Pulling out of a race early.

Just the luck of the draw really Uluru, you either only do races that have on the day entry, or you accept that occasionally you'll pay for a race and miss it.

I've missed 2 half marathons I'd entered through illness and injury before. Disappointing, but just one of those things.

Sounds like you're wise to not consider running it.

If you can find someone to sell/pass the place to, the organiser may well let you swap their details over, but clearly that's just at their individual discretion. They don't want 100s of people adding to their already overflowing workload!

Obviously i'd never say this in public but if whoever you were considering transferring too isn't going to destroy the field and is just going to run the race and is condition to do it then just do it unofficially.

The organisers themselves rule it out on the grounds that everyone has cited above which I understand but IMO someone running in the middle of the field who wasn't able to get a place originally isn't really doing all that harm.

I'd like to make it clear I would never do this myself in any way shape or form, not ever and definitely not at Run to the beat three years ago

I can think of two half marathons that do allow people to transfer entries - the Brentwood half, and the St Neot's half.

That doesn't make any difference to which races I enter.  I always assume that I AM going to run, and if I don't in the end, tough.

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Obviously i'd never say this in public but if whoever you were considering transferring too isn't going to destroy the field and is just going to run the race and is condition to do it then just do it unofficially.

The organisers themselves rule it out on the grounds that everyone has cited above which I understand but IMO someone running in the middle of the field who wasn't able to get a place originally isn't really doing all that harm.

I'd like to make it clear I would never do this myself in any way shape or form, not ever and definitely not at Run to the beat three years ago

In fairness, it's not just because someone might "destroy" the field and wreck the prizes. It's also due to the fact if you collapsed in the race they wouldn't necessary have a clue who you are, and how to contact any relations etc.

Especially if you're just binning the place off to a stranger online.

HYaving said that I'm sure Reading half's organisers don't care who you bin places off to, as long as you understand they won't change details.

uluru - Its illegal to jaywalk (I think) ..... Ive done it, you've done it ........ will your friend be thrown in jail if she is caught using your entry? I doubt it ....... so I think its time to use common sense in this case

Uluru, I'd do the same, but as everyone's thinking of reasons not to, I'll add one: organiser's insurance.

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oirisheyes wrote (see)

Obviously i'd never say this in public but if whoever you were considering transferring too isn't going to destroy the field and is just going to run the race and is condition to do it then just do it unofficially.

The organisers themselves rule it out on the grounds that everyone has cited above which I understand but IMO someone running in the middle of the field who wasn't able to get a place originally isn't really doing all that harm.

I'd like to make it clear I would never do this myself in any way shape or form, not ever and definitely not at Run to the beat three years ago

 

In fairness, it's not just because someone might "destroy" the field and wreck the prizes. It's also due to the fact if you collapsed in the race they wouldn't necessary have a clue who you are, and how to contact any relations etc.

Especially if you're just binning the place off to a stranger online.

HYaving said that I'm sure Reading half's organisers don't care who you bin places off to, as long as you understand they won't change details.

I guess when they attended to you if you were having a problem on course then they would first check the information filled in on the reverse of your number. I bet in a very high number of instances that would be blank! I can't remember filling one in.

If you give your number to someone who fills that in accurately then the information that any medical staff would need should be on it. Enough to get started on you, or at least tell the correct person to start arranging the coffin.

I dont fill my in ......... in fact mine said 'do not resuscitate' on the back of the last HM I did, however I didnt put that there, and I was talking to Ric F just before the race ....... hmmmmm........

In emergency contact I simply put 999. I thought it would be obvious but they never seem to know

Jaywalking is illegal?  Don't thinks so.

I think it is in USA.

Just checked on google, might not be illegal but you can get fined for it.