Whose Idea to have a Road Race at Night ?

[jeffk]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

For me, it wasn't just Bike Week...
Every event that we have in the area carries a certain amount of discomfort for those not in participation.

Including Election days. Lots of cars and traffic interrupted. People milling around the polling places, some not paying attention to their environment.

From other posts:
"Inexperienced runners" The participants are not out for a little jog. They run multiple legs of 7+ miles. They can't do this without a significant investment in running on all sorts of roads and the experience that comes with that.

"An accident waiting to happen" You could say this every time you walk down a flight of stairs or turn on a stovetop burner or put your child in a bathtub. Lots of things have an associated inherent risk. They have been doing this for over 20 years with 1000's of runners and a thousand+ vehicles every year. If bad things happened we would hear about it. Just because YOU find annoying and outside your comfort zone doesn't make it significantly dangerous.