Posted by Joe Corderman on March 25, 2012 at 14:20:00:
In Reply to: I wanna be first! posted by Victor Birch on March 24, 2012 at 14:53:16:
Exactly why my wife and I stopped running the ATR after the first year with the 5k (after not missing a year since the mid-90s). It was, in my humble opinion, a complete disaster for 10k runners, especially for anyone running in the high 30 minutes range and slower. I spoke with several finish line officials and wrote a few emails to the race committee, but sounds like little has changed. Oh well. We live a couple of hours from Mobile, so it's not only the loss of a couple of entry fees for the race, but a night or two at a local hotel along with meals at local restaurants for the Mobile economy.