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Greg in Rochester
Jan 31, 2009, 6:24:24 PM1/31/09
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Fkying Pig 10th annual. Major fire along route causes major shut
down and delay/re-route of marathon.
1. Do you have a plan B for such an event?
2. What happens to those who have possibly qualified for Boston on a
new, not certified course?
3. How do you rectify this?
I think of Ottawa marathon a few yrs ago when leaders were rerouted
because of poor lead vehicles.
I think of last yrs's Rochester Marathon when at the start I looked at
one of our lead City Police motorcycles with a map on his gas
tank.......... wrong route! I freaked!
lessons to remember! plan, plan, communicate, communicate!
Greg in Rochester!
down and delay/re-route of marathon.
1. Do you have a plan B for such an event?
2. What happens to those who have possibly qualified for Boston on a
new, not certified course?
3. How do you rectify this?
I think of Ottawa marathon a few yrs ago when leaders were rerouted
because of poor lead vehicles.
I think of last yrs's Rochester Marathon when at the start I looked at
one of our lead City Police motorcycles with a map on his gas
tank.......... wrong route! I freaked!
lessons to remember! plan, plan, communicate, communicate!
Greg in Rochester!
brian cavanagh
Jan 31, 2009, 6:48:03 PM1/31/09
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Start by renaming the race the Frying Pig Marathon!
Bacon at all aid stations.
Pepto at the finish.
Seriously, courses must be certified before a race is conducted, not
after. Eligibility for Boston is a separate issue which their
organization took up after a forced course rerouting (this one or
Marine Corps).
As the measurer and original RD of the USATF certified Wurtsboro Mtn
30K Road Race (NY01046AM), I had a contingency plan for an alternate
finish before an area where the road floods some years in the weeks
before the race. We've never had to use the alternate finish. The
contingency finish would not have resulted in a USATF certified
course, but at least there was a plan B. The plan was to have the
runners turn around at a designated higher spot before the flooded
area and double back a distance I had measured in order to reach 30k.
A recorder with clipboard would have been at that turnaround. If the
new RD really wanted to, she could have this plan B course measured
and could apply for certification, but the likelihood of needing it is
slim.
For any RD, it is best to consider the likelihood that a plan B might
be needed. If it is highly likely, then it would be advisable to
develop a contingency plan. In risk assessment parlance, the term
"high conseqence - low probability event" could be applied to
situations that are not likely but would result in a mess if they did.
Brian in Rock Hill
On Jan 31, 6:24 pm, Greg in Rochester <brook...@frontiernet.net>
wrote:
Bacon at all aid stations.
Pepto at the finish.
Seriously, courses must be certified before a race is conducted, not
after. Eligibility for Boston is a separate issue which their
organization took up after a forced course rerouting (this one or
Marine Corps).
As the measurer and original RD of the USATF certified Wurtsboro Mtn
30K Road Race (NY01046AM), I had a contingency plan for an alternate
finish before an area where the road floods some years in the weeks
before the race. We've never had to use the alternate finish. The
contingency finish would not have resulted in a USATF certified
course, but at least there was a plan B. The plan was to have the
runners turn around at a designated higher spot before the flooded
area and double back a distance I had measured in order to reach 30k.
A recorder with clipboard would have been at that turnaround. If the
new RD really wanted to, she could have this plan B course measured
and could apply for certification, but the likelihood of needing it is
slim.
For any RD, it is best to consider the likelihood that a plan B might
be needed. If it is highly likely, then it would be advisable to
develop a contingency plan. In risk assessment parlance, the term
"high conseqence - low probability event" could be applied to
situations that are not likely but would result in a mess if they did.
Brian in Rock Hill
On Jan 31, 6:24 pm, Greg in Rochester <brook...@frontiernet.net>
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