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Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Then why not just call it two separate races? Because that's what you're saying it is. One race for the elites and another for everyone else.
But if it is to be considered one race and you slow up because you're beating the small elite field and assume no one else can touch you, you deserve to lose if someone else runs a better race.
This woman ran her best race ever. The question is, would you rather allow everyone within 15 minutes of the slowest elite race time be automatically put in the elite corral, just in case? It's a race. Whoever runs it faster wins. If you ignore the possibility that a sub-standard time will be beaten by a non-elite runner, you should lose. Why should you be rewarded for easing up and taking that risk?
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I agree it's unfair to her, but I also think that, since she is a very fast and experienced runner, it was partially her fault for not attempting to obtain elite status. I base that belief on what I think a reasonable (very) experienced runner should know and not know. She is a better runner than I am, and I would know to request elite status if I were that fast.
