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05-14-08, 09:11 PM
Rode in my first road race last weekend and finished in the top 10 of a 35+ man field. Not great, but a strong showing considering the nature of the race (lots of climbing and a withering headwind)
Sadly, the race results got posted today and I wasn't in them.
That was a bummer.
Additionally, I know of at least three other guys that aren't listed in the Cat 5 rankings, either.
Questions are:
1) How often does this happen? I realize that race officials are human and make mistakes, but a greater than 10% error rate seems awfully high. It would be encouraging to hear from you all that this was merely a poor example of race officiating.
2) What recourse do I have to appeal this? I've already written to the race organizer. Anyone else?
I know I'm not the first one to have this happen to him, but I have to say that to have what you think of as being your first road race turned into nothing more than a $25 group ride kind of sucks.
Sadly, the race results got posted today and I wasn't in them.
That was a bummer.
Additionally, I know of at least three other guys that aren't listed in the Cat 5 rankings, either.
Questions are:
1) How often does this happen? I realize that race officials are human and make mistakes, but a greater than 10% error rate seems awfully high. It would be encouraging to hear from you all that this was merely a poor example of race officiating.
2) What recourse do I have to appeal this? I've already written to the race organizer. Anyone else?
I know I'm not the first one to have this happen to him, but I have to say that to have what you think of as being your first road race turned into nothing more than a $25 group ride kind of sucks.