I did winter hill on sunday as a training run but I still paid to enter though
I did winter hill on sunday as a training run but I still paid to enter though
I know most races are on public footpaths or access land so anyone is free to run where they wish. It does seem a bit of a cheek to run in the race, take advantage of the marked course marshalls etc not to mention the cameraderie of running with others and not pay the entry fee.
They can run the same route (assuming its public access) at any time they choose so why at the same time as the race?
I sometimes run the course the opposite way round. Got to be prepared to stop a lot to give way to runners, but good seeing the good guys in action, and shout abuse at friends, aquaintances etc.
Running down the steep uphills makes you particularly popular!
I did the Long Mynd on Sunday and got 'stuck' behind that same runner (red t shirt?) on a descent - you know what it's like when you catch someone and the ground makes is hard to overtake etc etc
Usually, i think, well, serves you right for not being ahead and he has every right to be there - just lump it and get past when you can. It can be frustrating when the someone else in front of them is getting away and you feel you could catch them if only you could get by......
Turns out on Sunday that the chap holding me up was the non runner - a fact i learned at the CP when he told the organiser. I got a bit narked then as the chap from Telford i was chasing was well ahead now. I asjked the guy to move aside cos i was in the race and he did, but it mad eme realise that there are race situations where side runners can cause problems when people are competing with each other.
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In which case I reckon you ought to eat loads of food at the start, use the toilets extensively at the end, and get paid £5 by the organiser.Originally Posted by Pudgy
If it was a road race, you'd probaly have to give the organiser a t-shirt and a goody bag though.
yeah we can normally feel the vibrations a mile off
Lad at my club regularly runs road races without entering or paying and drops out before the finish.
I don't think it's right and (along with others) have told him so....he doesn't seem to care though....which probably sums up his overall attitude to others
I personally (not having a go at anyone, just my opinion) would see this kind of behaviour as a snub to the hard working organisers.
Surely whenever you go training you arent covered by any insurance anyway though?
...especially if they wear a false number. This happened to us in the Baildon Boundary Way a few years back and screwed up the results/prizes good and proper.
At least the club managed to trace the rogue runner, who received a ban from all races for several months, and a ban from the BBW for life!
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