You should have taken a dump on the hood of the race organizers car.
You should have taken a dump on the hood of the race organizers car.
If you have any competitive older runners--and by older, I mean 70+--then gun time awards for them is a terrible idea. Rewarding the ones that start too far forward is just dumb.
Gobbled glory, unless you provide us with specifics of the race - name, geographic location - I'm going to be a Doubting Thomas and not believe that you even ran the 10k. So you say in the official results, you finished second?
Had trouble with the wife afterwards? Sounds really fishy to me!
On Letsrun.com I could say that I was leading the So-and-so Marathon until yada-yada-yada. I could say I'm President of the United States. Neither are true. I'm President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
But, really, if you expect many of us to believe one word of your story, give specifics. I hope you wrote the truth. If not, let me tell you about a marathon in LA that you can cheat in. Oh, never mind, you'll be caught and shamed on LetsRun.
How does anyone start a few minutes back and not have to jog in slow-people traffic for a few minutes?
Punisher Of Toilets wrote:
You should have taken a dump on the hood of the race organizers car.
This is the only correct reply
gobbled glory wrote:
All - I shamed my family this past weekend in the local Turkey Trot 10k... My wife did not let me sleep at home.
8/10. Solid effort. Not called out on anything until the second page.
Neither. Get with the times. People should be awarded by what their watch reports which then they claim as their new pr on social media to be told by their friends how much of an inspiration and what a bada** they are.
gobbled glory wrote:
believe it or not, it appears to have been an error!
So they did the race on gun time - but the person they thought won appears to have been doing the 5k (which is 1 lap of the course, not 2 like the 10k) - and his previous results suggest his winning 10k time is actually his 5k time.
THE PLOT FOR TURKEY TROT GLORY THICKENS
So basically you ran maybe a 35 minute 10K and they gave the 10K trophy to a guy running a 34 minute 5K.
Did this person accept the prize?
Timing errors and other shenanigans are a tradition at my local turkey trot.
First, over 3,000 people show up for out town’s 5k, and I’d bet 1/2 of those “run” only this one race all year (well over a 1,000 participate in the 10k). No one lines up correctly, and at the start you find yourself leaping over kids dressed as turkeys and dodging moms decked out in lululemon walking with Starbucks in hand (the year one gal holding a latte lined up right in front and screamed bloody murder as runners flew past her on both sides yelling at her to “line up in back next time” was an instant classic).
I’d guess 5-10% of the people are wearing someone else’s number (one year, I complemented a gal I knew for finishing near the top of her AG, and she replied “oh, I didn’t run, that was my nephew”). Twice I was moved from 2nd to 1st in my AG an hour after the race. Once because of an accidental parent/teenager bib switch. The other b/c (I think) a rather large person in an old fashioned sweat suit u-turned on the out-and- back course and jogged maybe a mile (I was never sure, but I deduced that from the posted finish line video).
Of course, the 10k results always end up with some runners who decide to run the 5k and don’t tell the RD. Nothing like throwing down a 28 minute “10k” Thanksgiving morning. The 10k is worth doing, too. Last time I did it, a neighborhood at the top of a hill near 1/2 way had a street party and the locals were handing out beer shots. I passed that time, but I vow one year to partake.
I will say, the timing company does a great job fixing this stuff. I’ve never had to bring any errors in my results to their attention. They catch them and fix it ASAP.
A fun side note - another annual tradition is a chili cook off at the local high school Thanksgiving Eve, which is a dangerous way to fuel up the night before a race. This can give new meaning to the phrase “Turkey Trot” for those who participate.
All the craziness is to be embraced and considered part of the fun. Good luck to all at their local Turkey Trots and Happy Thanksgiving! ???
Star wrote:
gobbled glory wrote:
believe it or not, it appears to have been an error!
So they did the race on gun time - but the person they thought won appears to have been doing the 5k (which is 1 lap of the course, not 2 like the 10k) - and his previous results suggest his winning 10k time is actually his 5k time.
THE PLOT FOR TURKEY TROT GLORY THICKENS
So basically you ran maybe a 35 minute 10K and they gave the 10K trophy to a guy running a 34 minute 5K.
Did this person accept the prize?
spot on! I hobby jogged my way to my 35min 10k...the "winner" was not at the awards ceremony - appears to be an error that is getting fixed..I think, or if not, oh well. Was just curious about gun vs. chip timing since I'm relatively new to the sport.
That's a bummer man. I just won my local Turkey Trot by hanging back from the start and cutting the course. I finished in a big pack so no one was the wiser. Got a sweet gift certificate and a pumpkin pie. Sorry. Your wife has been really nice to me and has asked me to move in
Casssious the Greatest wrote:
That's a bummer man. I just won my local Turkey Trot by hanging back from the start and cutting the course. I finished in a big pack so no one was the wiser. Got a sweet gift certificate and a pumpkin pie. Sorry. Your wife has been really nice to me and has asked me to move in
She wont stop talking about you
gobbled glory wrote:
spot on! I hobby jogged my way to my 35min 10k...the "winner" was not at the awards ceremony - appears to be an error that is getting fixed..I think, or if not, oh well. Was just curious about gun vs. chip timing since I'm relatively new to the sport.
It would be funny if someone did accept the prize for the 10K win after running a 34 min 5K.
It still shows the flaw that they even listed an overall winner by chip time and not actual finishing place.
I plan to run the local Turkey Trot 10k. Almost no one dresses up for that one and it is usually less crowded.
Since I had 2 hernia surgeries: 1 open incision in April and 1 laparoscopic 5 weeks ago, my goal is to run the entire race. If my time is good, so much the better.
I have yet to do better than 55 on a 10k. I guess I'm just a hobby jogger. :(
Star wrote:
gobbled glory wrote:
spot on! I hobby jogged my way to my 35min 10k...the "winner" was not at the awards ceremony - appears to be an error that is getting fixed..I think, or if not, oh well. Was just curious about gun vs. chip timing since I'm relatively new to the sport.
It would be funny if someone did accept the prize for the 10K win after running a 34 min 5K.
It still shows the flaw that they even listed an overall winner by chip time and not actual finishing place.
You're assuming the person accepting the prize for the 10k after having run a 5k would even realize there is a difference between the two. I'm guessing they wouldn't. Not at a turkey trot anyway. Glad the OP seems to have this whole thing in the proper perspective.
sfgsdfs wrote:
You're assuming the person accepting the prize for the 10k after having run a 5k would even realize there is a difference between the two. I'm guessing they wouldn't. Not at a turkey trot anyway. Glad the OP seems to have this whole thing in the proper perspective.
little do you know I've been protesting outside of the race director's house for two days now. I'm tired, my voice is gone, but my pride must be restored.
WangGang wrote:
From my experience, normally they award the top three positions based off gun time and the rest based off net time.
Which makes it possible for a chip time runner to beat the top three finishers.
I ran a race once where I finished as the third woman. At the end of the race I outsprinted a guy that I had been running near for most of the race. Turns out he was wearing a bib registered to a woman, and he started about ten seconds behind me. So, he chipped me and he showed up as a woman in the results. They bumped me down to 4th woman in the results. Double fail.
you were duped! Gun time is all that counts in USATF rules. Chip/net time is ok for others. But when money or awards are available, it's only gun time
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Actually USATF rules allow any combination of "gun" and "net" times for awards for non-championship events (divisions) as long as the race advertises/states the method in advance. Also, 'net" times are acceptable for USATF Master's records.
....just sayin.