Look at what you have lived with all of these years! Imagine carrying this around with you all these years! This was a great read! Reminds us of what we are signing when we do these organized runs! Who was it that was so good over on CR that always was altering photos and stuff - get them on board and reproduce that certificate with a scanner!!!

I didn't write about what happened in Hampton to reinforce any liability issues: Don't get me started on how some people are so quick to sue over every little issue!! My concern would be for the parent/spouse of someone injured who wasn't notified about the situation for hours because of a bib/identification problem. Nobody would be happy about that situation, whether they are lawsuit-happy or not. Ribs, you're just too danged honest! You should have used the white-out... Jay

Wow! We heard from the celebrity himself. Thanks Joe! I have no idea what ever happened to that certificate. Maybe the Saint can find it in our archives. And as for the poster who said I was honest, that is not true. I will admit only to being stupid. Joe, did you see the earlier post from Aamos? She is a lawyer, and she's fast. Watch out for her! Spareribs

"Unimportant were things like: where you park, the pasta party, the expo (there weren't many then and they were crummy). I am sure I never read the rules." Where I can park, how much is the pasta party, and is the expo going to be good are the FIRST THREE things on my list of whether or not to enter a race! What a great story. You are truly entertaining Spareribs. Rules are overrated.

I gave a number to a friend once - the RD was fine with the last minute switch, which was great. It wasn't a marathon, but a 10K and he had enough fun to get hooked. he later became a running partner and we trained for two marathons together. He has since moved to Madison, WI - so I don't know what the moral of this story is either.

The moral of the story is it's a good story!

a very good story indeed!! thanks for the read!!

Great story. <rant>FWIW yes the RD spells out the rules and can make them whatever he or she likes. We the runners then have the option for signing up under those rules or not. It is our choice. But, I really have NO sympathy for rules like "no giving your bib to another runner." As long as the RD is notified and perhaps paid a fee to cover the administrative costs associated with the paperwork a bib switch will induce it seems to be this option should be standard in races that sell out. From an efficiency perspective the current system is just a disaster! People can and do sign up for any number of races that will sell out even if they know they may not run it. Why? Just to make sure they have the option to run the race should they decide to do so. It is a perfectly rational and reasonable response to the foreclosing of a secondary market in bib numbers. This makes things tougher on everybody. RD's have less certainty as to how many people will actually line up. Some runners end up paying for a race they never run. Other runners are foreclosed from running a race that would happily pay to run. Silly rules that prohibit mutually beneficial trade . . . UGH! </rant>