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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Speaking of which, this is ridiculous:
The race officials ought to hand their brains back in, since they aren't using them. Just. Do. It. |
Some marathons seed you by previous times. You don't seed yourself. For example, the Chicago marathon has different start corrals, which are designated as "elite", "preferred", etc. Eventually, there is a general corral for everyone else. When you register, if you enter in a previous time that is faster than the cutoff time for the general corral, and you are placed into a designated faster corral.
Many big races do this. The Shamrock Shuffle (8k) has 40,000 people. No way I'm running it if I have to wade through a bunch of people to get up to speed. One year, I was placed in the first corral and actually started right behind a few Olympians. I got to warm up just like they did by running out from the starting line and back. And then the race started, and they disappeared. Quickly.
