Boston rules enforcement

That seems to be the case, tear off the timing part of the bib to be sure, and decline the medal, and you should be good to go.

Robin Hood wrote:

That seems to be the case, tear off the timing part of the bib to be sure, and decline the medal, and you should be good to go.

exactly, you have every right to run on public roads so long as you do not take a participation medal or a timing slot from some loser hobby jogger

uncool, messes with security and safety for you and others

earn the bib or lose it

you can't be serious.. guess you "qualified" but missed the cut off

hope you get caught wrote:

uncool, messes with security and safety for you and others

earn the bib or lose it

Jaqen H'ghar wrote:

Robin Hood wrote:

That seems to be the case, tear off the timing part of the bib to be sure, and decline the medal, and you should be good to go.

exactly, you have every right to run on public roads so long as you do not take a participation medal or a timing slot from some loser hobby jogger

By your logic you would also have to refrain from taking any fluids / foods provided by the race during and after the event.

However, none of this logic addressees the safety/liability issue if you were to trip and get trampled - or worse...

photo ID is required at pickup

Are you a guy running with a woman's bib? Sometimes there are some really hairy women placing in the women's age groups.

Seriously, given Boston's security issues, I'm not sure that banditing or running under someone else's name will be treated as the harmless thing it used to be.

I wouldn't do Boston. I am not one of the LRC purists, but this race is unique due to the security measures and perceived sanctity. I have run it a few times so I am not glorifying it, but others do and you're just playing with fire.

Why not just run another race? Can you qualify for Boston?

Robin Hood wrote:

That seems to be the case, tear off the timing part of the bib to be sure, and decline the medal, and you should be good to go.

Just in case an official reviews the video and awards time based on that, better to not run through the finish.

wear sunglasses and a mustache/beard shave after race

I see this a lot, but I have to admit that I do not quite understand the argument.On the security front, do we really think that anyone with bad intent is going to be deterred from doing something bad because of the BAA's rules? On the safety front, you can still write in emergency contact information on the back of the bib, and, in any event, if you are willing to assume the risk that you fall out and no one can find you, isn't that on you? I guess maybe you might have a higher risk of falling out if you are not in shape to run the race, as evidenced by your inability to get a qualifier, but can't the same be said of those who enter through raising charitable donations?I can't help but to feel that these are rationalizations by race directors to keep control over their races. That is not to say that I think that it is okay to take someone else's bib. Race director's work hard to organize their races and wide spread bib swapping would make their jobs more difficult, and that is justification enough in my book for them trying to regulate that. But let's call this what it is and not come up with some altruistic, good for the runners reasoning.

hope you get caught wrote:

uncool, messes with security and safety for you and others

earn the bib or lose it

Robin Hood wrote:

That seems to be the case, tear off the timing part of the bib to be sure, and decline the medal, and you should be good to go.

Why?

The person who paid the registration fee paid for the medals, timing and support. The RD has no problem ripping you off.

You agreed to pay that amount, no one forced you to. If you don't want to pay the entry, don't enter the race. But if you do enter the race, you are entering into an agreement with the race director to comply with the terms of the agreement that they set out. I don't think you can then ignore the terms of the agreement that you agreed to and reasonably argue that you are entitled to the things which they agreed to do.

Doubler will rat you out. He has no life and he will review every photo against photos from the qualifying marathons.

you be you Ill be me wrote:

So if someone was to offer a bib that would otherwise go unused, it would be wrong morally and all that to use it, but so long as no one uses the time as a qualifier for future then there are no repercussions for the runner right???

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Just read the damn rules. It's NOT that hard to figure out.

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"bib number may not be altered or copied in any way and may not be transferred to another participant or another B.A.A. event. Any individual who violates this rule will not be allowed to participate."

-- source BAA

Jaqen H'ghar wrote:

Robin Hood wrote:

That seems to be the case, tear off the timing part of the bib to be sure, and decline the medal, and you should be good to go.

exactly, you have every right to run on public roads so long as you do not take a participation medal or a timing slot from some loser hobby jogger

Idiot, it's not a public road while it's closed for the purposes of the Boston Marathon during a set time period which includes periods before, during and after the marathon.

closed to car traffic moron,

you will see people on foot crossing those roads all day long it is not closed to pedestrians or runners

at that price I might sell mine

https://boston.craigslist.org/sob/wan/5534905290.html

Not a public road during... wrote:

Jaqen H'ghar wrote:

exactly, you have every right to run on public roads so long as you do not take a participation medal or a timing slot from some loser hobby jogger

Idiot, it's not a public road while it's closed for the purposes of the Boston Marathon during a set time period which includes periods before, during and after the marathon.

thats why you want the bib probably?