i find this interesting.....any thoughts? (Page 2)

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Boston this year and what they did, i have no issues with.  same with green bay this year too.  Madison?  lost all respect i might have had for that event and will never do that race directors event.  so people can run a half marathon now and get a full marathon medal?  bull crap.  slap in the face to those that trained for both the half and the full.  in that case, those that did enter the half should also get a full medal, right?  what are they going to do if, god forbid and i know this never happens, but what if the weather forecast becomes inaccurate?  this is just a chicken sh*t move on the RD's part.  full refunds should be given to anyone that signed up for the full.

This is interesting... and I see it as a no-win situation for the RDs.  I sure wouldn't want to be in their position for this dilemma.  If they don't cancel, under-prepared people will have problems with the heat.  If the RDs do cancel, a lot of people will be angry.  The end result is, no one will be really happy.  (As an aside....Is this a personal responsibility issue?  Absolutely!!  But unfortunately, we live in an era where the average person prefers to shift responsibility to another party rather than accept the consequences of his or her actions and personal decisions.)

It seems that any mishap and even natural events (outside of anyone's control) lead to lawsuits, so I don't really blame the RD for canceling Madison - although I think they should foot the loss and allow runners a full refund or free entry into next year's event.   

I'm actually OK with them handing out the full marathon medals to  marathoners completing the half, since many people probably did put in the training time.  On the other hand, I can see why some would consider this disrespectful in a way.  I see both sides of it but I lean toward feeling OK about the full marathon medal distribution. 

I ran Madison a few years ago when they called it after a few hours due to heat.  It was a miserable day to run, but I just slowed down and finished it since I was close to the end when they called it.  A friend of mine didn't complete the race and stopped when they called it, and still accepted her medal.  I didn't really mind since I know she put in the training time.

I totally understand the frustration, but, as someone else stated, it's a no-win for them.  Taking the course of being safe has some respect in my eyes, but, giving the medals out to the full marathoners for finishing the 1/2 is not right (OMFG, I agreed with DJ - hell is snowing ).
Anyhoo, I'll be at E. Main Street and the Yahara River bike path volunteering.  Flip me off when you all come by, just make sure my son doesn't see it.

totally agree its a no win situation for the RD.  then man up and give out full refunds, or allow people the chance to actually TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES.

You do get credit for next year's race.  Is that a bad thing?
And, we know that human nature (and MANY non-elites) are just plain stupid and will never take responsibiity for themselves.  There are way too many people that just "don't get it" like we do, doot.

So as I said above, why don't these races start earlier?  Plan to start at 5:30 then people will be done before it gets really hot.