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Mar 2019
10:18am, 26 Mar 2019
741 posts
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Nessie
Did you see that Scottish Athletics have asked the organisers of the Cape Wrath marathon to reclassify it as multi-terrain, because of all the potholes.....? Not now an official marathon.
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Mar 2019
10:55am, 26 Mar 2019
30,874 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Don't think it was ever a PB course though Nessie, was it? Doesn't it have a ferry boat crossing part way through it (have I got right one, or was that just the ultra?) where they stopped the watch for the time it took to do the boat crossing?!  G
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Mar 2019
11:05am, 26 Mar 2019
501 posts
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Gcad
They do cross you on a ferry and stop your time, most of the route is off road anyway. It's an amazing event, just don't go there to chase down a pb.
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Mar 2019
11:06am, 26 Mar 2019
742 posts
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Nessie
Yes, there's a ferry crossing in the marathon.
The news report says:
"Runners who have competed on the course will be aware of how poor the road surface is and Scottish Athletics have now advised us that the Cape Wrath Challenge Marathon course no longer qualifies as a marathon course due to its 'rough and broken running surface'.
"IAAF requirements are for races to be held on sealed road surfaces."
Not sure what it makes in though?
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Mar 2019
11:09am, 26 Mar 2019
8,571 posts
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Son of a Pronator Man
Given the state of our roads, I expect a large number of events to be removed from the "road racing" calendar on that basis
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Mar 2019
1:52pm, 26 Mar 2019
29,833 posts
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Old Croc
The road surface is of relevance to course measuring. It the surface isn't sealed the compression is variable and thus could give spurious readings when measuring. A course should have less than 10% of it's distance of un made surface - i.e. not tarmacadam type surface to qualify as a road race
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Mar 2019
2:21pm, 26 Mar 2019
29,834 posts
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Old Croc
On a separate topic.
Just received an email from SA - reminding us that swapping of race numbers is forbidden - and zero teolerance etc.
It said following "an incident at the weekend"
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Mar 2019
2:21pm, 26 Mar 2019
29,835 posts
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Old Croc
anybody shed any light on the "incident" ??
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Mar 2019
2:24pm, 26 Mar 2019
10,210 posts
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MazH
Wasn't me officer
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Mar 2019
2:28pm, 26 Mar 2019
30,878 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Err, it wasn't the D33 the previous weekend, was it? Well publicised that one, on FB anyway. Right stooshie! And the Scot Athletics chairman who knows the RD of D33 said he'd see it was looked into at Scot Athletics level too.
(No point in being coy about names - RD of D33 is Loon Dod (and Lintie) in Fetch. Scot Athletics chairman is whwrunner, husband of santababy. whwrunner said he'd get it looked into at SA.)
Presume everyone knows what the D33 incident was? G
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