I'm not doing the race but from my knowledge of the area and looking at the route here http://www.bradfordcityrun.com/run-route-2012.php Thornton Road is a gradual incline and Listerhills Road a more severe incline, Downhill section from the 2Km marker back to Thornton Road.
I wouldn't imagine it's a potential PB course unless you're quick uphill
Beautiful day for a run but judging by my time it was the best part of a mile short (or perhaps I have made an amazing breakthrough with my training !)
Bit pissed off as according to garmin, if I'd managed to keep,up the pace for the full distance that would've been a PB. mostly because it was so bastard cold all I could think was "go faster and you might not die of frostbite"
If it was a club event, well you could understand them maybe being short of marshals on a cold morning......BUT a pro events company could pay marshals, & make sure they actually know what they are doing.
I paid them for a 10k, & it was a mile short, down to them not telling a marshal what they should actually be doing....NOT impressed......
My family and I have done over 100 races (7 of us racing regularly over several years) with this race organisation and have never had a problem ever before. In fact, they have always been way above average for race organisation. I have marshalled for them a few times too and everything was clear and triple checked. Can only presume this was a one-off screw up by a marshall that may not have followed instructions. Gutted for you all and gutted for them.
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I'm not doing the race but from my knowledge of the area and looking at the route here http://www.bradfordcityrun.com/run-route-2012.php Thornton Road is a gradual incline and Listerhills Road a more severe incline, Downhill section from the 2Km marker back to Thornton Road.
I wouldn't imagine it's a potential PB course unless you're quick uphill
Well it's lucky I wasn't planning on a PB then!! Not with "Pain Barrier" the day before!!!
I didn't go down Easby either. i only clocked 8.5km at the end.
I am a race director myself so I know is hard to put a race on, and I believe today's mistake was due to a Marshall send us the wrong way
BUT
You have to get these things right, the Marshall's have to know the route
Beautiful day for a run but judging by my time it was the best part of a mile short (or perhaps I have made an amazing breakthrough with my training !)
Clearly I was wrong when I said it wasn't a course for a PB.
Although I did assume that the course for a 10K race would actually be 10K in length
If it was a club event, well you could understand them maybe being short of marshals on a cold morning......BUT a pro events company could pay marshals, & make sure they actually know what they are doing.
I paid them for a 10k, & it was a mile short, down to them not telling a marshal what they should actually be doing....NOT impressed......
My family and I have done over 100 races (7 of us racing regularly over several years) with this race organisation and have never had a problem ever before. In fact, they have always been way above average for race organisation. I have marshalled for them a few times too and everything was clear and triple checked. Can only presume this was a one-off screw up by a marshall that may not have followed instructions. Gutted for you all and gutted for them.