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Title: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Paul Petersen on October 07, 2009, 02:12:28 pm Absolutely hilarious string of events, IMO.
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/63551897.html followed by... http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/63628062.html?referrer=facebook Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Paul Petersen on October 07, 2009, 02:25:59 pm Breaking news...
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/63668622.html Oh, the horror! Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: allie on October 07, 2009, 02:56:24 pm i feel bad for the
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Paul Petersen on October 07, 2009, 03:03:24 pm Not just tainted, but perhaps cursed.
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Dustin Ence on October 07, 2009, 03:46:46 pm I didn't know that people in Milwaukee ran. ??? I did have a nice butter burger and some fries when I visited there last summer.
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Adam R Wende on October 12, 2009, 08:15:47 am Brings to mind concerns at St. George last fall in the women's race and this year in the men's race.
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Paul Petersen on October 12, 2009, 10:04:59 am Yeah, it did remind me of SGM women's race last year...which was actually a worse violation IMO.
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Adam R Wende on October 12, 2009, 10:12:51 am The problem I have, and maybe this is the venue for this discussion, is how you draw the line. I'm one who never expects to be in the money at a marathon so I've always had "outside" help. For all my Chicago races I've had family/friends hand me stuff. For my St. Louis marathon I had friends who ran the half meet me to help me in the back miles. Was this unfair? By the rules yes! So what do I do, scratch all my previous performances? Since I'm usually just racing myself, trying for PRs and I've tried to normalize the assistance between all my races I would say it doesn't matter. I'm curious to hear how others feel about this.
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Paul Petersen on October 12, 2009, 10:46:35 am I think people should do whatever they want, but be prepared to face the consequences if there are any. For front-runners, there are greater consequences than for mid-packers.
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Jon Allen on October 12, 2009, 11:27:41 am What happened at SGM men's race this year?
Title: Re: if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!! Post by: Adam R Wende on October 12, 2009, 11:35:15 am Walter commented that he saw the person in front of him being paced.
This is something I've had done for me before so I didn't highlight it. When I was pacing Michelle the year before I feel that is different because I ran from the beginning. It is this argument of having fresh pacers jumping in. Personally I struggle with this. I've done it but I can agree with the argument against it. Then again it is part of ultras and almost required... |