Pacing in Elvis Races  

Subject: Pacing in Elvis Races Message from Martin Clarke June 15, 2022 4:36 pm Hi Folks, Well done to Darren and the team at H90J for organizing as great race last night. Regretfully I have received a complaint regarding some pacing that was taking place at the front of the women’s race whereby a runner without a number was pacing the lead, Morgan Campbell of Havering AC for most of the race, the unentered runner ducking out at the end. There was some justice that Morgan eventually only finished 2nd but even so this is totally unfair on other runners and a clear violation of the rules and spirit of Elvis. Whilst I would not wish to interfere with the actual race result which always falls within the sovereignty of the hosting club race organisers, I have to make a decision with regard to the Elvis series for although Morgan doesn’t belong to an Elvis Club she does qualify in the individual competition. My intention is therefore to void Morgan’s result for this race only from the Elvis series. If anybody has any objection to this or wants to express any mitigating circumstances or other comments please let me know. I will put something on the facebook page to restate that pacing by any runner not in the race is unacceptable in Elvis and is likely to result in disqualification. Can I also ask that Race officials and especially organisers look out for this type of thing and if spotted they are perfectly entitled to request (politely) that the unentered runner (no number) immediately leave the course. I do of course recognize that volunteer marshals might be reluctant to use this authority even if they are aware of it but it would greatly help that at the very least any such violation of the rules is reported to the race organizer/referee at the end of the race so that a decision can be made prior to prizegiving. Many thanks Martin