Keith Stone wrote:
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[quote]Chicago has what, 5 different starting areas. Elite, top 100 and corrals A,B,C? Tell me, how do they place people in these corrals, previous time right? That's the majority of people in the race, right?
Estimated time is used for all but the front corrals.
These are all the corrals. The times needed for entry are not estimated.
Start Corral A
Located directly behind the start line for all qualifying participants. Qualifications for Start Corral A for 2007 are as follows:
Half Marathon time: < 1:25:59
Full Marathon time: < 3:10:59
Expected capacity: 1,500
Start Corral B
Located close to the start line for all qualifying participants. Qualifications for Start Corral B for 2007 are as follows.
Half Marathon time: < 1:35:59
Full Marathon time: < 3:35:59
Expected capacity: 3,000
Start Corral C
Located near the start line for all qualifying participants. Qualifications for the Start Corral C for 2007 are as follows:
Half Marathon time: < 1:45:59
Full Marathon time: < 3:55:59
Expected capacity: 4,000
Start Corral D
Located near the start line for all qualifying participants. Qualifications for the Start Corral D for 2007 are as follows:
Full Marathon time: < 4:00:59
Expected capacity: 4,000
All goals times would attainable through normal training. The marathon office makes every effort to move you up in a corral if you post a better time before the race, quite a few I know have registered in January, posted a good time in the spring and the marathon office moved them up whenever possible.
All I did was suggest a format for discussion,and ever since you've been on here ranting like a lunatic with comments like "THERE'S NOT ENOUGH VIAGRA IN THE WORLD TO MAKE MY DICK HARD". Maybe if you looked outside the box of your experience once and a while, you could add something constructive to the discussion instead of coming off as a jilted school girl. Have a nice evening and I hope the next 3k walk you organize doesn't add anymore stress or bitterness to your life, you have seem to have enough.