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05/07/2007

NAME REDACTED
Charlottesville VA 22903

Dear Mr. XXXXX,

As race directors for the Charlottesville Ten Miler, Alice and I (with the support of hundreds of other volunteers) spend countless hours preparing for and putting on Charlottesville ’s largest participatory event.  It takes a tremendous effort to provide for registration, t-shirts, awards, traffic control, water stations, food and drink, chip timing, and police protection for a 2000 person guided tour of Charlottesville .  The only thing that we ask of our participants is that they abide by the rules that are set forth in our registration materials.

The Road Runners’ Club of America provides special event insurance coverage to the Charlottesville Track Club under the stipulation that we will abide by the terms and conditions set forth in our policy.  One of these conditions appears on both our online and paper applications and reads as follows:

In consideration of the safety of all participants, I understand that absolutely no baby joggers, baby strollers, headphones, animals on leash, skateboards, skates, rollerblades, or bicycles are allowed on the course.

While some race directors may tend to overlook a relatively harmless infraction, I cannot overlook the fact that I personally watched your zigzagged sprint to finish, recklessly weaving in and out of a crowd of slower runners, pushing a double baby stroller.

For the reasons stated above, I am writing to inform you that you are not invited to participate in next year’s running of the Charlottesville Ten Miler.

Sincerely,

Daniel Wiggins

Race Director - Charlottesville Ten Miler