Runner winning money deceitfully

If IAAF masters is like FINA (swim) masters its your age on Dec 31 that matters.

Usually these kinds of things are settled on the race course.

http://www.globerunner.org/01/fall-guy/

So how much money has this guy stole?

So he is claiming to be a 40+ year old master instead of a 30+ year old master?

He turns 40 this year, so he is in the masters division. Even if he wasn't 39 and 9 months is close enough where they'd laugh in your face if you protested to officials. Just run faster and beat him.

His bday is listed as 40 years ago. We all know Africans lie about their age so he's most likely mid-late 40s.

1/10 troll job

Ever heard of timezones? He was born on 9/4/1977 in Kenya, so it would have been much earlier in the US at that time, and he is chronologically older than he is on paper.

Yourstupid wrote:

He turns 40 this year, so he is in the masters division. Even if he wasn't 39 and 9 months is close enough where they'd laugh in your face if you protested to officials. Just run faster and beat him.

Is that normal? So can I add or subtract a year whenever i want to benefit myself?

You're missing the point, he's cheating.

Agreed. He's cheating. Weak on his part. I can't say for sure, but I've never heard that you're a masters runner at the beginning of the calendar year in which you turn 40. I'm not sure I totally agree with Obese America, but we're someone to shove him into a lamppost on a turn on the course, it wouldn't cause me to lose any sleep.

As a masters runne myself, I don't seethe big deal. Just train harder and beat him.

No more excuses wrote:

As a masters runne myself, I don't seethe big deal. Just train harder and beat him.

He was 13:06 runner back in the day !

That's how age categories work in club track so why wouldn't it work that way in iaaf standards.

Smoove wrote:

we're someone to shove him into a lamppost on a turn on the course, it wouldn't cause me to lose any sleep.

^this

Per usatf, for master road championships - you have to be the actual age. Was lagat getting masters records at 39?

I can't beat him. He's more talented than I am. That doesn't change the fact that he shouldn't be in the masters competition for another few months. At that point, he will deserve every penny he earns.

time zones wrote:

Ever heard of timezones? He was born on 9/4/1977 in Kenya, so it would have been much earlier in the US at that time, and he is chronologically older than he is on paper.

Also, months in Africa are all exactly 28 days, so he gains about four weeks a year and is easily over 40.

No more excuses wrote:

As a masters runne myself, I don't seethe big deal. Just train harder and beat him.

Let me guess, you're not good enough to win prize money.

I'm not going to google, but I seem to recall reading on a similar thread about junior ages that the date they put down is the day the paper work is approved/ issued, or the first day of the school year. So, it is possible he was born in February, but the paperwork says September. It went along with an explanation as to why so many Kenyans had the same birthdate...?