Those picture sort of say it all about her attitude in general and cognizance of others around her.

There seems to be a common theme here: complete obliviousness.

I'm just trying to catch up to letsruns 19 pages.

On the last page myself.

Quite the saga. :D

The guy behind her definitely needs to buy the shot of him finishing with the gaggle of kids in front of him and the "Toughman" arch. His co-workers could say "Oh, I see you finished a race called the Toughman? Must have been pretty hard, although it doesn't look like the kids who beat you thought it was too tough."

I'm not even going to comment on the gaggle of kids, but she seems to look fine with no scratches or bruises on her face as reported by others. Or maybe it is on the other side that we can't see but in any case it looks like she recovered fine from the incident and finished the race in good spirits.

Looks like the Pied-Piper montage scene from Rocky II. Those can't be all hers.

Was it EVER posted online?

There were two pictures that were originally posted and later removed, but I've never read anywhere that the video was posted, just that one existed.

Guys, I am in apointments this morning, then have to go to the airport to catch a flight to the west coast. If someone I know can send me an email offering to post the video, I will forward it to that person around noon EST when I pick up emails at the airport. I believe when you see the video, and understand where the flow of runners is supposed to be, you'll see that Richard's recommendation to DQ is totally valid. The woman in question actually does back into the man, but as it turns out she is in her correct lane (she later goes off and starts running in the wrong lane like everyone). The man who might be thinking he is in the correct lane is actually in the wrong lane (well, he is hugging the yellow line but on the side he is not supposed to be running on....it appears everyone is running on the wrong side at least that is what is seen in the video). In any case, there is no question that a DQ for unsportsman like conduct was warranted. If we can't get the video up today, then you can please go with that.

Dev

When she strays into the finishing chute and the man initiates contact, it will be clear that she falls back, and to the left.

Back, and to the left.

Back, and to the left.

Thanks Dev. Now I want to see the video just to see how and why the heck everyone seems to be running in the wrong lane.

Oh, so my opinion only counts as well as my writing. As a human being, even if a high school dropout, my opinion does not count. Thank You

I agree with your view point.

But I don't think the video is going to settle much. There are people who make a decision after hearing one isde. There are people who want to hear both sides.

You must be butter 'cause you're on a roll.

Yeah, maybe not.

But after all the anticipation, all the conjecture, all the promise... the people need closure. Closure! ;D

Haha. Well played.

Great, the perception that triathletes cannot handle a bike is already established in the cycling world, now we'll have to deal with the perception triathletes are not only slow but they can't even run in the correct lane.

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But I don't think the video is going to settle much. There are people who make a decision after hearing one isde. There are people who want to hear both sides.


For heaven's sake, the Race Director saw the video, disqualified the guy based on the video, end of story. Who cares what some armchair quarterbacks on ST think.

You apparently do since you felt compelled to call it into question.

Good point there. Blair might be best to stick with WTC branded events or try a REV 3 event. I doubt he had this type of problem at Syracuse 70.3. I think they attempt to make all participants follow all the rules in terms of athlete conduct and outside assistance.

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Can you please read some of the actual posts by needmoreair and a couple others who have NO problem with the race directors decision or that the guy was DQ'd at all? The problem is the insistance of a lot poster to defame and slander this guy with no evidence at all except that from a blogger who has personal ties with the woman in this incident. He said he puched her, and even removed the pictures that supposedly supported his accusation. Even the title of this thread reads "Punching a woman during a race?" which was started by NAB777.

Why is that so hard for some people to figure out. The thread continues and a video is promised so the masses can see for themselves if it was justified to basically accuse this guy of battery or not.

It has NOTHING to do with a DQ.

So I have not read everything in here, but skimmed most of it and some of letsrun, and understand he was DQd, which seems most likely fair, but was she also DQd? I would think she would have had to have been correct?

Seeing the finishing line pics with all the kids, the fact that she got her watch from her husband, and also caused (or was at least partially to blame, not sure without video) a collision with another athlete on the course?

It is easy to post the video yourself. YouTube is a Google service any Google account that you have can be used to post the video or you could create on in less then a minute.

If you still don't want to do that. Maybe reach out to someone via e-mail that you feel can do it. It doesn't look like anyone you know is watching this thread. As it has been a full day and you are still looking.

Really?? How is that a "good point"? A race is a race, regardless of who puts it on. If this was a fun run, with no timing mats and people just doing it for a good cause, it would be a "good point". What Mr. Cullen did was wrong, but he was racing like most people do when the sign up for a race - you race. Some race while other just cruise, but in the end it is still a race. Mr. Hoca's post is totally idiotic. Even small local events expect participants to follow the rules, people just disregard them. If they are caught, they should be DQ'd. Maybe we should have a non-racer wave now for people who don't want to race be just swim a little, cut the bike course and cross the finish line with 10+ kids and feel good about their accomplishment. Oh, and then we can throw color powder at them along the way.