Running Banned for Section of a Half Marathon Race

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Squares Sep 2014 12:32pm, 19 Sep 2014 1,942 posts	0 Squares Even more reason to respect the land owners wishes...
BaronessBL Sep 2014 1:05pm, 19 Sep 2014 3,993 posts	0 BaronessBL I wonder if the organisers can give participants an either/or option - keep running and use the steps or walk and use the garden. If the course has been re-routed since the event plans were put in place then have they had to re-measure it to get an exact half marathon or is it going to be a bit short/long anyway with the diversion. If it is not going to be 100% exact then the either/or option is less of an issue from that point of view.
Cyclops Sep 2014 2:25pm, 19 Sep 2014 1,560 posts	0 Cyclops It is really funny though....
Spleen Sep 2014 2:59pm, 19 Sep 2014 846 posts	0 Spleen Gus: Ah, that makes a lot more sense. So the private garden was never supposed to be part of the route, but as part of the intended route has closed - beyond the organisers' control - they've got someone to agree to let them walk through their private garden instead. That sounds far more reasonable. Not ideal, clearly, but I'd assumed that the private garden was always part of the route and the owner suddenly went back on their word, which I gather was not the case. It will still be tricky to enforce. To be honest I would have been inclined to just use the steps and avoid any chance of aggro. You can't call it a PB course either way. I don't know how many steps there are but I would rather run up and down a flight of steps than knock myself out of my stride and have to shift up through all the gears again.
Red Squirrel Sep 2014 3:11pm, 19 Sep 2014 16,844 posts	0 Red Squirrel There'll be a lot of wiggly bums in that garden.
MoscowFlyer Sep 2014 10:04am, 22 Sep 2014 2,977 posts	0 MoscowFlyer So did anyone run this?
MoscowFlyer Sep 2014 10:04am, 22 Sep 2014 2,978 posts	0 MoscowFlyer Or rather, did anyone run/walk this?
K5 Gus Sep 2014 10:54am, 22 Sep 2014 993 posts	0 K5 Gus It's next Sunday
MoscowFlyer Sep 2014 10:55am, 22 Sep 2014 2,979 posts	0 MoscowFlyer So it is. I'll come back in a week
Sombrero Sep 2014 11:01am, 22 Sep 2014 8,118 posts	0 Sombrero I can't help thinking the garden owner is a jeb-end. Surely if they were worried about any damage caused by running, they could have just asked the organisers to pay for someone to come in after the race and do some gardening magic?