br0ski wrote:
To clarify some things:
5) If you care about this you shouldn't be on letsrun because you are not a true runner who knows what it means to run the marathon
Please define "true runner" who knows what it means to tun the marathon
cause you see I have run several and thought I knew, and had no idea it somehow relates to what I think about bandits at races
basically what I think is that there are consequences in life: you train hard you improve, you overtrain you get hurt, you break the rules and get caught then consequences like a lifetime ban from Boston can apply, everyone decides whether to drive the speed limit or not at some point it is reckless
what the foursquare people did is akin to driving a red ferrari past a cop 25mph above the speed limit and then basically saying who cares because you can afford the ticket
it will be interesting if any consequences are applied. I'd like to think if they ban any young college age runners for life that they would also ban both the Crowleys. And if there are no consequences then the banditing will just increase. Why people could not just copy their buddy's # and leave it at that I don't understand. Instead they copy a stranger's and wonder why there is trouble.
I think next year I will enter using Meb's # and start at the front. Not because I am fast anymore or have earned it but because I want to and feel I am worth it.