Posted on 11/16/2015 1:49:25 PM PST by sparklite2
Athletes in the Bangkok Half-Marathon bombarded race organisers with complaints after running almost 17 miles rather than the usual 13.
The organisers later apologised.
They said a marshal told runners to turn in the wrong place.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
We run you long time
Olympic Hide and seek?
Excellent work.
We run you wrong time.
Weren’t any of them wearing GPS? If so, they would know when they went 13 miles.
Most runners would know the distance just by running.
David Paul Nicholson said on Facebook he was "disgusted" by the error..."According to my GPS watch it was 27.8kms!!! (17.3 miles)," he wrote.
Read this story to my normally mild-mannered runner buddy and his reply was, "I'd [censored] KILL the [censored censored censored]."
You forgot the author’s middle name: Yung
Before I run, I study the course map. I would have questioned being diverted off the official course. But that wouldn’t have helped anyone who went through before me.
But having done quite a few half marathons, getting a reading well beyond course measurement is pretty normal. Worse if you’re around tall buildings.
I have to admit, a course marked in KM would likely throw me off anyway, would I notice if a KM marker was a half KM off? Doubtful. A couple of those and you’d add some serious miles to the course.
The Bangkokese organizers were also half-Polish
Rosie Ruiz would have run it in no time.
Piece 0f cake. :-)
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I blame climate change
Most people in a road race are concentrating on maintaining proper pace and on not getting lost. If I had a race official point me in a direction different from the initial map, I’d assume I was being detoured due to something on the original route. That is what they did for the later finishers at 2014’s Boston Marathon due to the bombing. How would I know that the dirty S.o.B. was an idiot who ...
And the time. I know my pace and if something is off, I will know pretty quickly.
**** “I blame climate change” ****
Me too
My Dog ran away (again) 4th time so the pound will want $100 (because he is a habitual offender) if they find him before I do. Can I blame it on Global Warming? (If I blamed it on George Bush those folks might gimme a Pass or at least a Discount)
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He is a rescue, cannot be left alone in a home or vehicle for more than 30 seconds, if you have a piece of furniture that absolutely must be destroyed and taken down to nearly a molecular size give him a few more hours.
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Anyone Interested, (If I get him back) he comes with a big bag of Dog Food and a Night Crate... anyone that plans on keeping him in a Crate more than a few hours ... please don’t respond... Steve needs dog company and some acres, the Crate was the only way I could keep him in Town.
This will also be a Vanity thread, just trying to maximize exposure
Obviously, the marshal's name was Wong Wai.
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