Chip Timing?

If I was short on money for a coffee, would it be ok to take it from the salvation army buckets during the christmas season?

whoa whoa whoa, that's not how we do things around here.

proper way is "I have coffee but I would like another, but even tho I have the money in my pocket for another, I would like help from the forums in determining the best way to steal someone else's coffee order. would it be best if I wait for a new order to be made, then walk up to the counter and pretend to be the person who's name they called? or would a better plan be to just knock some old bitty down, snatch the coffee cup from her hands, and make a mad dash out of the door.

AND PLEASE, LEGIT ANSWERS ONLY. LEAVE YOUR BS MORALIZING AT THE DOOR (next to the body of that old lady)

To answer the original poster's question without making a moral judgment, I am a race timer and unless the timer is an idiot, the number will not wipe out the time from the previous event.

Timing systems are built to handle the runner crossing the line more than once. They understand that the first time the runner crosses is the "real" finish. Many runners return to cheer on their friends, etc. If we overwrote the runners' time every time that happened, we'd have a LOT of unhappy customers.

thanks for the info..

woow.. awesome replies. i never knew banditing a race had such a rebellious intrigue to it... now I am putting this on my rebel bucket list for a longer race. seems like just one of those acts of defiance that everyone needs to experience like sneaking into a movie theater/sporting event, jumping the fence around a goft course and playing holes 5-14. never got around to try ninja fishing but I would think i would end up falling in the water. what else is there fitness related?

To answer the original poster's question without making a moral judgment, I am a race timer and unless the timer is an idiot, the number will not wipe out the time from the previous event.

Timing systems are built to handle the runner crossing the line more than once. They understand that the first time the runner crosses is the "real" finish. Many runners return to cheer on their friends, etc. If we overwrote the runners' time every time that happened, we'd have a LOT of unhappy customers.

thanks for the info..

woow.. awesome replies. i never knew banditing a race had such a rebellious intrigue to it... now I am putting this on my rebel bucket list for a longer race. seems like just one of those acts of defiance that everyone needs to experience like sneaking into a movie theater/sporting event, jumping the fence around a goft course and playing holes 5-14. never got around to try ninja fishing but I would think i would end up falling in the water. what else is there fitness related?

Tip from an old tracker. If you plan on stealing, don't announce it ahead of time...

on the internet

with your real name as your username and a picture of your race bib.

Have fun at the race, Cong. Keep an eye out for race officials. They may want to have a chat with you.

Good luck on this race, I'm sure you can beat your previous time of 55:31

To answer the original poster's question without making a moral judgment, I am a race timer and unless the timer is an idiot, the number will not wipe out the time from the previous event.

Timing systems are built to handle the runner crossing the line more than once. They understand that the first time the runner crosses is the "real" finish. Many runners return to cheer on their friends, etc. If we overwrote the runners' time every time that happened, we'd have a LOT of unhappy customers.