This summer at the Ottawa marathon, Amos Tirop Matui of Kenya was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 2:10:32. However the wild cheers that greeted him soon turned to confused anger when it was discovered that he was part of a group of 14 runners who missed a turn in the twisting streets of New Edinburgh, shaving 400 meters off the course and more than a minute off their times. Apparently, the confusion occurred when a group of high school students left their post at a barricade to talk to some friends at the next corner. While the volunteers were gone, a motorist moved the barricade. The 14 runners who veered off course were not outright disqualified. An asterisk marks their times as “non-ratified results” that cannot be used for statistics. Looking to avoid confusion next year organizers plan to draw a solid blue line for runners to follow.