I can't read the article but I'm glad that she was caught and that the Wash Post reported it.

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3miles at 10min pace, that would require her to run about 6:24 miles for the last 10.

a garmin file would be nice.

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Fruit snacks are for winners

I cannot imagine a victim of rape saying something like that.

Another one who's claiming an unbelievable time which they are incapable of doing legitimately: why don't they just put their hands up, confirm somewhere along the line a mistake has been made, DQ themselves and move on in life.
Claiming the impossible just makes everything a million times worse and changes lives.

It's unfortunate that RD's need to start thinking about course design to prevent cheaters. Marine Corps marathon has a history of course cutters.

WTF, coughing up blood?

Ok so there are timing mats that haven't registered and there are course photographers that haven't got her picture, but how is this substantially different to the Stretton case?

There is no clear proof of her cheating, just an amazing finish time with no previous proven ability to do similar.

Yet the RD felt able to DQ and did so despite her admirable record of charity fundraising. Nothing to suggest that she has contemplated legal proceedings for defamation of character.

Maybe ITU and Redman Tri should take heed of Marine Corps proactive stance here and do similar?

Ummm... no clear proof of cheating does not prove innocence. Assuming stats above are correct where person has run 2+ hours for a half marathon in the past to suddenly run 1.3xx in their 50s is cause for suspicion.

And how does fundraising prove innocence?

given that her PR was 1:40 5 years ago and more recently had run a half in just over 2 hours that 6:24 is just not happening. and her "miraculous" PR of 1:33 just happened to coincide with a timing chip failure and lack of photos on the middle part of the run.

Read again.

This is a bizarre article. What prompted the paper to publish it? It's not "news": the race and DQ happened in 2015.

Why publish it now? To "clear" her name by going on and on about her fundraising and PTSD? As if that somehow justifies cheating?

And why are these course cutters always coaches for children?

It's a strange world we live in.

Exactly. As if just because someone raised money they are automatically granted some sort of imaginary moral high ground. No.

No chance of her cutting the course where she set her PR: http://www.gardenspotvillagemarathon.org/...fficialCourseMap.pdf

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Seriously. That was treated as being as mundane as her fall. I have seen people fall during races. I have seen people pass out during races. I have never seen anyone cough up blood.

And yeah, there is no way that someone that age is knocking half an hour off their typical HM time unless she lost 50 lbs in the process.

Sure she could. Mile 4 drop off the course. Then drop back in later. No clue on her cheating from that race since they would need to check timing mats and photos if there were questions. There is a big difference between 1:40 and 1:33 when 1:40 is your previous PR and you don't happen to have any history of running at those paces.

I don't use pink font.

One of the commenters in the WaPo article pointed out that this race is noted for its difficulty, and that second place in her age group was 1:53 or so.

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oh. I see. They link to this http://www.marathoninvestigation.com/...le-results-here.html

From the photo, it looks like she busted her lip in the same fall that skinned her knee. But it's more dramatic to say you were coughing up blood rather than spitting some out from a busted lip. On the same vein, WAPO failed to confirm whether she had ever reported the rape she talks about. A "brutal rape" is not something generally not reported to the police. If it wasn't reported I would tend to think it was entirely made up, and fits with the pattern of an attention-seeking cheater.

Apart from that, it is more than obvious that she is not a person who "runs and runs and runs". Let her put up a 5K time at 1:33 HM pace ... under observation ... to see if she even has that kind of speed. Not a chance she would do it. The comments at the bottom of the article are definitely not in her favor.

It's unfortunate that rape has become part of this cheater's story, but under normal circumstances I can imagine many reasons why a rape victim might not report the crime to the police.

From what I've seen it's something under 50% get reported. Most conservative estimates are closer to 50% some are remarkably low, like 20%.

Just think about how much cheating goes on during the swim, cutting buoy's. Yes there are safety people out there but seldom do they report cheaters.

Careful, you're going to cause heads to explode here.

Concur, but not when it comes to 'brutal, stranger' rape. She wasn't alleging a date rape or similar. To me, brutal infers medical treatment and thus automatic reporting. WAPO should at least have asked the question about whether it was reported or not; and followed up if she claimed it was reported to simply see if she was telling the truth. She brought it up...it's relevant.

i'll even go farther to say that she coaches kids in running, would you allow her to coach your kid if her own track record is suspect? frankly, i'm a BOP'er, my best 13.1 time is 2:15. i'd be a lot more proud of myself if i trained strong and worked it down to 2:00 than i would be if i broke a rule to get to 1:45. people have to get over themselves.