The fine folks at the board of the Pikes Peak Ascent and Marathon had an emergency meeting Thursday night to discuss the epic mishandling on the part of active.com during the registrations yesterday. They still don't have a resolution for the problem, but I hope they can get something figured out quickly. The board is to be commended for taking some extra time to listen to competitors and put some thought into the situation instead of just offering up a quick solution based on a knee-jerk reaction. I'll be fine with whatever they decide. I just hope it's something that doesn't upset too many others.
There were talks of lawsuits and other nonsense on the PPAM forums today. That is just absurd. I realize some people plan entire trips around this race, but threatening to sue the directors would be a fruitless and frivolous endeavor. I know there are a lot of people still in the dark about their registration, but I'm sure that the board will come up with a solution that takes into account all the possible situations that folks are in right now. Whether already registered, registered multiple times, or just didn't even know that the registration was halted and still got through after others quit trying, I think the race directors will come up with an equitable solution. You can't please all the people all the time, but hopefully they can figure out a way to please most of the people some of the time.
Good luck to the directors and to all the runners!
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