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Runner Spotted Obtaining Unauthorized Bib for Rock ‘n’ Roll Nashville Half Marathon

Someone alerted me to this on Thursday night. The runner was looking for a bib for the R'n'R Nashville 1/2 Marathon. It is my understanding that Rock 'n' Roll Marathons comes down harshly on bib swappers. RnR has been notified and...

Marlon Bascombe – Lean.Strong.Fast – Summary of the Data

Last week, I posted an article on Lean.Strong.Fast Founder Marlon Bascombe. It was the most commented on article I've written to date. Emotions got high, and it became impossible for anyone to rationally debate the actual facts. As a result,...

Update on Ryan Lee – London Marathon Investigation

There are a couple of quick updates to the Ryan Lee story. I wanted everyone to know that I am still pushing, and that the marathon is still investigating. Article this morning on This Local London Website Regarding The Evidence American...

Review of 2016 Philadelphia Marathon Results Reveals Over a Dozen Cheaters with Boston Qualifying...

  After reviewing the Philadelphia Marathon Results, a total of 14 runners were identified as having cut the course or otherwise cheated while earning Boston Qualifying Times.In addition to the published timing mats, I was happy to hear that there...

Ramon De La Rosa – Oakland Running Festival – Multiple Questionable Results

Runner Has Multiple Questionable Times - Oakland Running Festival/San Jose Rock 'N Roll 1/2 MarathonI started investigating this based on a comment posted on the blog through a reddit post on Mike Rossi.There's been discussion about somebody named Ramon...

London Marathon – Bib Swapper Claims Age Group Award

There have been plenty of reports of course cutting and bib swapping at The London Marathon. There have also been plenty of false alarms ( more on that at the end of the article).

“Gone For A Run” – Running Store’s Questionable Practices Exposed

On Thursday, Dorothy Beal (@mileposts) fired off a tweet aimed at the running website GoneforaRUN.com. This website very clearly took Dorothy's words and used those words (and the design) on one of their products....

No Shortage of Course Cutting at the 2016 Honolulu Marathon

Honolulu is a very large marathon, with over 22,000 finishers. There were a large # of runners that missed timing mats - some of this would be expected with the large # of runners crossing in a short period...

Runner Disqualified From Lehigh Valley VIA Marathon

In the article linked below, I profiled a case of a male runner wearing a female's bib to earn a Boston qualifying time. It did appear that the female used that time to register for Boston. If you did...

Serial Cheater Wins Age Group in Cleveland

Richard Perza cheated his way to a finish for the 5th consecutive year in Cleveland.This time he won his division after finishing 3rd, 2nd, and 6th in the prior 3 years in Cleveland.He was disqualified after I reported his...

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