A day where so many runners have broken their personal bests must have been a record in itself, except it’s one that the organisers would not be particularly proud of.
Many runners in the Melbourne marathon yesterday found that they have finished their courses faster than expected, but it was all because the actual distances of the 5 km and 10 km runs were shorter than what they should have been. The organisers admitted there was a problem but would not revealed how much difference there was between the advertised and actual distances; they have only denied that the difference was as much as 20%. Here’s the news report that says it all.
Close enough is good enough – this should be the new motto for future Melbourne marathons.
P.S. (18/10) - The organisers have finally revealed what the actual distances were for the 5 km and 10 km courses. One has to wonder how sloppy those people have been.
做事「提早達標」有誰不想，體育運動不斷打破往積也是很多人的目標。昨天舉行的墨爾本馬拉松，這些目標很多人都實現了，但他們也知道自己開心得太早。
原來五公里和十公里賽事，主辦單位承認實際距離比原定短，但究竟短多少並沒交代，祇否認了相差有百分之二十之多。（詳情請看本地報章這篇報導。）
差不多先生如果泉下有知，今時今日他的人生觀在外國發揚光大，一定很欣慰。
後記（10月18日）：主辦單位終於公布五公里和十公里賽事的距離誤差，真的不祇是「差不多」那麼少！
Many runners in the Melbourne marathon yesterday found that they have finished their courses faster than expected, but it was all because the actual distances of the 5 km and 10 km runs were shorter than what they should have been. The organisers admitted there was a problem but would not revealed how much difference there was between the advertised and actual distances; they have only denied that the difference was as much as 20%. Here’s the news report that says it all.
Close enough is good enough – this should be the new motto for future Melbourne marathons.
P.S. (18/10) - The organisers have finally revealed what the actual distances were for the 5 km and 10 km courses. One has to wonder how sloppy those people have been.
做事「提早達標」有誰不想，體育運動不斷打破往積也是很多人的目標。昨天舉行的墨爾本馬拉松，這些目標很多人都實現了，但他們也知道自己開心得太早。
原來五公里和十公里賽事，主辦單位承認實際距離比原定短，但究竟短多少並沒交代，祇否認了相差有百分之二十之多。（詳情請看本地報章這篇報導。）
差不多先生如果泉下有知，今時今日他的人生觀在外國發揚光大，一定很欣慰。
後記（10月18日）：主辦單位終於公布五公里和十公里賽事的距離誤差，真的不祇是「差不多」那麼少！
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Eric，你有去跑嘅咩？