I am a novice runner and today I ran my first full marathon and found the arrangements to be pathetic; 1) There were no food items available..only water ,and very dilute or very concentrated electrolyte soln..SCMM hires some event management company for aid-stations and among all things they know one things is sure this company doesn't know abc about runners and running... 2) the full marathon starts at 7:40 and the half at 6:40...so the full marathon runners have to run a major part of their race in blistering heat of mumbai... 3) the roads were supposed 2 be closed for 6hrs...but traffic started after 4hrs 10 min itself...just think abt veteran atheletes (even the best men take more than 4 hrs and women arnd 5 hrs)..
