If someone pushed me as I tried to get through then they wouldn't be finishing the race as my shin would be meeting one of their chins.
Runners with MP3's should be picked out by marshalls and put into their own starting pen at the back so they can all be ignorant to each other and give the rest of us peace.
There's no overtaking etiquette, pass wherever there's a space however if everyone is sensible about their starting position then overtaking would happen gradually and evenly. I've went flying past people in 10k road races before and it isn't ideal for me or the person I'm overtaking, all it takes is one step to the side and we're both done.
As for starting pens, the Hull 10k last year was terrible for this, a massive group of first timers all huddled in the sub35 area the start was a farce, I was reduced to a walk and just ended up charging through.
Piss off, David. Gareth will know what I look like from the brief glimpse he gets as I shove past him. Also what I look like from behind in a cloud of dust.
My very first race was the adidas 5k in Hyde Park a couple of years ago. The rules said that slower runners / walkers should move to the right to allow people to pass. I've run my 10ks and half marathon like this since because i ssumed it was a universal rule.
K80, I think the vlm instructions say to move to the left, though I'm not sure. That seems more logical to me because you'd expect to overtake on the right, but it might depend on the course.
For some reason I thought you were a bloke Literatin. (tell me you haven't always had that pic and I've just missed it for months?)
And for some reason I thought your name was something to do with some kind of liberal/freedom fighting beliefs rather than what is...when I think about it, clearly about your book loving.
If someone is ever rude or obnoxious enough to literally barge past me because l have the audacity to run with 2 or 3 others just to shave 5 seconds off their finishing time then i'll kick their legs clean away from them.
This is supposed to be a social/enjoyable activity but some of the behaviour advocated in this thread id be pretty surprised to see in a bar full of drunks.
Also interesting to see it's those on here who are clearly a damn sight faster than average that are displaying this sort of arrogance.
It all depends on the circumstances. If you and your gang of mates all want to run together as some kind of little support network, noone would have a problem with that if you do it mid to back of pack, and not on narrow roads.
If you start way too far forward, and block the people who have trained very hard to "shave 5 seconds" from their time, that's arrogance in itself from you.
Luclily, the majority of races sort themselves out. It's all relative. I stay out of the way of the people faster than me, and then expect similar from those slower than me. That way everyone has a fair chance of getting out of the day what they are aiming for.
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A race is a race. Overtaking sort of goes with the territory - or am I doing it wrong?
If someone pushed me as I tried to get through then they wouldn't be finishing the race as my shin would be meeting one of their chins.
Runners with MP3's should be picked out by marshalls and put into their own starting pen at the back so they can all be ignorant to each other and give the rest of us peace.
There's no overtaking etiquette, pass wherever there's a space however if everyone is sensible about their starting position then overtaking would happen gradually and evenly. I've went flying past people in 10k road races before and it isn't ideal for me or the person I'm overtaking, all it takes is one step to the side and we're both done.
As for starting pens, the Hull 10k last year was terrible for this, a massive group of first timers all huddled in the sub35 area the start was a farce, I was reduced to a walk and just ended up charging through.
Apologies m'lady. The chap who enquired as to how l would note your number led me down the path of assuming you were a man.
Now I know you're just a girl then i'll simply catch you up again and make a note of your number:P
I wear an ipod now and again in longer races ( marathon plus) and i am never rude or ignorant to any other runner at any stage of the "race"
oh look at me i'm quicker than you move out the way i'm coming through.
Most of you folk think running a 10k .007 off a second faster than your last one
makes you the bees knees but your rudeness in your haste to be up there with
the pace only makes you an Ass. Nay, not an Ass,
a donkey, a cart-horse, a mule.....
You's all make me laugh
Piss off, David. Gareth will know what I look like from the brief glimpse he gets as I shove past him. Also what I look like from behind in a cloud of dust.
My very first race was the adidas 5k in Hyde Park a couple of years ago. The rules said that slower runners / walkers should move to the right to allow people to pass. I've run my 10ks and half marathon like this since because i ssumed it was a universal rule.
K80, I think the vlm instructions say to move to the left, though I'm not sure. That seems more logical to me because you'd expect to overtake on the right, but it might depend on the course.
It's quite a mesmerising pose. I like to imagine it as a back-flip caught in action.
..........said the pissed up drunk to the police after the bar fight
Ha. l have often wondered what the hell was going off there. They do say silly old bats roost like that after all, guess now we know it's true :P
Crikey. I think we've finally found someone you're funnier than, DF3. Bet you can run faster than him, too.
For some reason I thought you were a bloke Literatin. (tell me you haven't always had that pic and I've just missed it for months?)
And for some reason I thought your name was something to do with some kind of liberal/freedom fighting beliefs rather than what is...when I think about it, clearly about your book loving.
Oh well!
Nope, always been a liberal freedom-fighting book-loving girl!
It all depends on the circumstances. If you and your gang of mates all want to run together as some kind of little support network, noone would have a problem with that if you do it mid to back of pack, and not on narrow roads.
If you start way too far forward, and block the people who have trained very hard to "shave 5 seconds" from their time, that's arrogance in itself from you.
Luclily, the majority of races sort themselves out. It's all relative. I stay out of the way of the people faster than me, and then expect similar from those slower than me. That way everyone has a fair chance of getting out of the day what they are aiming for.
Are you quite a fasty then? I note your comments to the chaps earlier
Hmm. I'd say faster than David, but not as fast as you.
I've no idea who that's aimed at. Me or David. So until you clear that up l don't know whether to be offended or not.
Please clear up the confusion so l can think of a suitable retort or smile happily inside that your having a dig at someone else