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“He Wore Two Bibs.” How a Boston Marathon Couple Got Caught Cheating
(www.marathoninvestigation.com)
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this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025
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I freaking love the dedication of Marathon Investigations. On one hand, I think, "it's a dirty job but somebody's gotta do it." But on the other hand I think, "Does somebody REALLY have to do it?"
Yes, because people like this take up spots in highly coveted marathons, driving up the qualification times
Yeah, that's my opinion, too. As a runner I'll never qualify for Boston, not least because I've never done a marathon and I have a pretty slow 1/2 time. But I actually do the half marathons, so that slow time is my time. It's so weird to me people feel the need to cheat, but it's flatly wrong to take someone's spot with a bogus time
Social media is a hell of a drug
And dont give up on boston or whatever dream race you have
I could never imagine when i started that i could reach my current PR