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brooklynite

(94,713 posts) Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:31 PM Oct 2018

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Marathon goers are forced to run through flooded streets as Venice is swamped by high tide

Daily Mail:

Marathon runners were forced to wade through ankle-deep water in Venice after high tides flooded the city yesterday.

Proving their commitment to long-distance run instead of shying away from the problematic conditions, the runners persisted with the marathon.

Footage from the day shows runners plodding on through the flooded town as the water splashed up against their running shorts.

Onlookers came more prepared for the sticky situation, donning wellingtons and water-proof ponchos as they spectated the marathon-turned-swimming race.

Don't say "Global Warming..."

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Marathon goers are forced to run through flooded streets as Venice is swamped by high tide (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2018 OP

I've "ran" across rivers up to my waist during trail races obamanut2012 Oct 2018 #1

obamanut2012

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1. I've "ran" across rivers up to my waist during trail races

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Oct 29, 2018, 02:39 PM

Oct 2018

And in snowstorms. Nothing stops runners!!!

Venice has been sinking for hundreds of years, which is the cause for this more than climate change.

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