Originally Posted by Bluesteel

Blah blah blah, marathons are great, it's nice to be fit, go for the burn: I get it.

However, there is a case for the safety junkies to say that all this running around lark puts unnecessary strain on our bodies, and we should all stop doing it. Just like having a bloody good laugh hooning around about on a bike or jet car or bicycle, with the fair chance of ending up in a big, broken, bloody pile is bad for us too.

And as for people being sensible, you can't account for everyone. Fun things have always been stopped because of the few people who aren't sensible and exceed their abilities (you'd probably call them W**kers Neio, or something else with expletives).

I don't see the difference between different types of (more) extreme activity. One man's marathon is another man's 48 hour drug-fuelled dance-athon. I am frustrated by the way we (are told to?) see some things as more acceptable.

I am young. I will get over it.