I might have the wrong race, but I believe promotional shots for the Chicago Marathon some years ago were staged because the ad agency refused to use the real race start photos because most of the runners at the start were looking and grabbing their wrists. The word went out that if you wanted to be in the ad, show up without your watch.
Jim Gerweck wrote: > I love it when some kid who's so inculcated by the nuances of road racing > reaches to hit his watch at the end of a race, and gets beat by another who > ran through the finish and counted on the timers to do their job. > -- > Jim Gerweck > Running Times
