Forums >Off the Beaten Path>Marathon Runner Busted for ‘Unfare’ Advantage
People never cease to amaze me. Sorry if this was already shared with the forum. I maybe be behind the times. It was only a matter of time. This reminds me of a Seinfield episode where George decides to run a marathon but ends up a sleep in a hair parlor. He comes out the other side too early and wins the race. So you have George at the top of the podium and to really skinny guys looking up at him with shocked faces. Classic.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/10/marathon-runner-busted-for-unfare-advantage/
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"Marathon director Steve Cram told the BBC that Sloan ultimately admitted to his mistake and apologized for the confusion he’d caused."
WTF? What mistake? Did he mistakenly get on the bus, not knowing that he was supposed to run the entire race?
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"admitted to his mistake and apologized for the confusion"
In other words, he cheated, got caught, and still refused to admit it. Probably just a cheater through and through.
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It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
OMG! It's "The Biggest Loser" all over again! AAAAGGHHHH!!!
Yes he got BUSted.
ahem
My mother always said never trust a man that wears earrings.
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Or brown shoes and white socks. Not that I know what colour his socks were.
Either way, the inability to admit he actually cheated is pathetic.
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This reminds me of a Seinfield episode where George decides to run a marathon but ends up a sleep in a hair parlor. He comes out the other side too early and wins the race. So you have George at the top of the podium and to really skinny guys looking up at him with shocked faces. Classic.
Can you cite this episode please? I've never seen it and cannot imagine why George would be in a hair parlor. Are you thinking of some other show?
I believe that Rosie Ruiz, to this day, claims she ran the whole race. And she claims she ran the entire NYC also.
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I'm going to say he's thinking of an episode of According to Jim which is probably the first time anyone has ever thought about an episode of that show.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose; it's how drunk you get. -- Homer Simpson
Yes he got BUSted. ahem My mother always said never trust a man that wears earrings.
I thought it was cufflinks.
not bad for mile 25
"Marathon director Steve Cram told the BBC that Sloan ultimately admitted to his mistake and apologized for the confusion he’d caused." WTF? What mistake? Did he mistakenly get on the bus, not knowing that he was supposed to run the entire race?
At mile 20, one is not responsible for his actions. See "bonk", Trent et al, RA Forums.
Especially one that wears cufflinks as earrings, or vice versa.
It's a mash-up of the episode where the marathon runner oversleeps after Kramer falls asleep in the hot tub with the episode where Jerry wins the race against his high school friend when he mistakes Kramer's car backfiring for the starting pistol.
‘Unfare’
was that another bad pun regarding bus fare or is that one of those words we Yanks have learned to change the spelling on in the last 200 years? It's no fare writing articles we Americans cannot understand.