OUTRAGE! BOTAK 42K RACE RESULTS
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I’ve been relatively nice about my post regarding the BOTAK Paa-Tibayan 42k, but after seeing the race results, I am OUTRAGED!
The results show that I was FASTER than my actual finish time!!!!
It’s normally acceptable to be off by a couple of seconds, but OFF by 31 minutes??? HOW COULD THAT BE????
- WAS I HALLUCINATING FROM DEHYDRATION WHEN I CHECKED MY POLAR FOR MY FINISH TIME?
- DID THEY DO SOME MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION BY SUBTRACTING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL START TIME AND THE PLANNED START TIME?
- NAGING GOLF NA PALA ANG RUNNING NA KELANGAN MAY HANDICAP SYSTEM?
- DID THEY TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE’S FINISH TIMES FASTER SO AS TO APPEASE THEM FOR SCREWING UP THE RACE ROUTE AND NOT HAVING ENOUGH CUPS?
- WAS THEIR TIMING DEVICE GU’ed UP ON ROCTANE THAT IT CLOCKED THE FINISH TIMES FASTER THAN USUAL?
- OR WERE THE RACE ORGANIZERS JUST SEVERELY INCOMPETENT?
Mr Organizer, if you can’t even record the proper finish times… THEN DON’T EVEN BOTHER ORGANIZING ANOTHER RACE
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Pingback by kilometer 133: Botak Paa-tibayan 42k | zettaihappy May 15, 2009 @ 4:54 pmbuti ka 31 minutes lang, ako 1 solid hour off ang time ko.pang boston na nga ako.
Comment by jonel May 15, 2009 @ 5:23 pmHi,
I am finisher for 5K and been looking for result. Luckily found it in your site. Thanks a lot for posting. But just like you I am a little disappointed because my time was slower with one minute. I don’t know if because my watch is low bat, but incidentally I stopped my watch almost at the water station and it registered 31:31…how can the result possibly ended at 32:39 OMG.
This is my first run in BOTAK and well I guess it will take sometime before I run again with them.
Rgds,
Comment by :) May 15, 2009 @ 7:44 pm5KRUNNER.
actually, i based my finish time from the clock at the finish line (upper right of the LCD screen) since it was the reading with 4 hours..i became faster by 27 minutes from the published results..babawi na lang tayo sa milo marathon!
Comment by kingofpots May 15, 2009 @ 11:10 pmWell lucky you guys you have results (albeit inaccurate). Mine was worst, because my name and even my number was not in the race result! So I maybe there finishing my first 21k of my life but for them, I didn’t exist on that race. That’s how bad my first 21k experience could ever get.
Sam
Comment by The Running Ninja May 16, 2009 @ 7:14 amThe Running Ninja
Mine had a difference of about 5 minutes, but that doesn’t stop me from being shocked! And I thought my shock level reached its maximum after that day, which unfortunately was my first full marathon…
Comment by elkyoshi May 18, 2009 @ 2:56 pmOutrageous indeed!
I ran the 10k and I was pretty sure I timed in at around 1 hour + a couple of seconds, as I was looking at the official timer when I finished.
Lo, and behold! I found my name at the bottom of the list with an official time that’s 35mins late. How absurd can it get?
Comment by wanderingtsinelas May 28, 2009 @ 11:47 am