{"id":2082,"date":"2010-06-22T22:17:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T21:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2012-03-05T22:18:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T22:18:36","slug":"racing-around-smithfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2010\/06\/racing-around-smithfields\/","title":{"rendered":"Racing around Smithfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend seemed to be one filled with sport, with not only most of London halted by the various World Cup matches displayed in pubs around the city, but a charity fun run and the Smithfield Nocturne that I could hear from inside my Clerkenwell flat this weekend. Despite the threatening clouds and ominous light splatters, I couldn&#8217;t help and see what all the commotion was. <\/p>\n<p>The nocturne is actually in its fourth year (apparently!), hosting a cycling race around the perimeter of the market place. It&#8217;s big but it&#8217;s not really that big. However it&#8217;s all in the name of fun and this year joined hands with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfa2010.org\/\">London Festival of Architecture<\/a> to liven up the crowd. Given that this area is pretty dead during the weekend day, they managed to draw a sizeable 10, 000 people throughout the day. <\/p>\n<p>Going for a large number of hours and various relay races, the first and probably most entertaining heats was the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folding_bicycle\">foldable bike category<\/a>. Although some seemed to take it pretty seriously, many people took the humourous and dressed the part of the city cyclist in a proper suit, or at least some element of one.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/FoldableBikeRace.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"FoldableBikeRace\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/FoldableBikeRace.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/FoldableBikeRace-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Of course, they had a number of other heats including more serious heats of racers such as those pictured below. <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/RacerReadyBig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/RacerReady.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"RacerReady\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/RacerReady.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/RacerReady-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Dotted around the central market, many stalls set up shop advertising cycling related gear, or accessories, including some very cool gear. HTC, the big sponsor even had a big stall handing out cardboard-bound mirrored periscopes to spot the action above the crowd. Makes me want to get a bike again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend seemed to be one filled with sport, with not only most of London halted by the various World Cup matches displayed in pubs around the city, but a charity fun run and the Smithfield Nocturne that I could hear from inside my Clerkenwell flat this weekend. 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