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TV rules and obviously they think that people watching would rather see the marathon go past the 'usual' postcard places 3 times than see more of London and its people. The London Marathon manages it... hang on a minute, a proven marathon course, in London? It would be stupid to use that, a bit like using London football grounds, good enough for top flight football, for the Olympics.

This has not suprised me, so far what London 2012 organisers have said have been shown to be lies. Jobs were promised for local people and what happened when most of the jobs went to non locals, this along with other promises have been broken by the London 2012 organisers.What these people have forgotten is that the people of London will be paying for these games for years to come all because of the vanity bare face lies of the London 2012 organisers.

I think this is terrible. Just snobbery, in my opinion. We've already got the London Marathon, this is meant to be different... The City will provide some great London landmarks and the marathon's long enough to go through lots of wonderful London highlights. I hope they change their mind!

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There is no chance you're going to get the very obvious juxtaposition of a pretty route that takes in the best of central London before the exciting end stages of the race all take place along the Mile End Road and the Bow flyover (or Poplar/Blackwall depending on route) before running through the tired, hodge-podge mess that is Stratford - it would make an apparent mockery of the bid's aim to regenerate East London when it's plainly (unfortunately) the same depressed and neglected area it's been for centuries. No amount of painting/refreshing will be enough, you can't disguise the grim aesthetic of the wider East End when you have multiple camera angles and overhead pictures.

It should finish on the Mall and let the helicopter long-shots of the Olympic Park and Docklands perpetuate the myth that all is rosy and optimistic in East London.

I guess the question might be: how much extra will the IOC get in media rights income?

Most of the original proposed route was through central London anyway, including passing Buckingham Palace 3 times. I can't really see what LOCOG will gain from not finishing in the Olympic stadium? Would it bring more a greater tv audience? Anyway, I've run the London Marathon twice and the best crowds definately in East London.

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The comment about the original route being uninteresting is rubbish. It passes the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the listed facade of the London Hospital, some fine Victorian buildings around Whitechapel station (as well as the vibrant market), Trinity Almshouses, Queen Mary College, Mile End Park and the Green Bridge and then the marvellous Victorian frontage of Bow Road - as fine a main road as there is in London. Furthermore, Tower Hamlets Council has spent millions on a project to improve the frontage with the express purpose of making it look good for the Marathon. It would be perfectly possible to have a route that took in the Mall and all the west London beauty spots - the race is 26 miles long, for heaven's sake and Tower Hamlets is probably only about 8 miles from Buckingham Palace.

As Adrian says, this is a real lick in the teeth for the East End at a time when people are doing their very best to enthuse everyone about what we are to witness. Please try and join the campaign to make these idiots change their minds.