Good thread - love the reminder of your epic XC Liz - and a 'cart of shame' would work for me (a season ticket?)
Cut-offs would help if someone was thinking "am I in shape to compete in this event" but I'm kindof assuming we all ask that question, checking-out previous race results a good proxy for
I'd flip the question on its side and ask: "How long do I expect those helping-out to hang around whilst waiting for me to finish?"
Faced with a tough Highlander MM course in 2014, and already walking having taken hours to reach the first control point, Graeme and I dropped-out having calculated the radio marshals would be hanging around long after nightfall had we carried on. Depressed and embarrassed as we'd trained for this one (novel..), we returned to the start, drove to the finish, handed over our 'dibbers'. But were thanked for making a difficult day slightly easier (two were helicoptered out by Mountain Rescue)
Race organisers have responsibilities, but so to do those taking part, especially for long distance events - responsibilities to help ensure the safe completion of an event (
especially on roads) being mindful that there are others supporting and marshalling, volunteers with other things to do this weekend
There are two parties signing-up to a 'contract' when entering a race..
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