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Re: [RC] The Boston Marathon - Barbara McCraryTo clarify: The rider who continued on the trail with entered riders had been DQ'd for an unruly horse. This was not a case of just anyone riding along with AERC entrants on a public trail. The proper approach might have been for the entered riders to bring this to the attention of the ride management at the next VC.----- Original Message ----- From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 3:44 PM Subject: [RC] The Boston Marathon Barbara said: How do you think management of the Boston Marathon would take it if John Doe runner ran along with the Marathon on the same course on the same day. Well...I cannot speak to the Boston Marathon specifically, but I do know that my brother (completely unentered) jogged along with his son (ran the whole event) for part of the Seattle Marathon, when my nephew did that. And I doubt that the organizers of the event gave a rats ass. In fact, I think it is a common practice (I am pretty sure I have seen it on news clips of marathons) for friends/relations/or even just well wishing observers to jog along with entered participants to provide encouragement and cheer them along. I know that was what my brother was doing for his son. Personally, I think the AERC's rule about being paced or prompted by unentered horses to be a rather silly one. Hazed by a vehicle? Sure, but to require participants to determine the entry status of any other horses on the trail and to have to avoid them if they are not entered in the same event???? If all that is required to be disqualified from an AERC ride is to have ridden along with somebody who was not entered into the event, this provides a great opportunity for unentered riders (who probably cannot be banned from using the trail) to get entered riders disqualified. If all I, as a member of the public, have to do in order to help my friend who is running in second place into first place is to saddle up an horse and ride along with the front runner thereby getting him disqualified for being "paced or prompted" by an unentered equine,,,,hopefully you can see the problem here. kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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