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Elite Athletics Thread

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Welshpoppy
Welshpoppy
Oct 2022
12:47pm, 19 Oct 2022
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I just can not believe it! especially Great Run!!
jda
jda
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I pointed out that the ribble valley 10k was short a few years back, the organisers brushed me off. Not quite such a major event but still attracts some big names and had cash prizes for records (which were broken that year).

Again an incorrect turnaround very obvious from strava traces.
fuzzyduck79
fuzzyduck79
Oct 2022
1:13pm, 19 Oct 2022
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Can see why everyone involved is motivated to say nothing wrong - admitting the error is embarrassing for organisers, could impact future entries and from reading comments it seems runners nearly all prefer to keep a PB even if it's wonky. Good luck getting another one after that though...
K5 Gus
K5 Gus
Oct 2022
1:26pm, 19 Oct 2022
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I doubt Brendan Foster will be losing any sleep over it, as long as the cash keeps rolling in
larkim
larkim
Oct 2022
1:50pm, 19 Oct 2022
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Why does BF get such a bad rap as being some sort of Trumpian profiteer?
fuzzyduck79
fuzzyduck79
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There's a few people pointing out that the Great South Run on Sunday was ~400m long as well 😂

Paul Martelletti ran the Great Eastern Run and continued running after the finish line to make it up to full distance, commented on his activity:

"Good marketing to not put the word “half” in the title 👌"
fuzzyduck79
fuzzyduck79
Oct 2022
2:02pm, 19 Oct 2022
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Just scanned some straava activities for Great South Run and it's clocked maybe ~200-250m long on average but that was mid pack runners and that's pretty much what I expect most people to run anyway, not easy to take the racing line everywhere with thousands of people about
Totriornottotri
Totriornottotri
Oct 2022
6:25pm, 19 Oct 2022
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I thought GSR was close enough - lost GPS in and out of underpass clocking a 3:45 and going through 4 miles about 200m late but then seemed to stay the same and pacing certainly tied in.
SPR
SPR
Oct 2022
6:32pm, 19 Oct 2022
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Accurately measured ≠ close enough
Totriornottotri
Totriornottotri
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8:19pm, 19 Oct 2022
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Oh agreed - but ‘you can normally tell’ [italics] (Brighton half 2015 - I knew I was well off the pace from 10-12.5 as it was into wind then the finish appeared).

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