Another Brilliant Move By Athletics Canada...

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8 years ago 10/02/2015 4:59pm EDT

... by scheduling the 10km Championships and Half Marathon Championships a day apart on opposite sides of the country:

Canadian 10km Championships - May 28 Ottawa, ON

Canadian Half Marathon Championships | Calgary - May 29 Calgary, AB

http://athletics.ca/2016-athletics-canada-fixtures/#sthash.7xr3xZt4.dpbs

Given the talent pool Canada has. most athletes who could contend in one could easily contend in the other. Sad to make participation in both impossible (actually impossible since the 10km is a night race).

8 years ago 10/02/2015 5:31pm EDT

re: Canucklehead

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8 years ago 10/03/2015 3:23pm EDT

re: Canucklehead

How incredibly stupid. With the smallish talent pool that Canada has, all this does it make both fields weaker.

8 years ago 10/04/2015 7:22am EDT

re: Canucklehead

One possible explanation might be that races need to bid in order to be picked to be national championship hosts. It's not like AC arbitrarily chooses races to designate national championships, regardless of whether the locals are interested in putting in the extra effort hosting requires.

If there were no other viable bidders for either the half or 10km championships, would the better alternative have been to just not designate a national championship in one of the distances so as to avoid a conflict?

In a perfect world where you didn't have to care whether the local race director was interested in dealing with having to host, what specific races would you pick to be the 10km and half championships, without causing any other conflicts?

8 years ago 10/04/2015 7:55am EDT

re: Um, yeah

I know that the 1st half out in Vancouver put in a bid. That race is mid Feb. Could have been a viable option.

8 years ago 10/04/2015 8:45am EDT

re: LoryTy

The timing obviously sucks. But it's worth noting that Calgary and Ottawa are among the three big road-races that stepped up to fund the recently announced Canadian team for World Half-Marathon Champs. Obviously they've made a commitment to be involved in supporting the elite end of the sport, and perhaps the quid pro quo is that they get to host a national championship. You can debate whether AC made the right call here, but it's not like they didn't realize there was a conflict and weigh it against possible benefits.

8 years ago 10/04/2015 11:36am EDT

re: Canucklehead

What next?

The 100 and 200 finals at nationals on the same night?

Oh, wait...

8 years ago 10/04/2015 1:39pm EDT

re: Canucklehead

Is the half marathon an Olympic event? Is it run at the World Championships?

8 years ago 10/05/2015 8:51am EDT

re: out of the loop

out of the loop wrote:
Is the half marathon an Olympic event? Is it run at the World Championships?

There is a world half marathon championship, yes.

Interestingly, it is not held the day after the world championship 10,000.

If they are going to bother to have "national championship" 10k and half marathon races, they obviously shouldn't be on consecutive days, across the country.

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