A bunch of pissboy and pissgirl runners were brought to tears in Bournemouth, England on Sunday when a marshal error caused the race to be extended by almost two goddamn miles. Can you imagine! You wanna run—but not that far.
The Bournemouth Bay Run on Sunday was supposed to be a leisurely 10k run, but because a race marshal was missing from a key turn, the runners ended up going for an extra three kilometers in the wrong direction. That's almost two miles more than they wanted to go, which is reason enough to cry one's eyes out, as some witnesses explained to the BBC:
Hayley James, who is four months pregnant and from Poole, said: "To have a race of that scale with only one marshal on a point is inexcusable.
"We saw loads of people walking at the end, some were in tears, I felt so sorry for them - I felt like crying at the 10km mark."
Andy Isaac, from Bournemouth, said the event was "mayhem" with one point where an elderly woman managed to drive on to the route and was flashing her lights at oncoming runners.
A spectator at the event suggested that perhaps the marshal got "caught short, went home or got fed up," and runners were not signaled to turn when they were supposed to turn. According to the BBC, at least 300 of the 1,200 runners involved ran two miles more than they were intending to. That sucks.
Good exercise, though.
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