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Sep 2021
4:03pm, 27 Sep 2021
4,988 posts
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Little Miss Happy
I've been the fortunate recipient of both and queried it before - it usually says in the race information how prizes will be awarded.
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Sep 2021
4:33pm, 27 Sep 2021
31,924 posts
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Sushi.
Most races I've entered give the Vet the highest value of the 2 prizes and award the other to the next eligible runner.
I kinda think that the other way makes .ore sense but doesn't seem to be the norm.
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Sep 2021
5:03pm, 27 Sep 2021
15,532 posts
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larkim
It messes with my head if the 2nd place V40 goes home with a prize if the 1st place V40 was also the race winner, but I can see how / why it helps spread the prizes around a bit to give out the "higher value" prize.
I just need 18 people in v45 to be ahead of me picking up some other prize and maybe I can walk away with the v45 prize some day 
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Sep 2021
5:11pm, 27 Sep 2021
31,930 posts
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Sushi.
Lol Larkim.
Exactly. If you come in 2 places you should get both prizes.
If I ever came in 2nd V50 (never gonna hapoen) and I got 1st V50 prize because the 1st V50 had won overall 1, 2 or 3 I'd feel inclined to seek them out and give them that prize too as I'd feel a fraud saying I came 1st for age.
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Sep 2021
5:12pm, 27 Sep 2021
31,931 posts
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Sushi.
[There's more chance I'll win the lottery than win a race prize and I don't even do the lottery]
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Sep 2021
5:16pm, 27 Sep 2021
1,238 posts
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Ally-C
Seen it going both ways, one prize only or not as the case may be.
As an aside a guy in the club won the Skye half recently & got a huge salmon😀
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Sep 2021
9:28pm, 27 Sep 2021
7,763 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Never give up hope Sushi. My friend ran/ walked a local 10 miler a few years back for fun and came away with the F60 1st prize as the only age group entrant. Won a much fancier bottle of whisky than I received for 3rd M40.
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Sep 2021
9:37pm, 27 Sep 2021
31,962 posts
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Sushi.
Lol 57
Though can my prize be a massive amount winning lottery ticket.
As my mum would say 'that'd kill 2 birds with one stone'😁
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Sep 2021
12:33pm, 28 Sep 2021
7,989 posts
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Eynsham Red
I didn’t realise that prizes at races were a thing! That might be something to do with my race position!
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Sep 2021
4:36pm, 28 Sep 2021
5,212 posts
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um
Carrying this to the extreme ... how many prizes could an over 60 person run away with, if they were really fast?
The open class?
Then potentially the 40+, 50+, and 60+ ?
And controversially, what if that fast 'older' person was female? Just the female classes? (esp if the race organisers had foolishly given bigger/better prizes to the other classes starting with an M)
Anna - did you resolve your problem? Or add some text to your race rules / guide?
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