[Sportsandrec] road racing

[James Fetter]

Lucia,
I think that special categories are fine in elite and/or large races. 
The main concern is with those situations in which only a few blind 
people are racing and people end up with an award that doesn't mean as 
much by no fault of their own. The best strategy, in my view, is to race 
everyone in a given event, and if you get an award in a special category 
that you didn't create, so much the better.
James

On 4/17/2009 10:38 PM, Lucia Alzaga wrote:
> I'm so sorry if I offended anyone but I learned that many people got very excited when CIM created a special category and I haven't heard complaints about the Boston Marathon having a special category either. I also know that the Vision 5K in Boston is the USABA 5K championship. I just though it was a good way to promote awareness.
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