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Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 4, 2016
ATTQOTD: We ate at a Mexican restaurant on Saturday night. There were no special activities or anything. I was hoping for a Mariachi group, but nope. Quatro de Mayo got no special celebration there!
At my 10k this weekend, the 2 leaders just off the start line kept running straight out of the recreation area instead of making a left turn onto the main road.Deputies stationed at the corner there were yelling at them, but they either were wearing earbuds or were just in the zone and didn’t hear. According to the deputies, some spectators were motioning them to go on straight. There were signs at the bib pick-up showing the route, the race director gave instructions before starting the race, and deputies were at the corner of the turn, and still they missed it. They went almost a quarter mile out of the way.One turned back and left mad, the other came back to the course, continued running, and came in second overall!!!
@LSUlakes It made me wonder if anyone here has ever gone the wrong way in a race. Would this be a good QOTD, or is it so rare that NOBODY else ever does it?
I did that at my 10K this past february, ran around a traffic circle, was supposed to go from 6:00 to 12:00 counterclockwise and keep going straight, but I went 6:00 to 9:00 counterclockwise, basically taking a left then took the next right that had me running on US 301 with no sidewalk! I quickly deduced no one in their right mind would plan a course like this, and that's when I noticed two runners who had been behind me on a parallel rd. to my right. I cut across the grass to get on the road I was supposed to be on, eventually caught back up to them, and finished 1st. The detour cost me about .06 miles. Race volunteers at the traffic circle were not properly educated in the course or in giving instructions to runners, as they had missed the "mandatory" volunteer meeting the day before. They didn't give incorrect directions, just none at all, leaving us to guess which way to go.