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Vitality Points ****
I complained to Discovery about them excluding road race events from their race calendar (and thereby penalising road runners) and was met with a long-winded response that I would need to get the race timers to submit ...blah...blah...blah... If trail running and cycling can be timed in accordance with Discovery's accepted standards, then why can't road running?!?!?<br> <br> From where I see it, there are two possibilities for excluding road runners from the \new points system\" - either Discovery have decided that road running is not important, or they have put a half-baked system into production. <br> <br> So, Discovery, which one is it?<br> <br> The Discovery April events calendar has NOT ONE road race included, meaning that the popular Benoni Northerns half and marathon do not allow participants to accrue points. I also notice on MANY other posts here, that Comrades' qualifiers are excluded. Seriously?!?!?<br> <br> No doubt I will receive the standard \"thank you for your post. We will contact you to discuss...\" response that others have complained about.<br> <br> Grow a pair, Discovery, and answer your disgruntled members on this forum.<br> "
Thank you for your post.
Discovery Vitality relies on timing companies to share their data with us to ensure members receive the correct points for their completed events. The calendar reflects events of the companies that have agreed to share their data with at the moment and if other companies agree to share their data we will add their races on the calendar. We will continue to request that race organizers and timing companies share their data with us, and we hope that their willingness to do so will be affected by our members requesting that they do so as well.
Regards,
Discovery Vitality
Thank you for your post.
Discovery Vitality relies on timing companies to share their data with us to ensure members receive the correct points for their completed events. The calendar reflects events of the companies that have agreed to share their data with at the moment and if other companies agree to share their data we will add their races on the calendar. We will continue to request that race organizers and timing companies share their data with us, and we hope that their willingness to do so will be affected by our members requesting that they do so as well.
Regards,
Discovery Vitality