When a Train stops the people from moving at any point on the course (source: Around the Bay 2013)
When a Train stops the people from moving at any point on the course (source: Around the Bay 2013)
I was in a race once where the lead vehicle was a four wheeler that had bad exhaust. The lead pack was yelling at the guy for a few minutes trying to tell him to put some space between us so we weren't inhaling the fumes the whole race. I took him awhile, but he speed up and gave us some room.
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When a Train stops the people from moving at any point on the course (source: Around the Bay 2013)
I believe this happened at CIM some years ago. Hardly a "local fun run". At least it didn't impede the leaders but some people missed their BQ time because of it.
Its quite funny reading these. If you guys are all such great runners then why are you showing up to these fun runs and not proper races?! Probably because you are not as great as you think you are!
It also happened at a small fun run in Boston a few years ago.
http://www.boston.com/zope_homepage/sports/marathon_archive/history/1907.shtml
When the entry fee includes a Friday night spaghetti supper AND a Saturday morning pancake breakfast
When a brochure bullet point reads "top local runners to attend"
When the 'catfish pond' you circle is inside the gates of the water treatment plant
When the race organized by a young lawyers group has enlisted an ambulance as the lead vehicle
When the walkers start at 7:30 but the race begins at 8:00
When the high school drum line is at mile 1, the brass section is at mile 2 and cheerleaders at mile 3 of a 5k
Team Bartowski wrote:
It also happened at a small fun run in Boston a few years ago.
http://www.boston.com/zope_homepage/sports/marathon_archive/history/1907.shtml
And at the USAT Delaware race back in about 1991. That was a fairly significant prize money race as far as triathlon goes back in those days, had a large pro field.
I think we can rule out "train crosses course, racers get held up" as being indicative of a race's "Local Fun Run" status.
Festizio wrote:
the race fee was the determining factor on whether or not you signed up
+1
you wish you had gotten one of the beer basket raffle prizes instead of a planet fitness membership for the overall win.
You're proud of yourself for finally winning a race for the first time in ages, but then a week later someone recognizes your race shirt and says "I was at that walk!"
XY wrote:
5 min after the gun, you cant hear a sound besides your own footsteps
3 min later you have no idea which way to turn
21 min later your walking back to your car in time to see the first male 5k winner cross the line
Next day, you're doing a work out to make up for the race
just wanted to let you know that this made me laugh, similar experience myself :)
Train thing happened in a summer 5k I did for fun a few years ago in college. The top 4 guys had some pretty considerable separation (3 teammates, including me, + some random older guy), but then we had to wait 1:00+ (the first two were ahead, and obviously had a longer wait) for the train. I didn't mind...it was just a summer race, except that the guys back in 5th and 6th took off sprinting after the gates went up, trying to catch us by surprise. Such a dick move...just admit you were losing and fall back into your pace!
...volunteers are still setting up the later parts of the course when you pass by.
This actually happened to me in a sprint triathlon. I was running it as part of a relay. My team was so far out in front that I ended up going by people who were still setting up signage and course markings. I'd run the course a couple other times, so I knew where I was going. I smiled at the volunteers whose jaws were practically scraping the ground. I do have to give props to my cyclist, as he was the one that put us so far in the lead.
...when you approach an aid station (in a half) and see that there is no one there, just a table and a couple cases of bottled water sitting on top. Cool, this is efficient you think, as you reach to grab a bottle mid-stride, but then realize that the outer plastic wrapping of the case hasn't been removed yet. So, you retrace a few steps to get back to the water you've now run by, tear off the outer plastic wrap, grab a bottle, and try to get back into your pace while opening the bottle & laughing.
when the race director directs everyone's attention to the complimentary power bars fifteen minutes before the race.
When you're not surrounded by emaciated a-holes who are proud of being relatively adept at a singular talent.
this happened at a 10K at Washington Township HS in New Jersey sponsored by a local hospital
an ambulance was sitting there at about 5M, and the EMTs standing around near the back waiting for one of the runners to collapse were both smoking cigarettes as we ran by
the guy next to me yells, "Hope you don't have to give me mouth-to-mouth, you bleeping d-bag."
When you\'re greeted by the Easter bunny at the finish line. (he was really adorable)
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You're proud of yourself for finally winning a race for the first time in ages, but then a week later someone recognizes your race shirt and says "I was at that walk!"
LOL!!! this is the best one yet
- race t-shirts
- cotton t-shirts
- pinning bibs on the back of their t-shirts
- whooping (hate that!)
- singing the national anthem instead of using the time to stretch and re-tie shoelaces (certainly in NYC)