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Ep43: You Could Have Been Running The Malta Marathon – I did
Ep43: You Could Have Been Running The Malta Marathon – I did
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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
If you like your marathons with a touch of politics then you're in luck!
The Malta Marathon has been running for 37 years and has face cancellation due to Covid and freak storms. As many as 4000 runners tackle the full and half marathon on a typical year.
With just three weeks to go until the 2022 event they were denied a permit on their previous route and offered a new route they deemed unsafe so were forced to cancel.
Then the very next day there was an announcement of an alternative full and half marathon, organised by Transport Malta and Sport Malta, for the same day as the original.
Could a government department organise a large scale event so quickly and could a pasty Brit with little training make it around?
The Malta Marathon has been running for 37 years and has face cancellation due to Covid and freak storms. As many as 4000 runners tackle the full and half marathon on a typical year.
With just three weeks to go until the 2022 event they were denied a permit on their previous route and offered a new route they deemed unsafe so were forced to cancel.
Then the very next day there was an announcement of an alternative full and half marathon, organised by Transport Malta and Sport Malta, for the same day as the original.
Could a government department organise a large scale event so quickly and could a pasty Brit with little training make it around?
Released:
Mar 9, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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