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Do all races use gun time to rank the runners?
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I HATE those races that don't have the pad at the start...most of the ones I've run haven't. The ones that do have the pad make me a much happier runner. And I know it's silly, since I am usually bringing up the rear, but every second counts. k
I HATE those races that don't have the pad at the start...most of the ones I've run haven't. The ones that do have the pad make me a much happier runner. And I know it's silly, since I am usually bringing up the rear, but every second counts.
Actually, in the largest marathons, I can see that it might be diffcult to make sure that all runners' chips "register" during those massive wave starts.
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It's a race, not a time trial. Racers places are determined by finish order.
Every race I've ever run that had chips, recorded both but ranked the runners by gun time.
USATF sanctioning requires the first place to be determined by gun time and implies that all rankings should come from gun time.
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 BIB SEX GUN CHIP PLACE O'ALL NO. PlC NAME AGE TIME TIME PACE ===== ===== ===== ==== =================== === ======= ======= ===== 1 6 1262 5 PAUL ZANI 38 18:50 18:47 6:04 2 16 966 15 DANIEL CONRICODE 37 19:47 19:39 6:21 3 18 987 17 RON TUTT 39 19:43 19:40 6:21 4 30 698 28 ANDREW HANSCOM 35 20:48 20:43 6:41 5 62 358 55 ROGER ABRAMSON 35 22:45 22:12 7:10 6 69 1081 60 ERIC FULLER 37 22:37 22:20 7:13 7 75 75 65 DEREK STUMPH 36 22:40 22:38 7:18
MALE AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 BIB SEX GUN CHIP PLACE O'ALL NO. PlC NAME AGE TIME TIME PACE City ST ===== ===== ===== ==== =================== === ======= ======= ===== ================ == 1 5 50 5 GREG EUBANKS 36 18:10 18:06 5:51 Nashville TN 2 16 451 15 KEVIN DELANEY 38 19:55 19:51 6:24 Arlington MA 3 18 459 17 DANIEL CONRICODE 37 20:03 19:54 6:26 Nashville TN 4 27 332 25 LANCE MARTIN 36 20:44 20:39 6:40 Nashville TN 5 29 563 27 DAVID OWENBY 38 21:06 20:48 6:43 Nashville TN 6 31 204 29 DANIEL SHEEHAN 37 21:09 20:53 6:44 Brentwood TN 7 32 452 30 CHUCK TRENT 37 21:17 20:57 6:46 Bowling green KY 8 46 476 42 JEFF DANNEMILLER 38 21:43 21:33 6:57 Franklin TN 9 47 543 43 JAVIER MOSQUEDA 38 21:39 21:35 6:58 Shelbyville TN 10 66 111 58 RANDY SUTHERLAND 37 22:38 22:27 7:15 Cottontown TN 11 71 171 63 CHRIS WRATHER 39 22:49 22:40 7:19 Murfreesboro TN 12 72 562 64 TRENT ROSENBLOOM 36 22:58 22:40 7:19 Nashville TN 13 73 538 65 TIM DIBBLE 38 22:49 22:42 7:20 Nashville TN 14 76 97 67 EDWARD LOMICKA 38 22:55 22:48 7:22 Brentwood TN
MALE AGE GROUP : 25 - 29 Place O'All Name Age NetTime Pace GunTime City St ===== ===== =================== === ======= ===== ======== ============== 1 4 Chris Demetra 26 26:04 5:13 26:05 Nashville TN 2 6 John Welsh 25 26:58 5:24 27:00 Palo Alta CA 3 8 Grantland Garrett 28 27:56 5:36 27:57 Nashville TN 4 10 Josh Carroll 26 28:00 5:36 28:02 Raleigh NC 5 18 Jeff Edmonds 29 29:12 5:51 29:17 Nashville TN 6 28 Benjamin Myers 29 30:26 6:06 30:32 Mc Minnville TN 7 31 Anthony Motta 28 30:38 6:08 30:41 Nashville TN 8 43 Micah Zuhl 28 31:29 6:18 31:52 Columbia SC 9 49 Brian Hutto 27 31:49 6:22 31:53 Lebanon TN 10 60 Michael Frank 25 32:21 6:29 33:04 Clarksville TN 11 63 Paul Herron 27 32:25 6:29 32:58 Birmingham AL 12 74 Brad Robers 28 32:52 6:35 33:28 Nashville TN 13 77 Will Norton 25 32:56 6:36 33:07 Nashville TN
I must be running races that nobody else here runs. I've run 3 marathons (Richmond, Boston, and Charlotte) and all 3 ranked finishers by chip time.