Running Boston. Taking the Chip out of my Bib - Problem?

I don't see what the problem is.

Say the chip "malfunctioned"... it can happen sometimes. It has zero effect on the race, other participants, race officials or spectators.

go for it.

wowza wrote:

Tell me why. Why shouldn’t he run?

I have no problem with him running. I’m just saying that wanting to run the event without posting a time because of how it will reflect on his record is silly.

As he stated himself, the only person will care about what his time will be is him. This is just him wanting to have the year where he wasn’t perfectly healthy to not be documented.

I’ve got news for him. He’s going to get older, and he’s going to slow down. Better to deal with it now or stop running altogether.

You’re So Vain wrote:

No 26.2 Bumper Sticker for You wrote:

Very vein, yes, but also - imagine someone wanting to run a marathon, WITHOUT wanting anyone to know they ran a marathon...

Could be a first.

VAIN, you fools! VAIN

When OP got it wrong, I wasn’t going to say anything. When the second person did, I was still prepared to exercise restraint. But we can’t have three people in one thread unironically misspelling the same word.

Anyway, OP should get over himself. “I ran with my wife this year.” Is that really so hard?

I guess my attempt at sarcasm was all in vein !

personally i take issue with him making this stupid thread, asking the question, and sounding like a total raging dweeb. like if your'e that OCD and youre ego is so fragile that you can't have an official marathon time slower than your best, DONT TELL ANYONE. Back in my day we shamed people like this dweeb. nowadays there are people like wowza saying its okay to be to be a shamless dweeb. sigh....

Let's turn him in and let him face the authorities. Rules are rules. Enough snowflakes out there these days.

BOSTON MARATHON PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The B.A.A. Boston Marathon is a serious athletic endeavor. Official timing and scoring is by net time and ceases six hours after the final official participant crosses the start line, at which time the course is opened to vehicular traffic. By submitting this entry form, you are agreeing to comply with the following terms and conditions, and you certify the information you are providing is complete and correct.

You understand and acknowledge that:

You will not reproduce, trim, fold OR OTHERWISE ALTER your official bib number, and you will not knowingly assist others in the duplication, replication or alteration of a Boston Marathon bib

The OP is a huge loser, no doubt. His question and explanation make him more than worthy of ridicule. Endless ridicule. Might be the biggest loser on LRC. This jogger actually thinks people care about his time and he's so wrapped up in his hobby that he can't run a marathon with his wife unless it's secret? it doesn't even make sense. It's like the fool has some sort of mental illness as well as being an idiot. And defending this loser just makes you a bigger loser. It's fitting that a slow fool like Hardloper would defend him. Join the losers club. Cheer on harlopers next big attempt at 18 minute Podunk 5k glory.

A few years back when I applied to the NYC sub-elite corral the organizer emailed me back wondering about all of the inconsistent results I had recorded. They had pulled me up on Athlinks and I had to explain why someone capable of sub-2:30 would ever run a 2:40, 2:59, or 3:04 marathon. Before that I had never considered removing my chip when pacing a friend or running a race when I wasn't fit.

ego check wrote:

if you have to go as far as removing your chip probably better off just being a spectator. people bust their ass to get to Boston and you want to make a mockery of the race being ashamed of running a slower time.

How is removing a timing chip “making a mockery of the race”?

I walked a race using my 73 year old fathers bid. I ripped off the chip during the race, and there was another chip underneath it. It still registered and I finished 2and in the age group.

It was out of two, so it was okay.

But seriously, take a strong magnet to it before hand.

I'd spend the next 6 weeks training how to get over yourself. If someone like Jordan Hasay, a genuine elite runner, can bear to have a 2:37 on her record then I'm sure you're strong enough to live with a 2:50 on yours. Take some pleasure from helping your wife achieve her goals. You'll be a different kind of hero for the office/local news: "Local sub-elite runner takes one for the team"

Wouldn't it be better to create a fake Strava profile and run the Boston course on Zwift?

3/10

If you’re a competitive runner, you can absolutely understand the slight annoyances of an easy run being recorded as a race. It’s not like it’s a turkey trot. It’s the Boston marathon. I absolutely get the appeal of taking the chip out. It would help make the run feel a bit more carefree.

The whole point of this post was simple. Dude just wanted to know if it would cause any issues with rules/security/logistics etc. I get that.

The only reason this has 70+ responses is because OP has nonchalantly stated that he runs consistent sub-2:30s, considers a 2:50 a “jog”, has a full time job, has a wife who can run 2:50, and had the self-awareness that he’s a hobby jogger. He calls himself a hobby jogger, yet he and his wife are significantly better than 90% of the people who frequent this site, so everyone is throwing a tantrum about that.

LOL that is 100% the real underlying issue here

Kenney Blankenship, Your intentions seem quite innocent. Just go for it, but if that a$$hole "Doubler" finds out about your misdeeds be ready to fess up quickly. He and his ilk have nothing but time on their hands to make your life miserable if you don't.

I completely understand why you want to do deactivate your chip.

If your finish time is significantly less than your qualifying time then expect Derek Murphy to accuse you of cheating and post your Boston race photos on his website. After publicly shaming you he will demand that you send him proof that you didn’t cheat in your qualifying race or else he will continue to shame you unless you admit that you cheated. He will also run the numbers on every marathon you have ever run to publicize further discrepancies.

Of course if your gun time is posted then you will be accused of disabling your chip in order to hide your cheating.

It’s all for the integrity of the sport so it’s ok that he does this.