How can this really be a race when you have three different start times? That means you are really just racing against a clock and not competitors. It takes the entire competiton against a fellow runner out of the equation. I dont understnad that concept at all. Seems really lame.
Kind of like having three heats of the mile but not having a final and just taking the top times from each heat and those are your winners. So stupid.
Also how do you have a race where the winner is literally a day or more ahead of a majority of the competitors?