I ran a marathon this past weekend and the course was short by at least a quarter mile. Can I get a refund for my entry fee???
I ran a marathon this past weekend and the course was short by at least a quarter mile. Can I get a refund for my entry fee???
how do you know that it is short
All I know is that is was not NY. That race has never been short. Never.
Dear TrailRunner71,
Thank you for posting this here on LetsRun instead of simply emailing us race officials. That would have made no sense at all.
The answer to your question is no, you cannot get a refund.
Thanks for running!
-The Race Director
No you may not get a refund, but you do get a PR at the distance you actually raced.
how wrote:
how do you know that it is short
He used his Garman, it's all about the satellites baby. If it comes from space they are never wrong.
Garmen wrote:
He used his Garman, it's all about the satellites baby. If it comes from space they are never wrong.
They aren't always 100% right.
deeprunxc wrote:
Garmen wrote:He used his Garman, it's all about the satellites baby. If it comes from space they are never wrong.
They aren't always 100% right.
Satellites baby. SAT TILL LIGHTS! It is all about the space technology. We rocket men more than a MILLION miles to the moon where they land, play golf and return with rocks, back a million miles all controlled by supercomputers on satellites. If they can do that, they can measure a marathon.
when ever i use mine is loses signal and my run gets messed up. that could have happened here
AUSTIN DID NOT GIVE OUT ANY REFUNDS. But many guys ran times that they will never see again.
Dude, he's joking. Sorry to break it to you.
I used a measuring wheel.
It was one of those races where people were high fiving each other afterwards, celebrating their "PRs"...I knew 11 runners that ran. 7 set PRs, and 2 ran their fastest time in at least 8 years. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is......
TrailRunner71 wrote:
I used a measuring wheel.
pics or shens
You walked 26.2 (excuse me, 25.95) miles with a measuring wheel?
Was the course USATF certified?
When I ran Kansas City last year it was short as well. No refund but Boston did take an adjusted time for a qualifier.
You should feel lucky that you weren't DQ'd for cutting the course!
dukerdog wrote:
You walked 26.2 (excuse me, 25.95) miles with a measuring wheel?
Was the course USATF certified?
Well it was an out and back course (except for an add on at the finish) so I walked halfway and my wife picked me up near the turnaround.
238857 miles to the moon
TrailRunner71 wrote:
I used a measuring wheel.
Friend, please answer dukerdog's query and this one: if you, indeed, used a measuring wheel, how do you know it was accurate?
TrailRunner71 wrote:
my wife picked me up near the turnaround.
Well maybe if she picked you up AT the turnaround instead of just near it, you would have been a little more accurate.