I’ll make the popcorn.
meh, at least she did the full 140.6, if you really want to boil your blood, see bib #129 and her social media, she skipped a loop on the bike and missed multiple check-ins on the run and still went through the finish line.
Plus, the 17 hour cut-off doesn’t mean much to me anymore since I’ve seen 16 in European races.
On one hand I want to say “Eh”
On the other hand I feel like this type of thing is how IM is eventually going to be the next tough mudder.
I’ll stick with “Eh”
I’ll make the popcorn.
I’ll get some too. 'dis gonna be gud…
At least #129 was DQ’ed…I’m not trying to start anything besides…why even have the 17hr cutoff if you don’t make you still get a medal and can say you’re an IM finisher.
At least #129 was DQ’ed…I’m not trying to start anything besides…why even have the 17hr cutoff if you don’t make you still get a medal and can say you’re an IM finisher.
It makes for a nice heart-warming story to allow one last finisher through even though it was technically a DNF. Let it go. They do it every year at Kona practically. It almost feels like a requirement to have that one last “heartbreaking story” of the person crossing in 17:00:02 or whatever.
Just finished watching my husband and many friends finish IMLP – he’s participated the last 3 years and we love coming up here and participating in a great IM event. Then I see this in the local LP paper…
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/...al-ironman-finisher/
I’m sorry maybe I’m the only one that has problems with this but they’re glorifying someone who didn’t finish the race…her time is listed as DNF – but why was she allowed to run the final lap into the stadium and awarded a medal? Not only that but other friends who were volunteering said this woman also received outside assistance…friends were pulling her along the last miles of the race course. Seriously – you had people who put their blood sweat and tears into finishing in 17hours – those are the real stories - not some chick who didn’t finish in time.
Yes, seeing someone listed with DNF and getting a medal makes it pretty obvious that they accomplished just as much as someone with time and a medal. Yes. Clearly.
I really don’t care. I race my race, and really really don’t care what someone else may or may not have done if it did not affect someone else’s race. Knock yourself out as long as it isn’t scoreboard-altering cheating like drafting doping or course cutting. Want to buy a medal on ebay? Go ahead. Want to run through the chute after DNF-ing. Go ahead.
some chickBro!
At least #129 was DQ’ed…I’m not trying to start anything besides…why even have the 17hr cutoff if you don’t make you still get a medal and can say you’re an IM finisher.
Right, and the one you care about was listed as DNF. So problem solved and everyone is happy
I’ll make the popcorn.
For the one millionth time, slowtwitch needs a like button
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At least #129 was DQ’ed…I’m not trying to start anything besides…why even have the 17hr cutoff if you don’t make you still get a medal and can say you’re an IM finisher.
Right, and the one you care about was listed as DNF. So problem solved and everyone is happy
Obviously not everyone…
Just finished watching my husband and many friends finish IMLP – he’s participated the last 3 years and we love coming up here and participating in a great IM event. Then I see this in the local LP paper…
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/...al-ironman-finisher/
Yes, seeing someone listed with DNF and getting a medal makes it pretty obvious that they accomplished just as much as someone with time and a medal. Yes. Clearly.
Before I even clicked on the link I said ‘I bet her name is Michelle’ Because, y’know, Double Letter Cheater Identification Protocol
But … she spells her name wrong
On the other hand I feel like this type of thing is how IM is eventually going to be the next tough mudder.
You mean its basically not already? I thought that with so many changes to help people finish easier and difficult courses being cancelled I thought it already basically was.
meh, at least she did the full 140.6, if you really want to boil your blood, see bib #129 and her social media, she skipped a loop on the bike and missed multiple check-ins on the run and still went through the finish line.
Plus, the 17 hour cut-off doesn’t mean much to me anymore since I’ve seen 16 in European races.
Perhaps the only official finishers should be those who complete within the shortest time limit allowed on the IM circuit: 15 hours at Ironman Frankfurt.
meh, at least she did the full 140.6, if you really want to boil your blood, see bib #129 and her social media, she skipped a loop on the bike and missed multiple check-ins on the run and still went through the finish line.
Plus, the 17 hour cut-off doesn’t mean much to me anymore since I’ve seen 16 in European races.
Is there even a 17-hour official cut-off anymore?
Since IM 'sissy-fyed" the start with the wave/rolling starts, people realistically have 17:20 +/- to finish the race.
I have no clue to this…but does IM count someone official if they enter the water in 6:50am and finish the race at 11:57pm?
meh, at least she did the full 140.6, if you really want to boil your blood, see bib #129 and her social media, she skipped a loop on the bike and missed multiple check-ins on the run and still went through the finish line.
Plus, the 17 hour cut-off doesn’t mean much to me anymore since I’ve seen 16 in European races.
Is there even a 17-hour official cut-off anymore?
Since IM 'sissy-fyed" the start with the wave/rolling starts, people realistically have 17:20 +/- to finish the race.
I have no clue to this…but does IM count someone official if they enter the water in 6:50am and finish the race at 11:57pm?
When IM uses a rolling start, your time begins just before you enter the water. Everyone gets the same amount of time to finish.
You were saying???
meh, at least she did the full 140.6, if you really want to boil your blood, see bib #129 and her social media, she skipped a loop on the bike and missed multiple check-ins on the run and still went through the finish line.
Plus, the 17 hour cut-off doesn’t mean much to me anymore since I’ve seen 16 in European races.
Is there even a 17-hour official cut-off anymore?
Since IM 'sissy-fyed" the start with the wave/rolling starts, people realistically have 17:20 +/- to finish the race.
I have no clue to this…but does IM count someone official if they enter the water in 6:50am and finish the race at 11:57pm?
No. If your time is >17hrs you are listed as DNF even if you got there before midnight and were given a medal. Technically with the rolling start you could be over the 2:20 swim time limit, but get there before the course cutoff, and be permitted to continue, however in that case you are still listed as DNF after the swim.
meh, at least she did the full 140.6, if you really want to boil your blood, see bib #129 and her social media, she skipped a loop on the bike and missed multiple check-ins on the run and still went through the finish line.
Plus, the 17 hour cut-off doesn’t mean much to me anymore since I’ve seen 16 in European races.
Is there even a 17-hour official cut-off anymore?
Since IM 'sissy-fyed" the start with the wave/rolling starts, people realistically have 17:20 +/- to finish the race.
I have no clue to this…but does IM count someone official if they enter the water in 6:50am and finish the race at 11:57pm?
When IM uses a rolling start, your time begins just before you enter the water. Everyone gets the same amount of time to finish.
You were saying???
Obviously if someone enters the water at 6:50am and finishes at 11:57 pm they don’t get a medal or finisher gear because the volunteers at the finish chute can track this information and know the athlete went over 17 hours and can deny them finisher gear.
Yeah, from the IM UK race briefing a couple of weeks ago, which had one of the new rolling-starts, I took it to mean that there are effectively two sets of time cut-offs.
The first is a set of “on the course” cut-offs at various points that are based on the slowest possible time of the latest possible starter and are used to clear anyone from the course who clearly isn’t going to finish within the time limits; the second is a post-hoc analysis of all the splits and anyone whose chip-time doesn’t clear the checkpoints in a cut-off time relative to their chip-start time is subsequently given a DNF.
I think it’d be pretty hard to score one of the latter without incurring the former, but they seemed to suggest it was a possibility e.g by starting in an early swim wave and finishing over 17 hours.
Perhaps they do this to address the perceived unfairness of starting in a late swim wave and to discourage slow swimmers from seeding themselves in one of the fast, early waves?