craigj532 wrote:
She won her age group at the Pikes Peak Marathon, and she was the 7th overall female.
That does change things some in my mind, the article seemed to imply that she was a person just out there for fun, which is not exactly the case.
It is hard to say much from looking at her times/paces (since these are hilly/mountainous trail runs), but if she were approaching a BQ time (for instance), I would feel even more strongly about it.
Either way, I just hope that the first or only person they tested wasn't the 51 year old age grouper who was 7th in gender.
I am all for testing age groupers, hell, I wish that every person in the race could be tested.
Short of that happening, I hope they direct the resources strategically to stop as much cheating as possible and specifically keep the awards and qualifying spots in the hands of the clean athletes.
To me it is more important to get first place and second place correct than it is to get 50th place and 51st place correct.
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