Trail Running -100km distance - should be an elite Olympic sport. UTMB organisers should be pushing for it to becoming one. I mean its a joke when you have skateboarding, breakdancing and BMX bike riding yet an endurance sport like trail running isnt
Also note: The olympics wants to have shorter events, the longest event is the cycling road race, which has been in the olympics since 1936, basically before the olympics became commercialised. When Triathlon was added, one of the caveats was that the race was not suppose to last longer than the marathon, which is why the standard (olympic) distance was created. The issue with ultra running would be the same - to the viewers, they would get bored, it takes up a large amount of space to do it properly, and more cameras etc, it really just won't work (As much as it would be great)
Trail Running -100km distance - should be an elite Olympic sport. UTMB organisers should be pushing for it to becoming one. I mean its a joke when you have skateboarding, breakdancing and BMX bike riding yet an endurance sport like trail running isnt
I agree, but I wouldn't consider skateboarding/ BMX a joke. It takes insane skill and determination. Also much riskier than say running.
Also note: The olympics wants to have shorter events, the longest event is the cycling road race, which has been in the olympics since 1936, basically before the olympics became commercialised. When Triathlon was added, one of the caveats was that the race was not suppose to last longer than the marathon, which is why the standard (olympic) distance was created.
The issue with ultra running would be the same - to the viewers, they would get bored, it takes up a large amount of space to do it properly, and more cameras etc, it really just won't work (As much as it would be great)