Mizuno Race Official Results Withdrawn

Coach Rio, in his blogsite http://runrio.com/, has just withdrawn the official race results of last Sunday's Mizuno Rush to Infinity race.

Here's the entry from his site:

"Hi Runners,

Due to the fact that we can only make the official results as good as only around 40% accurate, we decided to withdraw it on the site. There is no point in posting results that are not even close to the runners expectations. Again we apologize for all the confusion caused. We however maintained the winners list.

Rio"

I guess I would have to agree given the experience at the finish line. I personally counted at least 3 minutes queue time before my race time was accounted for. It's sad because for the most part, the race organization was solid. Too bad that this finish line episode had to put a black mark on the race. Mizuno seems to have a string of bad luck with their two races this year. The first had problems with the water stations -- this was solved in the second race. This time, it was the bottleneck at the finish line.

I just hope this doesn't dampen the enthusiasm of Mizuno, Rush and Coach Rio with his team in organizing future races. Overall, I think it was still a good event. We just need to fix up the finish line issue -- I personally think it can be done with either multiple clocking stations and lengthening the line after the computer before reaching the water stations. You need a big space immediately after the spots where the bib tags were taken so that people can mingle around to get their drinks. Last Sunday, the water stations were just too close to the end of the line -- the crowd prevented the runners from moving forward. My two cents worth.