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More gaffes from Chattanooga race organizers. They don't seem to know how to measure a race course. They've had a lot of trouble with the Karen Lawrence Run on New Years Eve. The course is either long or short. It was short this year. It's supposed to be four miles long. What is the problem? Also during this race, they have a F-ed up start/finish situation that is only used at this race where runners have to go through an area at start as narrow as the neck of an hourglass (in order to run over sensors that pick up chip info). Not enough volunteers to tell people where to turn. Just a disaster. Used to be great. They ran out of water at the one water stop one year. Terrible.
Fast forward to the inaugural Chattanooga Marathon. People be like: "Hey, if we're paying that, and training for that, and running that, then this course better be exactly 26.2 miles!" Not to worry, they said. This course will be correct down to the inch, they said. I guess someone came in and certified it. But, someone put a pylon down in the wrong place at a turnaround spot. So the race was .28 miles short of a marathon!
Fast forward to the inaugural Chattanooga Marathon. People be like: "Hey, if we're paying that, and training for that, and running that, then this course better be exactly 26.2 miles!" Not to worry, they said. This course will be correct down to the inch, they said. I guess someone came in and certified it. But, someone put a pylon down in the wrong place at a turnaround spot. So the race was .28 miles short of a marathon!
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