Imagine crossing the finish line of a marathon. You’ve trained for months, maybe years. You’ve made it to your race day despite the numerous challenges that accompany such rigorous preparation. You’ve pushed your body to its limits, and you’ve finally accomplished your goal. What an incredible feeling.
Now imagine the race officials telling you that you’ve done something wrong. You took a wrong turn somewhere on the course which caused your time chip to malfunction. Your time cannot be recorded. In fact, you can’t even be considered a true finisher... that is, unless you opt to start all over.