I think he's still lying bigtime. I don't believe the van only took him 3 miles. If, as he says, at the 17 mile mark he realized he wasn't going to make the 6 hour cutoff, how did a 3 mile ride help him to finish in 3:53? More lies.

He never said he finished in 3:53. He finished (not that it is worth much) at 5:53. Which is what the race clock shows at the finish line. The 3:53 thing only came up because the stupid stupid production staff decided to add that to a graphic at the very end of the show. Of course, this was the biggest red flag that kicked off the whole investigation. But that was an extra insult to injury, not a part of the cheat that Dane and his wife directly participated in. Regardless, the people who were there are conflicting regarding how long the ride probably was. M17 seems the likely pickup and that's what he's said. As a drop off, we'll never know about M20. People (including a Maniac) saw him somewhere around M24 or M25.

Well I'm glad this bozo was exposed. A small win for real marathoners everywhere. Hats off to those who stuck with it in bringing this to light. Ray

It is now posted on the Today site. Several people who were there are pretty sure he rode more than 3 miles. Not sure why we should believe he went back later in the day and ran the missing "3"... during the month between the race and the airing of the big lie, their personal blog and comments on another blog by Dane's wife made it seem like they were happy with running what they ran and then getting a ride. Anyway, I can go run 26.2 miles today. I don't call it a 'race'. Entering a race implies rules. When broken, that's bad. He's paid now, I suppose. The current (minor) outrage is because he plans on keeping the medal. He thinks he earned it. Ehhh, whatever. He's mentioned in a few places that he's going to try another marathon in April. I surely would like to find out which one.