Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
"important day of work" ?!
Do you really ask people here to make your decisions for you?
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
Ask if they will place you in the elite race, could be the opportunity of a lifetime!!
Email the RD to see if you can be placed in one of the elite sections.
Strange priorities wrote:
"important day of work" ?!
What??????
What distances are the races?
section 4 of your LRC pro contract states:
"...should you scratch, dnf, dfl, dq or get chicked in any event, the proceeding event will be performed in gimp suit..."
(1) For all the tough guy posturing you do here, I would expect you to be a man and race all comers or prove yourself and impress the crowd with a solo performance.
(2) Considering how much you post during normal working hours, it cannot be that important.
One time I paid $40 to run 10:50 in the 3k steeplechase in training shoes after not running a single mile for 2 years. It was a 3 hour round trip drive and on the weekend.
Jamin stays at home devastated.
Offer to the meet director to rabbit the elite 1500 in exchange for putting you in the elite 5k. It's a good chance to be altruistic, too.
The meet director wants you there, I'm sure. You are not the average 15:00 5k guy, personality wise.
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
Jamin is entered in the 3000 and 10,000 meter races at Stumptown. Both fields are pretty thin. The 5000 has Grant Fisher and others.
My suggestion is to spend the weekend in Oregon and get out of Seattle. Don’t drive back after the meet.
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
I'd totally skip. Paying $ to run alone makes no sense - you can do that any day of the week.
Since you're on the fence, bring in some other factors - what's the value of the vacation time you're taking, and is there a better use you'd otherwise put it to? Is there anything else fun you can do while in the area to make the trip more worthwhile? I know it's not ideal, but if you get to visit another city, maybe catch up with some friends there, visit a favorite place there or do something you don't normally get to do, plus get in a hard tempo run, that sounds worth it. And you never know if one of those other few other entries might be well matched to your pace. I'd go for it. I hate looking back and thinking of "what ifs."
Piano_Man87 wrote:
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
I'd totally skip. Paying $ to run alone makes no sense - you can do that any day of the week.
Stand on the starting line when the gun goes off and don't leave until the lead runner has 400m on you
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
I think you should ask for an entry refund if the meet can't fill out a competitive field as advertised.
There's a race if you'd like to go
You could meet somebody who really loves you
So you go and you run on your own
And you leave on your own
And you go home and you cry and you want to die.
tgirl wrote:
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
Jamin is entered in the 3000 and 10,000 meter races at Stumptown. Both fields are pretty thin. The 5000 has Grant Fisher and others.
My suggestion is to spend the weekend in Oregon and get out of Seattle. Don’t drive back after the meet.
Who doubles like that in no championship events?
jamin wrote:
Sad but true.
(1) Almost no one signed up for the 2 non-elite events. Literally a couple in each. Would be solo time trial.
(2) Would be missing important day of work to drive 6 hours.
Would you do the same as me in this situation?
I would still go. Have some fun man. I just looked at the heat sheets. Some notable entries: Grant Fisher, Mac Fleet, Shannon Rowbury, Emily Lipari, Kyle Merber, and Matt Centrowitz. Maybe throw down a PR and then get a grant fisher autograph or something haha