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Cardiff Half-Marathon 2010
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I have to admit I would have been absolutely gutted if I had run a PB yesterday to find that the organisers had cocked it up........rough estimates wouldn't wash with me......either the officials accept it as a half or it is not accepted......either the time stands or its worthless........just a good training run.......
I hope that al runners get another chance shortly
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it aways helps when you know something about the people you address on a forum... hahaha
I think I'll survive this one, thanks. I was just expressing what it felt like to train hard for 4 months and then realise your PB isnt an official PB. I feel more for CroupsRunners's girlfriend - I ran most of the race either just ahead or just behind them and saw how well she ran and what she put into it.
I am not saying that you are talking out of your arse, I am just saying that you should know better than to question a hard earned PB, legitimately run, with lots of time, energy, dedication and soul invested into it.
I too would love for everyone to be able to use their Cardiff half time for championship, you should know that the reality is London will not sit and do guesstimates about people's times and there is no reason why they should either. It is up to Cardiff organizers to GET A CLUE and take the event and people's time and money seriously. What is the most important aspect of a race? DISTANCE, if you cannot even get the distance right, everything else counts for nothing... and considering that this is not the first time they are organizing the event, and that as you say, it is not rocket science, they should have learned how to do it by now.
What's all this about a towel/flannel? No t-shirt either!
I paid £38, got to run a very poor, overcrowded course, that was not even a half marathon and all I got was a medal and a bottle of water!!!
It's the 3rd time I've run this and every time I leave with the same opinion, Cardiff is not big enough to host a half marathon, and certainly not a half marathon with supposedly 15000 runners.
I ran on Sunday and really enjoyed the day. The weather was perfect, the scenery was beautiful and varied and I ran faster than I thought I could and got a time I was pleased with. I was really happy after finishing!
But then to discover that the course was short makes it feel invalid! It was my first half marathon and now it seems I still haven't officially done one! Months of training to run a short race, gutted.
Just googled and found this: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/10/19/anger-at-half-marathon-distance-blunder-91466-27498408/
I will run again next year because I really enjoyed the course and it is close to where I live but come ON, get the bloody distance right. Last minute alteration or not, as other posters have said they could have easily extended down Lloyd George Avenue to make up the distance. I think the organisers should give those of us who ran it this year a discount for next year to give us the chance to run the full race.
What race were you running Bonjour? I didn't pay £38...... I do agree with you regarding the flannel.
The food bars were nice though and the medal lovely.
I do feel for the people who were relying on their time to qualify for London, and although it does not matter to me, I think the cock up with the distance is in-excusable. Especially if the scaffolding had been there since Wednesday.
Sorry, typo - £28
Where were these flannels and food bars then? I literally finished, walked a bit and got given a medal, then picked up a bottle of water from the stacks and put my chip in a bin. Didn't see anything else.
There seemed to be an 'official' exit straight ahead of the finish, and a smaller exit to the left towards the baggage claim. I went out of the smaller exit and noticed everyone had goodie bags so went back to get one. I suspect that a barrier had been opened by a runner, spectator or emergency vehicle and not replaced.
I'd be quite glad if my time was invalid as it wasn't very good.
It was very congested (and I was knackered) so maybe I walked past them.. I would have liked a t-shirt to save me buying training tops - somebody mentioned they were selling them for £15?
I didn't run this but would like to add my own views. I looked at the route map out of interest and going on my basic knowledge of Cardiff the start finish area were on a straight. Surely the timing mats are easy to move as they are basically led on the floor. Granted they would have had to measure the incorrect part & if this was more than a few metres out then the times would still be irrelevant. Probably easier not to try and rectify the error & then just apologise after the event although this only seemed to happen once the distance had been questioned (I suppose mentioning it at the start would have been a no-go for obvious reasons)
Bideford half marathon had a distance error a couple of years ago when a marshalling error led people the wrong way & made the race a few hundreds yards longer. They admitted the error straight away with a heartfelt apology & therefore runners appreciated there honesty. For that reason I would do that one again.
Living over the bridge in Bristol I have entered the Bristol half on numerous occasions, after a few years of runners getting seriously annoyed they bucked up there ideas. 12,000 entries with unmarshalled pens has now changed into waves (A considerable number of) with a good time gap in between them starting. A simple change has made a mediocre race into a very good one.
Any race with a few thousand entries should have waves as standard