Are You A Runner With No Race?
I have several friends who registered for the Nike 26.2 on October 23 (this is the race that gives finishers a lovely necklace from Tiffany – beats most race medals, don’t it) who are no longer able to participate.
Since the event benefits several charities and is specially geared towards women – making it rather unique – the registration closed very early on and, at least in the running world, there were a lot of women who never got the chance to register.
You can see how these groups of women can help each other. If you didn’t get registered in time, but still want to participate, post some kind of contact in the comments below and we’ll see if we can match up runners and entries. Serious-ish runners please – you have to finish to get the goods.
Hop on the chance to run one of the prettiest – and most challenging – marathons in the country!
This marathon (like most running events) prohibits the transfer of race entries from one runner to another, even if no money changes hands. This restriction is very clearly stated in the FAQ on the race website.
Of course, you can choose to run using another person’s entry, but I would strongly advise against it. They’ll probably be checking IDs at packet pickup, so the original registrant will need to get the packet in person and physically give it to the transferee. This is most definitely not kosher, principally because the person picking up the packet signs a race waiver releasing the race organizers of some liability in case of injury etc. But if the person who signs the waiver and the person who runs are not the same person, the event organizers are left exposed – one of the event participants has not waived liability.
A good chunk of your race entry helps to cover the organizers’ insurance cost. Transfer of race entries only serves to push these costs higher in the long run.
Christiana, I know your intentions are good, but I would advise you not to publicly advocate the transfer of race entries in this way.
I’m mostly just the messenger on this. As far as waivers go – those things don’t do too much practically speaking anyway.
Also – if the event offered even partial refunds, this – from what I’ve been told – very common practice wouldn’t be so common.