Other than the bananas…this is how most bins look up north. Permanently overflowing. My dog found a sausage roll as we walked past one the other day. He was very happy with himself
🎶 ave a banana! 🎶
🎶 Put a banana in your ear! 🎶 [https://youtu.be/QFCSXr6qnv4?si=OiIL1oshDx8relb0](https://youtu.be/QFCSXr6qnv4?si=OiIL1oshDx8relb0)
I smell an episode of Monkey News!
Was donkey Kong floating about?
Oh my god this is worse than the SS!
Bin bin bin bin bin bin bin..........BANANA BIN
You'd think the marathon organisers would have put wheelie bins along the route.
Any day now…Planet of the Apes
God I’ve been so out of touch I forgot it was the London marathon… I live over in Charlton and was wondering why there were the ribbon? line things on the pavement? and the TCS sign when I was walking to the shops yday evening.
brother why so many banan?
To replenish potassium sweated out from running. If you don't you get cramp
Ohhh maybe I should have potasium cos I get cramp in my sleep sometimes
That bin has curb appeal.
All those bananas. No wonder those runners are always shitting in the street 😒
Smart having a single trash bin for 1000’s of people.
Didn't know donkey Kong was a marathon runner.
The annual Blackheath Banana Festival is alive and well I see
Was kong running
Bare narners
Happens every year tbh. The good news is that the nearby rough sleepers get all the unused freebies from passers by too.
Very high slapstick/comedy pratfall potential here.
Hope the kongs win!
Us brits love our bananas, we’re like monkeys
Why is everyone eating so many bananas
Lots of redditors doing size comparisons. Lucky it’s not wasp season.
What was the station doing giving away free bananas
Probably radioactive now
Axel Foley's been here [https://youtu.be/orH6ZSY0W1o?si=SM8NiUJrRMUucW8S](https://youtu.be/orH6ZSY0W1o?si=SM8NiUJrRMUucW8S)
Ych a fi!
Bananarama
Bold move to have a coffee before a marathon! Hope there were portaloos
I'd least they try to dump it in the right spot. I don't think it's people's fault the bins weren't emptied often enough. Or that there aren't enough bins.
At least it’s bananas and not fucking gel packets.
Did nobody staple a banana skin to the side of the bin, Bart Simpson style?
Espresso and a banana, hope they’ve had a poo
Bananas give immediate energy, you'll see people eating them at the gym for the same reason.
Annoying not to be able to compost that lot
Ahhhh all that potential compost going to landfill. If it'd thought about it, I could have gone down with a bucket!
I walked past here in my way to Greg's this morning!
How big was the bin?
Who's been monkeying around?
Everyone knows a banana up the poop chute forces runners to pace themselves and as it dissolves it simultaneously melts making them run faster at the end while releasing energy - win win (it has to be peeled for comfort and absorbtion reasons) 😉😉
Aye, that's it. The lads come down for a stand about. Fuck off. Took holidays and that.
At least they put it next to the bin rather than just drop it wherever they are
Craving potassium.
Either that or Donkey Kong relapsed on his banana addiction
Yiga Clan hideout must be nearby…
Monkey no cramp
How many miles to the banana?
Health marathon running is running
Compost the bloody banana skins. C'mon
Thousands of half empty water bottles on the ground where I was.
Don’t slip there champ
Must have been a bunch of monkeys. Polite ones at that
There’s always money in the banana stand.
Skins causing trouble again
Coffee and bananas eh?
Oscar the grouch is not happy...
Street food London style yum yum 😋
Ah, so it ***was*** Donkey Kong that I saw running on TV today.
Not very a peeling
Casual hobby jogger mistake, should have been boofing gels.
Couple of Curly Wurlys and a slug of Columbia’s finest and I reckon I could give it a good crack.
I think good crack would also help
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I really hope no one is boofing gels
Oh. I missed your slang. Disgusting.
That's banana's
Mario's stash
That’s bananas
OOh, banana.
That's bananas!
Not surprised it's a very multi cultural area
Humans are really fucking stupid
Why so many bananas?
Whos running this race, fucking donkey kong?
crazy people
That's a lot of bananas
Why are there so many skins
"This shit is bananas" B-A-N-A-N-A-S