efernand wrote:
Back in 2005, a number of runners were stopped when a radiation alarm was triggered, most likely from medical radioisotope.
Federal agents briefly stopped several runners in the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon when one of them apparently triggered radiation sensors inside the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
Agents on the U.S. side of the tunnel underneath the Detroit River determined that the sensors were set off by a medical radioisotope like that injected into the blood system for stress tests, Ronald Smith, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told the newspaper.
The runner who set off the alarm Sunday morning has not been located.
An undetermined number of runners were detained for several seconds while agents tried to determine what triggered the alarm, then allowed to continue.
Runner Gerald Hug, of Plymouth, said some runners complained that the delay could hurt their chances of qualifying for the Boston Marathon.
Luckily I don't have to worry about a BQ, more like will I make the time cut-off!