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The scorecard for London was phenomenal--the performance, not so. Are there "finishing" bonuses to the elite fields so that they don't drop out? Also: let's move past the "this guy's doesn't know how good he has it- 2:04 would have been the world record..." arguments. We are living in the present moment, and the world record is 2:03 and there are 4 guys in that field that felt ready to run 2:03. |
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Yes, although it's usually phrased the other way, i.e. DNF = 50% off your appearance money. |
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That's what I heard, too. However, with such strong fields if you realize you're not in striking distance for Top 5, dropping out and focussing on the next race is probably the best ROI. That's sad but let's remember it's not like you can recover from a Marathon like you can from a 5k and race next weekend again. |
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That's why a lot of races have clauses restricting people from doing other marathons within a month or two either way of race date. Lots of two-bit guys do serial DNFs just to pick up that easy 50% appearance money instead of one hard effort to get a full payday. |
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*cough* Deriba Merga *cough* |
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Maybe there should be more prize money along with time bonuses. If you're going to finish out of the top 5 you still run hard to get a time bonus. |
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That's what I heard, too. However, with such strong fields if you realize you're not in striking distance for Top 5, dropping out and focussing on the next race is probably the best ROI. That's sad but let's remember it's not like you can recover from a Marathon like you can from a 5k and race next weekend again.[/quote] Explain that to me: you're good enough to get a $100,000 appearance fee at London. At some point, you realize you're not going to finish very well. Your advice is to drop, get that fee cut in half and then race where? The next race that could possibly offer that kind of fee is a fall marathon and even then, no one pays as much appearance money as London. |
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There will also be a negative incentive, meaning if you finish but below a certain time standard, another chunk of your money is gone. If you put more money into prize money, that's less that goes into appearance fees, which means the fields won't be as stellar. London has the most competitive field year in and year out because of their appearance money. |
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Don't hate guys. If I got paid an appearance fee, I would shamelessly run the first 800 and then drop out to collect my check. |