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2015-03-03 10:58 AM
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Subject: RE: 10th Overall and Still Don't Place in AG??
Originally posted by 3mar

Just a rant: but since my Triathlon career has started last summer, placing in my age group continues to elude me. It was automatic in running, but I just can't seem to get one. This morning I did a sprint and finished in 1:13 and 10th overall out of 168 and I still ended up 4th in my AG. Seriously, what the heck?!?! What's it going to take to get some bling? These finisher's medals are mocking me.


Few years ago I went 4th in 6 out of 9 races in my AG….fuel for the fire….motivation to chop, stack, and burn when ready.


2015-03-03 11:11 AM
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Subject: RE: 10th Overall and Still Don't Place in AG??
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Originally posted by 3mar

The official results were just posted and they didn't exclude the OA winners from the AG awards. I've never seen that in running. The OA are always removed. Is that not the MO in triathlon? That's kind of weird, so when you win OA, do you go up for awards twice?

Two of the OA winners were in my AG, so if they were excluded, I would have been 2nd.


See, this I don't get-- you wouldn't been 2nd, you still would have been 4th in your AG. But you would have received a medal as if you had gotten 2nd, and this would make you more satisfied somehow?

Your time and your race would still have been the same. It sounds like you had a great race-- that's something to celebrate.

In running it happens both ways, depending on the race. Most races I've been don't exclude the overall winners from the age-group awards.


Well, I guess when you look at it objectively, it doesn't really make sense. That's just how all the races I've done have worked, and I guess I got used to it. And yes it's a bit silly, but that doesn't remove the want.
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