I slipped in a block after the second transition stop, drank only out of public water fountains and tried not to interact in any way with the other competitors. In retrospect, well, maybe. I think there are a lot of ways that the mere presence of an unofficial runner on the course can unfairly impact the outcome of the race for someone else, someone who paid good money to participate. If I had any impact at all in that race, I probably should have kept to the sidelines. Of course, there are any number of reasons why people choose to run races they haven't officially entered.
Cost is a biggie.
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