Lots of hubbub at the Crim 10-Miler in Flint today. First, the race started at 8:01am and then was stopped a half mile in for lightning. After a 90 minute delay, the race was restarted.
Then, a group of 9 guys in the 5th-15th place range or so missed a turn just after 6 miles subsequently cutting 0.75ish miles off of the course. This group then got to the finish first, but knew they had made a mistake when they saw the line as reportedly none of them “raced” it home.
All 9 were DQed. It was an easy turn to miss and there was no volunteer stationed there. Granted, I didn’t miss it and I do understand the runner is supposed to know the course.
Still a bummer.
These DQs moved guys in the 53:00 range into prize money for finishing among the top 5 Michigan runners. Some HS kid actually wound up as the second Michigan runner in 52:XX. He used to post on here from time to time. Guessing he can’t keep the money.