she said there were no markings. Well it seems no one else had a problem and got lost, just her.
Maybe she needs to blame her stupidity , not others.
“This is my worst time ever!”
Assume the original Greek Marathon runner just had to follow unmarked trails and roads and he made it. Didn’t even have water tables set up for him.
Ha! Reminds me of my first Orienteering Class back in the ‘90’s. The final was a trail, taken individually. I, too, ended up under the power lines. Stayed put and hollered like heck. I feel for her, but I think she’ll be just fine.
Hey, she DIDN’T get eaten by a ‘gator. She should be MOST THANKFUL.
OMG... I live here in Sarasota......there are NO TRAILS that are difficult....we are like 10 ft, above sea level!! if that!
My grandma started walking a mile a day and no one know where she is now.
The first time I did the Manchester (Connecticut) Road Race, I missed a sign and I ended off course. It does happen, so I won’t say anything.
I know the area...
Not to lambaste all women, but I bet she needs directions going to the mall...
Pretty hard to get that lost....
As in most races, there is a lead pack and this race was no different. About 6-8 guys were bunched together in the lead pack and the 9th place runner was quite a bit back from them.
At some point, he lost sight of the lead pack and took a wrong turn. Unfortunately, every runner behind him, followed his mistake, assuming he knew the correct route. But he did not. The remainder of the field (almost 60 runners, including myself) ran an additional 2.8 miles, turning a 6.2 miles race into a 9 mile run for most of the field.
I remember thinking something was wrong because I kept looking at my watch, expecting the finish line to appear anytime. But then people running near me started making similar comments and it was then we realized that we were not lost, but definitely off track from the original race route. We all finished but not in any record-setting times.
I still got my souvenir t-shirt. :-)