They also removed all timing clocks from the race course (except at the finish) to discourage runners from running too fast. Both ideas were well-intentioned in theory. However, their one misstep was that they failed to move up the times of the shuttle buses out to the start line in ...
As most of our buses were double deckers, I was kept busy running up and down the stairs, trying to get all the people’s fares up top before the cheaters down below could get off without paying. Bus such I worked on as a conductor It was certainly a job I enjoyed, even though it...