It's About Time!
From Bob Wischnia's "Heard Around The Lake" column at runtex.com:
Remember the controversy about the USA Track & Field ban on headphones in road races? Well, it’s just starting to heat up as some races are DQ’ing runners. At the 31st annual Marin Memorial Day 10K in Northern California, 15 runners were disqualified for wearing headphones and using Ipods during the race. An announcement was made before the race about using headphones and a secure box was provided at the start for music devices, but evidently a bunch of people never heard the announcement. Or didn’t much care. Same thing happened at the Weston (Connecticut) Memorial Day Race.
There's another way to take this out of the race's hands - as far as having to deal with runners. Just have the permit-granting municipalities and authorities refuse to grant permits for those races not in compliance. That would speed up enforcement quickly!
Remember the controversy about the USA Track & Field ban on headphones in road races? Well, it’s just starting to heat up as some races are DQ’ing runners. At the 31st annual Marin Memorial Day 10K in Northern California, 15 runners were disqualified for wearing headphones and using Ipods during the race. An announcement was made before the race about using headphones and a secure box was provided at the start for music devices, but evidently a bunch of people never heard the announcement. Or didn’t much care. Same thing happened at the Weston (Connecticut) Memorial Day Race.
There's another way to take this out of the race's hands - as far as having to deal with runners. Just have the permit-granting municipalities and authorities refuse to grant permits for those races not in compliance. That would speed up enforcement quickly!
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