Re:Wife of Foursquare CEO wore fake bib at Boston Marathon, ...
by dalke on Friday April 25, 2014 @08:49PM
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Your experience with the Cherry Blossom 10 miler or other marathons doesn't necessarily transfer over to the Boston Marathon. According to the Cherry Blossom rules at https://web.archive.org/web/20130224062811/http://www.cherry... , it's okay to transfer numbers:
> The organizing committee of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom is allowing accepted runners who cannot participate in the race to transfer their registration to runners who did not get accepted into the event.
While according to the linked article, it's not for the Boston Marathon:
> The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the Boston Marathon, prohibits runners from exchanging or transferring their bibs.
In addition, while "The Boston Marathon historically has welcomed unofficial runners, or “bandits,” ... bandits have always been easily identifiable for their lack of bibs. This year, the BAA announced it would increase efforts to remove bandits from the race for security purposes." That makes this race unusual compared to most others.
(Personally I think the number of fake bibs shows that this "security purposes" is really "security theater.")
Finally, part of the perceived bad behavior is that she accepted a medal at the end, even though she didn't actually pay the entrance fee for it. I concur that that counts as bad behavior.
> The organizing committee of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom is allowing accepted runners who cannot participate in the race to transfer their registration to runners who did not get accepted into the event.
While according to the linked article, it's not for the Boston Marathon:
> The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the Boston Marathon, prohibits runners from exchanging or transferring their bibs.
In addition, while "The Boston Marathon historically has welcomed unofficial runners, or “bandits,” ... bandits have always been easily identifiable for their lack of bibs. This year, the BAA announced it would increase efforts to remove bandits from the race for security purposes." That makes this race unusual compared to most others.
(Personally I think the number of fake bibs shows that this "security purposes" is really "security theater.")
Finally, part of the perceived bad behavior is that she accepted a medal at the end, even though she didn't actually pay the entrance fee for it. I concur that that counts as bad behavior.