Friday, July 17, 2009

Marathon & Half Marathon Canceled

Due to exorbitant security and marshaling costs, the Provincial Marathon and Half Marathon originally scheduled for September 27 2009 have been canceled.

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  1. http://www.traplinemarathon.ca/home/blog-47

    For people planning to travel to the Destination Labrador Trapline Marathon from Atlantic Canada; Air Canada is currently offering some great flight passes. They are available for purchase until August 1, 2009 and valid for travel between June 7 and October 17, 2009. The cost is $820 for four (4) credits, for two (2) people! It's a great deal!
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  2. http://www.traplinemarathon.ca/home/blog-47

    For people planning to travel to the Destination Labrador Trapline Marathon from Atlantic Canada; Air Canada is currently offering some great flight passes. They are available for purchase until August 1, 2009 and valid for travel between June 7 and October 17, 2009. The cost is $820 for four (4) credits, for two (2) people! It's a great deal!
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  3. This is really sad news. first the Eastern gets canceled and now this.. sad to see so much growth in this sport in this province, yet such a lack of interest and support for the longer distanced races..

    race security? gee, how much does one police officer cost? that's all i recall seeing out there last year and the year before..
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  4. I hope this event will be rescheduled. :( I would pay more to register for this race if it would make any difference.
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  5. If the cost of security and marshalling has increased - do what any other business would do that has to deal with an increased labour cost - let the customer absorb the cost.

    The way I see it, if I need to travel to Toronto or Goose Bay to run a marathon - it is going to cost me an awful lot more to get my Boston qualifying time! I would be more than willing to pay an extra $5 and $10 to register.

    Have the organizers thought of other ways to cut costs - eliminate the shirts, dial down the commemorative medals, cancel the BBQ - or even better, have you explored getting more sponsors?

    It seems like an extreme step to cancel the only marathon on the island! I wish the organizers would reconsider.
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  6. Here's the official announcement:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI
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  7. i really wish the race organizers would have consulted the running community and asked for stakeholder feedback before making this decision. i too would gladly pay more money if it meant saving this race..
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  8. This sucks. I have been training HARD for this one as my goal race. Would have gladly paid more and I agree with the other comments...cutting costs by cutting things like the T'shirts and such would bhave been ok with me too. This just does not make sense to me
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  9. This is so disappointing. :( This is my first year seriously training to run and after the Tely 10 I had hoped to train for the half marathon. I am not sure how much registration was supposed to cost for this event but I was planning on doing it regardless.

    Please reconsider. There are people training for both of these and we are all sad to hear that it's cancelled.
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  10. The Nautilus group are worried about changing the price this late?? but not worried about cancelling the event this late??? A lot of peple have a lot of training invested already!! Someone should save the day here!
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  11. Can someone explain why it cost so much for security? As others have said, cut out everything else but the race. Few care about shirts or post race festivites. I have been specifically training since May for my first half and I know of many including a Running Room Clinic training specifically for this race. Let's reconsider.
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  12. I too would like to know what those exorbitant marshalling costs amount to. How many $$$ are we talking about? How many marshals? Are all of those marshals trained in traffic control? Could not volunteer marshals be substituted in less critical areas or is there some city/race policy stating only registered security firms can be used?
    Many of us have been training hard for this event and to cancel it so abruptly shows little regard for the running community. There may be other options that can and should be considered.
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  13. This explanation is not good enough. I realize the race is run by volunteers but I have volunteered with a number of organizations and you don't pull the plug unless there is a drastic unforseen circumstance. Were these costs not known previously or does the club just not have enough volunteers and are throwing in the towel. If it is costs then why don't you at least set a deadline for say July 31 and if a certain number of runners are not registered then cancel. Pulling the plug now with no consultation doesn't add up.
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  14. I am also among those training for this event and am mightily sorry to hear that it has been cancelled.

    Would it be possible to share some details with us folks? I'm sure that there's something at play here with regards to municipal regulations and requirements that are jacking up the costs to run the event. Could you fill us in on what's going on so that we at least know who to pretend we're stomping on as we do hill work?

    Seriously, though, I also would have paid more to run this race. It was my main goal for the season...
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  15. how bout organizing some sort of trail marathon so the concept of road security wouldn't be an issue? 11 laps around quidi vidi lake would work!
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  16. Why not have the marathon on Witless Bay Line or a similar road? Witless Bay Line is 21K across. Could go over for the 1/2 and back again for the full. I can't imagine that there would be much cost if any for marshalls/security.
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