mite interest the heavier runners

UM1

feck age cats ..were goin with weight cats now.....http://www.flotrack.org/article/52137-should-marathoning-have-weight-classes#.WKdpAPLzPXU

HelenAnne

Some recreational races in the US have been doing it for years. I remember seeing it in Runners World US and looking up 'Clyesdale' to see what it meant in a running context:

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/weight-classes-aim-to-balance-races/?_r=0

average_runner

HelenAnne wrote: »

Some recreational races in the US have been doing it for years. I remember seeing it in Runners World US and looking up 'Clyesdale' to see what it meant in a running context:

https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/weight-classes-aim-to-balance-races/?_r=0

Seems a bit stupid. How would they police this and do the weight in.


I mean you could dehydrate your self for the weight in and drink loads

TFBubendorfer

average_runner wrote: »

I mean you could dehydrate your self for the weight in and drink loads

That would be a stupid thing to do. You'd deliberately put yourself at a disadvantage.

To gain an advantage you would want to secretly carry a weight vest at the weigh-in.

average_runner

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

That would be a stupid thing to do. You'd deliberately put yourself at a disadvantage.

To gain an advantage you would want to secretly carry a weight vest at the weigh-in.

Very true. I walk away, head bow down.

robinph

We'd need a height category as well as despite being skinnier than a skinny thing the suggested weight divisions on the FloTrack article would have me in the second heaviest category.

Although, maybe that would be a good thing actually?