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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Well, what if the declared winner was told by race officials or her coach that her nearest competitor was way behind her, so she took her foot off the gas and cruised in? Isn't that basically the race's reasoning? If the elites were really that slow (relatively speaking), then it's the race's fault for not seeding Arien as an elite...unless Arien never provided a previous race time.
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Seriously? I can see why someone who listened to race officials in those circumstances would be more than a little pissed, but that would not make her time faster.
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Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
ETA: If I were as fast as Arien, I would have looked up previous SF race times to see if I could contend. This is an experienced runner we're talking about. If there is a good chance I'll be in the top ten of a race, I'm calling the race organizers to get an "elite" start.
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Maybe I would have, too, but her failure to do so did not make her time any slower.
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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
I think the way it worked out, it would be unfair to somebody no matter what they did.
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Indeed. The unfairness starts with the decision to break contestants into the elite runners and everyone else, to spare the elite from having to run in a crowd. Maybe the elite "winner" didn't get a chance to react to the faster runner's time, but she didn't have to cope with the crowd at the start, either.
