"NYRR said you lose half your money if you click your watch at the end". Was she joking?

She sounded serious about it. Not sure if NYRR was pulling her leg. Could be that for the winner especially, they want the hitting the banner shot to be with arms up, not clicking the watch.

I don't know if "lose half your money" is an exaggeration or not I assume it is but I know in one thread previously pros have talked about not clicking your watch at the end because the pictures are terrible and your sponsors won't be able to use them and it will cost you.

Sorry for the run on sentence.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:

Sorry for the run on sentence.

Ba dum tss.

Saw she's on Strava, couldn't she figure that out herself?

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:

I don't know if "lose half your money" is an exaggeration or not I assume it is but I know in one thread previously pros have talked about not clicking your watch at the end because the pictures are terrible and your sponsors won't be able to use them and it will cost you.

Sorry for the run on sentence.

This makes sense, she may not have taken it that way being pretty inexperienced in these things - instead thinking that were referring to prize money not all the other money you make from a good performance.

Why would you even need to split your watch when you finish? They're gonna tell you your finishing time and you can just subtract to find the last mile (assuming you split it the mile before).

they time the race for you wrote:

Why would you even need to split your watch when you finish? They're gonna tell you your finishing time and you can just subtract to find the last mile (assuming you split it the mile before).

If she was taking mile hacks, she would have had her 26th mile, but maybe not the actual last mile incorporating the last .2 of the course.

It is true

It's written in the athletes contracts

Stop your watch on the line and you lose 50%

I wouldn't miss a Strava Best Estimated Performance for any money.

Cuan wrote:

It is true

It's written in the athletes contracts

Stop your watch on the line and you lose 50%

The year Desi Davila was 2nd in Boston (2010/11?) she crossed the line and waited to stop her watch, she was past the finish line, bent over.

I thought she just forgot- who hasn't done that?

It once took me over 2 hours to run a 5K according to my watch.

jsut crop the end , easy

This is made very clear in the technical meeting every year. Monti doesn't want a photo of a professional athlete checking their watch as they cross the finish.

That's what David Monti says at the technical meeting. He deadpans so its hard to know if it's a joke. Have never seen anyone click their watch.

Are those runners starting in the elite field signing a contract stating what they can and can't do as they cross the finish line? This wouldn't be lawful otherwise.

I understand that I probably need a watch for the first couple miles of a marathon, but no other race distance, and don't understand why an elite would need a watch for any race distance.

Runners are notified of the conditions for collecting prize money and they don't have to sign a contract stating that.

Left Said Fred wrote:

This is made very clear in the technical meeting every year. Monti doesn't want a photo of a professional athlete checking their watch as they cross the finish.

I was talking to a very good friend of mine in England who coached a really good junior. World champs finalist, European champ and he told me that famed Photographer Mark Sherman talked to her because she didn't smile, raise her arms etc and they never used her photos. Sure enough as soon as she won some meets like that Edinburgh Cross Country International crossing the line with a smile and arms stretched out to the sky she suddenly started being on all sorts of covers etc.

A girl wrote an article about participating in the Berlin Marathon as elite (she ran a 3:08 but someone in her family knew the organizers). The article is pretty cool, and she has a paragraph about the technical meeting:

"The day before the race, I attended a technical meeting for the professional athletes which was pretty fascinating. They had very specific protocols for every little thing. At the start of the race, they would announce the top contenders on the loudspeaker and TV. The athletes were to smile, wave, and essentially do something that would look good on camera. At the end of the race, the winner was to celebrate with their arms wide so that all the race sponsors on their bib would be visible for photos. They were also instructed to show emotion and hug their coach or manager. You know, just in case you forget what to do when you win a major marathon!"

Here's the link to the whole article:

https://runningliz.com/2015/10/14/i-left-my-shoes-in-berlin/