I-Great River Race iyinhlanga yokugwedwa yonyaka eMfuleni iTames eLondon, ngezinye izikhathi eyaziwa ngokuthi iLondon River Marathon. Le nkambo iyimitha engamamitha angu-216 ubude futhi igijima yenyuka esuka endaweni yaseDocklands empumalanga kuya eHam eRichmond entshonalanga. Izikebhe ezingaphezu kuka-300 zendabuko nemiklamo eqoshiwe zibandakanya emcimbini kufaka phakathi izikebhe zeDrako, izikebhe zempi zaseHawaiian, nezikebhe ezinkulu zeViking.
Umcimbi uheha abancintisana emhlabeni jikelele.
Abaningi bancintisana ukuwina kodwa kunezinto eziningi ezithatha ukuzijabulisa noma ukuphakamisa imali yothando.
Umlando wendawo
Umncintiswano wokuqala wenziwa ngo-1988 lapho abathunywa abangu-72 bethatha emanzini amabhasi angu-20 abamele amazwe ayisithupha ahlukene. Abancintisana babandakanya ama-Sea Cadets amancane, ama-veterans agijima, nabathandekayo bemikhumbi. Lesi senzakalo sesivele sesisayizi ngokuphindwe kabili futhi sithande imikhumbi eminingi njenge-replica yobudala be-bronze isiGreki kanye nesikebhe esikhulu kunazo zonke zokugijima emigwaqeni ehamba phambili emuva kwe-1800. Umcimbi wamazwe omhlaba ukhange izinkanyezi ezimbalwa endleleni kuhlanganise no-Sting noJerry Hall futhi kuwumcimbi ovelele kakhulu ohlobo lwawo eYurophu.
Umzila womjaho
Qala: Docklands Sailing Center, Millwall Riverside, Westferry Road, eLondon Docklands
Qedela: Ham House, Richmond
Uma kwenzeka
Lo mcimbi wonyaka kwenzeka ngoSepthemba eduze neMeya kaMasipala weThames . Isikhathi sokuqala ngokuvamile sizungeze ngo-10 AM.
Ukubuka kuphi
I-Tower Bridge ingenye yezindawo ezithandwayo kakhulu ezibukwayo ngakho kunconywa ukuba ubuke kusukela eLondon Bridge, ibhuloho elilandelayo eduze noMfula iThames.
Amanye amabhuloho adumile afaka:
- Ibhuloho laseRichmond
- I-Hammersmith Bridge
- I-Wandsworth Bridge
- I-Battersea Bridge
- I-Westminster Bridge