LetsRun does it again!! US 10 Miler admits mistake we uncovered - Gives Sara Hall $10,000

Paul Chelimo deserves justice too. For the video I could see from the summer track race, he was not responsible for tripping the other dude. He probably lost out on some money being DQ. What a shame.

And we've have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for that meddling LRC!

Name wrote:

Good job. Too bad there's no credit given for YOUR discovery. Did you receive a bonus as well?

That's what I thought. Where's the credit to LR?

Looks like Ryan gets to eat tonite!!!

Sara has given us a shout out.

https://twitter.com/SaraHall3/status/916063053933797376

People noticed. We were talking about it afterwards while watching the marathon. We just weren't in a position to publicize it.

i do think it's worth pointing out that i believe many people saw the error in the 6'18 handicap when the Kenyan inexplicably awarded the bonus when not quite 6'18 catch-up made

i certainly did but dismissed it as some typo & thought nothing more of it

the credit is with Letsrun for having the authority to be heard, but probably not for finding the error

Anonymous User123 wrote:

VBA clearly made a mistake. The results from the timing company include a gun start time...and the gunstart time was offset by 6:10, not 6:18. Dumb woman probably misread the watch or got trigger happy.

It is funny hearing talk about race timing from a female.

No agent in the business gets 15%. Price monies cut is lower the general agenting fee ( contract negotiation, added endorsements, appearance fees etc maybe higher, 7-10%)

HardLoper wrote:

Nice but the guys got screwed. Kipchirchir said he could have made his move earlier but he knew they were going to catch the lead women anyway so he waited. They may have been able to go 8+ seconds faster.

Good point.

Even harder loper wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

Nice but the guys got screwed. Kipchirchir said he could have made his move earlier but he knew they were going to catch the lead women anyway so he waited. They may have been able to go 8+ seconds faster.

Good point.

Dude, come on, read the freaking article....They both got the bonus......

calculo wrote:

i do think it's worth pointing out that i believe many people saw the error in the 6'18 handicap when the Kenyan inexplicably awarded the bonus when not quite 6'18 catch-up made

i certainly did but dismissed it as some typo & thought nothing more of it

the credit is with Letsrun for having the authority to be heard, but probably not for finding the error

I deserve credit for finding the error because I didn't even watch the race or remember it was going on. I just was looking at the results for the WTW recap and wanted to see how close the men's / women's finish as the Mike Scott photo was fantastic.

I'm sure other true fans of the sport may have noticed it but no one else started a thread about it. I also contacted David Monti who in turn contacted the race organizers.

rojo wrote:

this whole episode proves one of my maxims about the sport to be true - you really don't even need to watch the races to know what is gong on. Being a fan of the sport is largely about the anticipation of an event and then the analysis afterward. That's why I've always said I don't need a drug test to know that certain people are on drugs - of course they are.

I called several people morons in 6th grade. And they all turned out to be morons.

This is why I always know when people are morons.

Of course they are morons.

What he said!

Just kidding..

A very big congratulations to Sara on the win. That's gotta' feel good!

rojo wrote:

calculo wrote:

i do think it's worth pointing out that i believe many people saw the error in the 6'18 handicap when the Kenyan inexplicably awarded the bonus when not quite 6'18 catch-up made

i certainly did but dismissed it as some typo & thought nothing more of it

the credit is with Letsrun for having the authority to be heard, but probably not for finding the error

I deserve credit for finding the error because I didn't even watch the race or remember it was going on. I just was looking at the results for the WTW recap and wanted to see how close the men's / women's finish as the Mike Scott photo was fantastic.

I'm sure other true fans of the sport may have noticed it but no one else started a thread about it. I also contacted David Monti who in turn contacted the race organizers.

Big Guy

You deserve credit for finding it & having the big stick in the room to make organisers listen

I'm sure personally many saw error before

I did it when article posted on homepage of "3 races in 1 pic" few days before

no one will believe me of circuitous route to calculation, but it had gal losing handicap race to Kenyan with "husband + 4 kids watching on" later in article !

i coudn't believe she had 4 black kids as she & husband are white

i yahooed that couple adopted 4 ethiopian gals in '15

i then figured that is enormous amount of college fees to pay & she really needed that $10k bonus, even beyond Kenyan male winner who will buy another farm with that $10k

then i went back & did the calculation & it looked she got shafted by 8s

i didn't think much than other than she really needed that bonus more than even the Kenyan, but not much i coud ever do about it

the excellence of your own article got me personally quick on the mark to work out the robbery done to Sara !

Please credit it yourself for 800 pound-gorilla-ness, perhaps not 1'38.97/3'24.21 off gun...

we did

we are not 800lb gorilla

see immediate above quote reply

Cam Newton wrote:

Anonymous User123 wrote:

VBA clearly made a mistake. The results from the timing company include a gun start time...and the gunstart time was offset by 6:10, not 6:18. Dumb woman probably misread the watch or got trigger happy.

It is funny hearing talk about race timing from a female.

Too soon.

Race organizers may not have included mention of LR in their press release, but at least the RRCA did by including Hall's shoutout.

http://www.rrca.org/news-articles/news-archives/2017/10/10/sara-hall-granted-matching-

$10-000-bonus

"http://www.rrca.org/news-articles/news-archives/2017/10/10/sara-hall-granted-matching-$10-000-bonus"