Does your city have a Race for the Cure - Is it a Race or a giant charity walk?

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16 years ago 09/27/2007 8:48pm EDT

The Race for the Cure in Newport Beach was held last week. This race used to celebrate women's fitness and have a good field of women runners. This year's event did attract a couple of local Olympic Trials qualifiers but there wasn't the depth compared to other years.

I was saddened to see that this year no official times were given in the open race. It didn't seem like a race anymore. It was a walk for charity.

I am wordering if the Race for the Cure in your area has changed in the same way.

It is great that people get out and support the charity of their choice and raise a lot of money. I have no problem with that but they should change the name to walk for the cure if that who they are going to focus the event.

16 years ago 09/27/2007 9:20pm EDT

re: walks or races in your town

In our area it's pretty much a mosey for publicity as opposed to a race for a cure.

16 years ago 09/27/2007 9:32pm EDT

re: walks or races in your town

Yeah. I used to run it and 2 years ago, I did it as usual. But, it did not give the time (Although I finished 2nd unofficially - I know for sure there is only 1 gay finished way in front, like 14'46" and he passed me before 1/2 mile while I was leading).

They only honored his time and nobody else, I sure was pissed as several other runners. After I cool down, drank some water and visited all vendor booth and come back to the finish line, there are still tons of walkers coming in, the clock says 58'20ish. I just left and never decided never come back and run it again - It is just a joke. Oh, did I mention they let us wait at the starting line in 88F weather for 30 min.

16 years ago 09/27/2007 9:50pm EDT

re: LHS

big money charity event, but not a

"Race".

16 years ago 09/27/2007 9:56pm EDT

re: LHS

LHS wrote:I know for sure there is only 1 gay finished way in front

I guess that's why they call them the frontrunners.

16 years ago 09/27/2007 10:38pm EDT

re: Keith Stone

yack yack.

I wonder if it was a conscience decision for all the Race for The Cure events or the new race director for this race decided to save the expense of hiring a timing company.

16 years ago 09/27/2007 10:50pm EDT

re: walks or races in your town

i dont think they should call it a race, maybe a stroll for the cure or a brisk walk for the cure.

16 years ago 09/27/2007 11:15pm EDT

re: walks or races in your town

walks or races in your town wrote:
I wonder if it was a conscience decision

"conscious"

16 years ago 09/27/2007 11:26pm EDT

re: walks or races in your town

They would get a lot more men interested in doing it if they changed the name to "Tit Trot".

16 years ago 09/28/2007 9:50am EDT

re: walks or races in your town

walks or races in your town wrote:I wonder if it was a conscience decision for all the Race for The Cure events or the new race director for this race decided to save the expense of hiring a timing company.

I would say more of an "unconscious" decision. I doubt it was an expense issue as most of these events are rolling in money. The primary goal has shifted to mass participation, team awards based on number of participants, company plaques based on numbers, etc. The logistical complications of doing a properly timed races by correlating registrations to times, etc, when 90+ percent of the people there don't care about their time was more trouble that it was worth. Having worked on the event in the past I can say the last thing people putting it on are thinking about is timing. You have to have places for sponsors banners in order of contribution size, your sponsors tent city, places for group pictures, a scenic route and a place for a great mass group shot at the start.

Timing, oh yea, you runner people take care of that.

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