3 guys go wrong way. 4th guy wins $1500 dollars.

jaguar1 wrote:

You don't even need to know Mercedes ahead of time cause it's so well marked/signage.

I have also been in a race that had an emergency on the course and the lead vehicle took us one block over in an attempt to bypass the problem. Worked perfectly as we all followed the lead vehicle and missed the problem. Either way I agree that there is plenty of blame to spread around.

These young racers today are pathetic. It used to be that the RD chalked out the start/finish line the morning of the race and put out a few cones and a few marshals. It was our responsibility to know the course. If we went off course, we DQd ourselves and congratulated the guy who won.

We didn't need timing chips, special race bibs with our names, bands on the course, fanny packs, cheer zones, etc.

Everything is done for these young guys running now that soon they'll want somebody to run the race for them.

It was the runners' fault period. End of discussion. Nobody forced them of course. The course was marked. There was signage. They went off course and should have been DQd.

Time for them to take some personal responsibility.

Mike Morgan ain't no young runner. He's an old geezer with an assfro.

Is this the same Hansons coached group that helped Neely Spence count laps? They sound inept....

Hansons are all college dropouts.

PARALYSIS!

Very simple. A few people are standing in the road and pointing to turn right or left, regardless of what the lead vehicle does. When it peels off, there are volunteers standing there yelling which way to go.

I just ran the Free Press Marathon last October. They had at least 5 people spread out every 100 yards or so yelling, I repeat yelling, half marathoners stay on your right and the marathoners keep going straight. The marathoners stayed straight for a short period and then turned left towards the 13.1 mark of the actual marathon. How hard is that? Same principal applies to the race that you are all talking about.

Mike is simply put, wrong!

How did the fourth place finisher know the right way to go?

How is this race 13 years old and it never happened before?

If he didn't hear them yelling, then it's his fault, and Luke's as well.

If Mike would have been in 4th and won, it would have been a completely different response by him.

He wasn't running in a delirious state of mind and he was surely not the only person out there hurting. Was the guy in 4th hurting any less? Again, why did he turn as he could still see the other runners (he wasn't 2 minutes behind at that point).

Use your eyes and ears Mike. Listen and read. Lead vehicles don't drive thru the finish chute, so you have know at some point that it would be leaving the course, correct?

Although I wouldn't say he's 100% responsible, I'd say it's pretty darn close to 100%.

There will always be another "low competition" half-marathon somewhere to pick up a little coin. Detroit was won in 1:05:10 last October, probably a bit too fast at this point in your career.

Next time, look up and pay attention!