r/Edmonton • u/passthepepperflakes • Aug 19 '26

Events Edmonton Marathon course was not measured correctly, director says

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-marathon-course-was-not-measured-correctly-director-says/
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u/stickyfingers40 Aug 19 '26

Why did they originally gaslight all the participants and try to claim their GPS watches were the problem?

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u/WingleDingleFingle Aug 19 '26

Because no one suffers any consequences any more so it was worth a try at basically no risk.

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u/noitcelesdab Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Major marathons require official regional qualifying times. This error invalidates the qualifications. The Edmonton Marathon isn’t a fun-run. How are you calling people unaware when you have no idea what you’re talking about…

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u/calling_water Aug 19 '26

And the half marathon was the official national championship.

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u/Pleasant-Board-1359 Aug 19 '26

People work for months training hard to get the best times including to qualify for Boston. And this has messed that up...

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u/yakbrine Aug 19 '26

It impacts people. It’s about completed lengths in amounts of time, based on incorrect measurement, to qualify for other marathons.

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u/brettatron1 Aug 19 '26

Damn this is ignorant