RunningAHEAD - Topic: Bay to Breakers bans Alcohol, Floats, and Nudity

AnneCA

posted: 2/11/2009 at 3:39 PM
modified: 2/11/2009 at 3:40 PM

From the official website:

RESTRICTIONS (updated for 2009) For everyone's safety and enjoyment NO ALCOHOL, WHEELED OBJECTS or NUDITY will be allowed.

I was actually planning on running it this year (first time), but if I can't do it nude while pushing a keg on a dolly, I'm not sure I see the point. Clowning around

I'm not quite sure I get ING's announcement. Was it previously permitted to run down the street naked with an open container? I assume it was not, but was tolerated for the event. And the people who get to make the decision about tolerating it or not are the police, not ING. If ING is trying to help the police by discouraging this activity, I think this may backfire on them. Much discussion here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?blogid=55&entry_id=35704

Phidippides

posted: 2/11/2009 at 3:51 PM
modified: 2/11/2009 at 3:56 PM

Quote from AnneCA on 2/11/2009 at 3:39 PM:

From the official website: I was actually planning on running it this year (first time), but if I can't do it nude while pushing a keg on a dolly, I'm not sure I see the point.

I was in training specifically for this event...now I'm just going home - take off my clothes, drink a beer (or 2) and forget about this race..... Shocked

Champions are made when no one is watching

brerfootbill

Half Fanatic #846

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:13 PM

Quote from Phidippides on 2/11/2009 at 3:51 PM:

I was in training specifically for this event...now I'm just going home - ~~take off~~ put on my clothes, drink a beer (or 2) and forget about this race.....

fixed

"I don't always roll a joint, but when I do, it's usually my ankle" - unk. "Frankly autocorrect, I'm getting a bit tired of your shirt". I ran half my last race on my left foot!

Squeaky

Jazz hands!

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:13 PM

I suspect this will not make a huge difference. Bay to Breakers is totally on my bucket list, by the way.

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mikeymike

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:16 PM

I believe this is what they refer to as Covering Your Ass. ING is after all an insurance company.

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Geo Runner

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:21 PM

Quote from AnneCA on 2/11/2009 at 3:39 PM:

From the official website: I was actually planning on running it this year (first time), but if I can't do it nude while pushing a keg on a dolly, I'm not sure I see the point. I'm not quite sure I get ING's announcement. Was it previously permitted to run down the street naked with an open container? I assume it was not, but was tolerated for the event. And the people who get to make the decision about tolerating it or not are the police, not ING. If ING is trying to help the police by discouraging this activity, I think this may backfire on them. Much discussion here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?blogid=55&entry_id=35704

I think they have been trying to ban nudes these last few years but they don't strictly enforce the ban. I saw a few nude people last year.

Doug B

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:21 PM

you could always wear a g-string made of flowers and push a tracked dolly holding your hooka as you puff away on dope. then you would violate none of the rules. just keep the headphones at home.

Ileneforward

#artbydmcbride

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:28 PM

Body paint and beer in a camelbak...I am already in training!

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Squeaky

Jazz hands!

posted: 2/11/2009 at 5:37 PM

Quote from Ileneforward on 2/11/2009 at 5:28 PM:

Body paint and beer in a camelbak...I am already in training!

Dude. Road trip?!?

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Ileneforward

#artbydmcbride

posted: 2/11/2009 at 6:08 PM

Quote from Squeaky on 2/11/2009 at 5:37 PM:

Dude. Road trip?!?

We totally should!

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J Tyler

Meh, $5 is $5...

posted: 2/11/2009 at 7:40 PM

How can they claim it's for everyone's enjoyment when alcohol and nudity are removed? They've killed hopes of a naked beer 12K. I suppose you could wear a strategically placed sock but it may chafe if it's cotton so make sure it's coolmax. Still not sure how you deal with the flop. Stuff like this makes me miss the Bay Area.

Craig S

Menace to Sobriety

posted: 2/11/2009 at 7:53 PM
modified: 2/11/2009 at 8:46 PM

Quote from Doug B on 2/11/2009 at 5:21 PM:

holding your hooka as you puff away on dope

dope?? does anyone call it dope anymore?

Janie, today I quit my job. And then I told my boss to go f*** himself, and then I blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand dollars. Pass the asparagus.

xor

posted: 2/11/2009 at 8:48 PM

Fat Albert taught me that "dope is for dopes... drugs are for dummies... and if you mess around with them then brother, it isn't funny..."

perfesserr

Imminent Catastrophe

posted: 2/11/2009 at 9:31 PM
modified: 2/11/2009 at 9:32 PM

Quote from Craig S on 2/11/2009 at 7:53 PM:

dope?? does anyone call it dope anymore?

To paraphrase Jeff Spicoli: "Hey, we started Bay to Breakers because those other races were bogus. If ING takes over and bans nudity and alcohol, then, pronto-we'll be bogus too! Get it?"

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ArlaHile

Queen of 3rd Place

posted: 2/11/2009 at 9:55 PM

Yeah, they tried this before. I think my favorite EVER was the dance floor, complete with disco ball, music, and taps coming out the side, pushed by maybe a dozen people. I saw it go up the hill, still wonder what down was like.

Ex runner

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