Prior to the races for the weekend, I was sent two emails about the start times, and they were as follows: "Saturday, December 16, 2023 7:00am - 10K & 5K … MORE
Prior to the races for the weekend, I was sent two emails about the start times, and they were as follows:
“Saturday, December 16, 2023
7:00am – 10K & 5K
7:15am – 1 Mile
Sunday, December 17, 2023
6:30am – Full Marathon
6:45am – Half Marathon”
They never did that. 10K went first at about 7:13 AM and then 5K very soon afterwards. Next day, the full marathon didn’t start until 6:48 AM along with THE HALF MARATHON which caught me completely off-guard because I did ask when the half will begin and was told it’d go 15 minutes afterwards. Why the delay anyway for all races?
This matters because…….I technically won the half marathon race despite being almost 1 minute late due to still warming up and getting ready and had to pass literally everybody for 2 miles to catch the leader who ended up finishing 18 seconds ahead of me. I thought Athlete Guild would have the chip time ready, revealing that I was probably about 30 seconds ahead overall net time, but…..NOPE. They showed it to be virtually the same as the gun time (wrong; I started my Garmin watch right at the start line, not when I was way, way, way in the back because THEY SAID MY RACE WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN 15 MINUTES AFTER THE MARATHON).
To make matters worse, I was 2nd just right along with the eventual winner and the race cyclist who stopped leading the race three or four times (WHY???), and we were approaching the left turn for Lincoln Park (I studied and memorized the course map leading up to the race and that’s where we were supposed to be going through). To my disbelief, the runner kept going straight on W. University Boulevard while I took the left turn, but the cyclist came after me and told me THAT I WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY AND THAT I HAD TO TURN AROUND. It was the beginning of the end for me, and I lost a lot of distance on the eventual winner (I am not taking anything away from him, and it wasn’t his fault, but it’s the cyclist who screwed up the whole thing by stopping short to take a break when he was supposed to lead us 100% of the time). See the attached picture to compare my Garmin result and the race map.
Another thing I didn’t appreciate was the race cyclist giving a fist pump to the eventual winner during the middle of the race. How do you think I felt while I was literally behind them and in 2nd place while trying to win the race? That was really disrespectful, and the race cyclist should have stayed neutral throughout the race. Were they friends or what?
All in all, race director Selene Silva needs to shut the whole thing down and be done with it because that was really a disaster from start to finish, making the whole concept of a running road race a travesty. The same goes for Athlete Guild for displaying shocking incompetence when it comes to accurate timing. What are their computers, checkpoint mats, and fancy technology doing there after all?
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Truly Among the Worst Ever.
Prior to the races for the weekend, I was sent two emails about the start times, and they were as follows: "Saturday, December 16, 2023 7:00am - 10K & 5K … MORE
Prior to the races for the weekend, I was sent two emails about the start times, and they were as follows:
“Saturday, December 16, 2023
7:00am – 10K & 5K
7:15am – 1 Mile
Sunday, December 17, 2023
6:30am – Full Marathon
6:45am – Half Marathon”
They never did that. 10K went first at about 7:13 AM and then 5K very soon afterwards. Next day, the full marathon didn’t start until 6:48 AM along with THE HALF MARATHON which caught me completely off-guard because I did ask when the half will begin and was told it’d go 15 minutes afterwards. Why the delay anyway for all races?
This matters because…….I technically won the half marathon race despite being almost 1 minute late due to still warming up and getting ready and had to pass literally everybody for 2 miles to catch the leader who ended up finishing 18 seconds ahead of me. I thought Athlete Guild would have the chip time ready, revealing that I was probably about 30 seconds ahead overall net time, but…..NOPE. They showed it to be virtually the same as the gun time (wrong; I started my Garmin watch right at the start line, not when I was way, way, way in the back because THEY SAID MY RACE WAS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN 15 MINUTES AFTER THE MARATHON).
To make matters worse, I was 2nd just right along with the eventual winner and the race cyclist who stopped leading the race three or four times (WHY???), and we were approaching the left turn for Lincoln Park (I studied and memorized the course map leading up to the race and that’s where we were supposed to be going through). To my disbelief, the runner kept going straight on W. University Boulevard while I took the left turn, but the cyclist came after me and told me THAT I WAS GOING THE WRONG WAY AND THAT I HAD TO TURN AROUND. It was the beginning of the end for me, and I lost a lot of distance on the eventual winner (I am not taking anything away from him, and it wasn’t his fault, but it’s the cyclist who screwed up the whole thing by stopping short to take a break when he was supposed to lead us 100% of the time). See the attached picture to compare my Garmin result and the race map.
Another thing I didn’t appreciate was the race cyclist giving a fist pump to the eventual winner during the middle of the race. How do you think I felt while I was literally behind them and in 2nd place while trying to win the race? That was really disrespectful, and the race cyclist should have stayed neutral throughout the race. Were they friends or what?
All in all, race director Selene Silva needs to shut the whole thing down and be done with it because that was really a disaster from start to finish, making the whole concept of a running road race a travesty. The same goes for Athlete Guild for displaying shocking incompetence when it comes to accurate timing. What are their computers, checkpoint mats, and fancy technology doing there after all?
I got lost in mile 11
Very disappointed this morning Brownsville Chief of Police half marathon. I was 3rd place whole the time until around mile 11.6 I became lost and couldn’t find mile 12 and … MORE
Very disappointed this morning Brownsville Chief of Police half marathon. I was 3rd place whole the time until around mile 11.6 I became lost and couldn’t find mile 12 and don’t know where finish line. I stopped my watch at 13.1 miles and went in gas station and ask them call the sheriff and tell them the runner is lost and can’t find finish line. 10min later border patrol came gas station took me to the finish line and I crossed 2 hours 1 min. Very upset very frustrated. I could have either finish 2nd or 3rd in about 1:20-1:21. Thank you for ruin my chance of personal best time and I came long way from my home Florida for this personal best time. Cost me $500 airline to get there for race. Ridiculous. See picture the draw is where go to finish line and you will see how I missed turn and I lost trying find mile 12/ finish line on my gps from Garmin. See pictures my gps I lost and see draw line is where course to the finish line.