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Race’s Policy Includes Fine, Charges for Bandits

The policy at The Kia Fort Bend 30k race is clear. If you bandit, you potentially face charges and a hefty fine. Anyone NOT registered who runs on the course during the race may face a "theft...

Bridge Run Incident: Reporter Speaks, Runner Apologizes, Police Report is Filed

The story of The 'Bridge Run Incident' has garnered national attention over the last few days. The video of the incident has been viewed millions of times and the national media has run with the story. Yesterday, both the reporter, Alex Bozarjian...

Reporter Assaulted by Runner – The LetsRun Community Reacts

EDIT: I have modified the title of this article. Initially the title gave many the impression that the responses in the referenced thread were reflective of the opinion of the site operators. That was an unfair. My criticism is directed at...

Reporter Harassed While Reporting Live from Savannah Race

On Saturday, WSAV (Savannah) reporter Alex Bozarjian was reporting from The Savannah Bridge Run. As is typical during live reports people were waving to the camera and jumping into the frame. One runner took this to a disturbing level, as seen in...

Admitted Marathon Cheater (Still) Registered for Boston

*UPDATE 12/6/2019 - EMILY CLARK HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF 2020 BOSTON MARATHON ENTRANTS* Emily Clark initially admitted to cutting courses in a statement that she sent to Marathon Investigation following her disqualification from PeaceHealth Apple...

“Where’s Your Bib?” – Dozens of Bandits Pulled From Miami Turkey Trot

Frankie Ruiz is the South Florida's Chief Running Officer South for Life Time Fitness. He is also the co-creator and Race Director for The Miami Marathon. He is very active in the Miami community and is a state champion cross country coach...

Witness: “He was Clueless to his Surroundings” – Serial Cheater Spotted in Philly

I received an email on Monday morning, in part it read: I was cheering at miles 15/25 of the marathon. Early into the race, when the fastest runners were still coming through, I heard a handcycle athlete blowing...

The Philadelphia Marathon Gets it Right in 2019

If you go to the Philadelphia Marathon Results page, you are greeted with the below statement. https://www.philadelphiamarathon.com/info/results/ My latest data pull confirms that they have removed all of the obvious course cutters from the results...

First Look at The Philadelphia Marathon Results

The Philadelphia Marathon was held yesterday. I always follow the race with interest. One reason is that the marathon schedule is light the weekend before Thanksgiving. But, the other reason is that the race never has any shortages of course cutting....

After Cheating, Fort Worth Marathon Promises Change

After writing about a course incident at The Fort Worth Marathon, the race is promising to make changes going forward. Once the race received the evidence regarding the 2nd place female finisher, they were quick to remove her from...

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