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  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    Good thing she trained for one of those 5k marathons people are always talking about.
  • bert16
    bert16 Posts: 726 Member
    I just heard about this from my dental hygienist! All I can say is that it would definitely be a mistake if I ever won a marathon... but that's just 'cause I'm not fast enough. :laugh: No freakin' way would I just shrug and say "OK - I'll just run the full, then!" if I started the race expecting a half!
  • sarahz5
    sarahz5 Posts: 1,363 Member
    I am dying to see if Boston accepts her qualifying time. I can't imagine! I give her props, but I don't see how you can win or even snag a time in a race that you didn't register for. I highly doubt anyone would be letting me have a time on the books for a marathon I finished in, oh, 4:30, after intending to finish the half in 2:04. :laugh: Bad call on the race director's part.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    You'll have to pry my headphones from my cold, dead, tire-smooshed hands
  • camrunner
    camrunner Posts: 363
    My right-side headphone broke, so I just wear the left one now. Best of both worlds! I wish I could buy pre-broken ones so that I won't have to mangle a new set when the current one finally finishes dying.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I have been weening myself off of using my headphones. I usually just have the music playing outloud if I run with it, which is usually only for my long runs on the weekends. Group runs I never run with music or anything like that, I like conversating with others.
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    I am dying to see if Boston accepts her qualifying time.

    Apparently the start line for the HM was 100 meters ahead of the start line for the full, so she technically didn't run a full, certified 26.2. Only hearsay at this point, but more to come.
  • tappae
    tappae Posts: 568 Member
    I am dying to see if Boston accepts her qualifying time. I can't imagine! I give her props, but I don't see how you can win or even snag a time in a race that you didn't register for.

    The first time I placed in my age group on a 10K, it was because a bunch of folks that beat me had registered for the 5K and were disqualified.
  • Cooriander
    Cooriander Posts: 2,848 Member
    I am very interested in the 100M discrepancy.

    By looking at the course maps between the half and full, the start line look similar.

    available here:
    http://runforheroes.ca/?page_id=138

    close-ups:
    (full begin/start)
    Full.PNG

    (half begin/start)
    Half.PNG

    (google map):
    GoogleSF.PNG

    (full certificate):
    UCCU-certificate.PNG
  • Cooriander
    Cooriander Posts: 2,848 Member
    Another thing that is interesting about this is that she paced, perhaps, for a half, and she was still able to get a good full marathon time.

    But to me it is not clear from reading if she posed for a half, or for doing a 20 mile practice run ....
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    My right-side headphone broke, so I just wear the left one now. Best of both worlds! I wish I could buy pre-broken ones so that I won't have to mangle a new set when the current one finally finishes dying.

    You can!
  • likitisplit
    likitisplit Posts: 9,420 Member
    The race director has been taking heat and returning fire in RW comments section. She ran the full distance, he stands by his decision. 8 US RDs agree with him + a bunch of Canadians. They are changing the rules so this can't happen again.
  • Cheval13
    Cheval13 Posts: 350 Member
    I mean, she ran the distance, but and that's all well and good, but she didn't pay the full entry, right? I would say give her credit for the time and the BQ (if it's the right distance), but let whoever came in second win the race and let her win the HM (if she did) at whatever time she completed 13.1.
  • Cheval13
    Cheval13 Posts: 350 Member
    Besides that though, this is pretty awesome. I would LOVE to enter a race and get to do the extra distance and then win.
  • sarahz5
    sarahz5 Posts: 1,363 Member
    I mean, she ran the distance, but and that's all well and good, but she didn't pay the full entry, right? I would say give her credit for the time and the BQ (if it's the right distance), but let whoever came in second win the race and let her win the HM (if she did) at whatever time she completed 13.1.

    It's not the same course, so I don't think that would fly.

    The RD said she did pay the full entry fee after the fact, and I find it interesting to know that there were 9 slots available, so it's not like she could have missed registration, the race sold out, and she just ran it anyway. I feel like those who support her winning/BQing think anyone else is saying she "cheated." I definitely don't think she did this intentionally.

    It just seems like the RD is (a) making an exception for someone because she was fast, when that same exception wouldn't be made for someone else; and (b) making an exception in a very fact-specific scenario that could have bad repercussions down the road..
  • DavidMartinez2
    DavidMartinez2 Posts: 840 Member
    It just seems like the RD is (a) making an exception for someone because she was fast, when that same exception wouldn't be made for someone else;
    Yes. Elite athletes get special priveleges at races all the time. I can specifically point to the V.I.P. treatment being offered at the LA New Years Half for runners with a faster than 1:25 PR.
    It just seems like the RD is ... and (b) making an exception in a very fact-specific scenario that could have bad repercussions down the road..
    This could cause probles at his races in the future. That is his problem to deal with, not anyone elses. Bottom line is it's his race.
  • sarahz5
    sarahz5 Posts: 1,363 Member
    Good points!

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