Well,
I am late coming in to this thread. Not sure how I missed it. Very interesting discussion. My 2 cents:

1. Miss the cutoff, no medal. RM, if I were you I would be bitter, and pissed. I am silly, but I would not wear the t-shirt unless I finished properly. Just me.

2. I do not think entering a race that you are not prepared for is disrespectful to the other racers. Foolish perhaps, but not disrespectful.

I have seen it at Xterra this summer. People see the 13 or 14 miles on the bike and say...hey...that is easy, I can do that. Not thinking that it will actually be technical, single track racing.

Oh well, they find out soon enough. If they are lacking respect of some sort, they learn it quickly enough. The hard way. I would imagine lots of folks learn those lessons at HIM and IM races all the time.


RACE ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!