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That annoying moment your chip fails in the London Marathon
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unless its Manchester
I'd be annoyed at the antics of these (shortcut) cheats simply by the way they regard those who do the entire distance as some sort of idiot.
A question of context perhaps, but those who sign up for the deal know what it's about.
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Philip and Seren - you are both right!!
I would bring back public flogging - we could use our saucony kinvaras or asic gel cumulus. Bare foot runners would obviously just have to watch and boo
Far too many convenient places to cut the course after halfway. Start of Narrow Street, Limehouse Link, Westferry Circus if you haven't already done so by the Highway. Maybe they should remove all the barriers, but have a secret camera set up to name and shame anyone who's tempted. Would be great fun to watch all those who slip through and think they've got away with it
Must be some CCTV round there, anyone know someone with access
So apparently a guy dressed as a shoe saw Natasha go under a barrier *link*
I doubt it will happen but I hope she makes a public apology!
ooh loving reading all these, we were watching at just past the half way point and I was trying to see if I saw anyone cheat where we were, I saw a few running run to the loos at the Texaco garage which were on the opposite side of the road, which I'm guessing then if they came out instead of carrying on to the Isle of Dogs they have just stayed on the same side and headed for the finish which would explain why they had missed the mats
Can you warn us when you link the s*n?
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I clicked on it before I realised it was that rag.
Aha! I've always thought if you wanted to cheat the best way would be to pretend you needed a poo. Much better than just ducking straight under the barrier.
How long before the prices come down enough and the technology is suitably sophisticated that the big races issue all runners with a gps unit and has wifi receivers round the course so all runners can be located at all times?
even if they can do it, it is overkill.
a solution to a problem that doesn't really exist.
And then that Radcliffe woman comes along and just poos at the side of the road, spoiling it for everyone who doesn't want to run the whole way. Spoilsport!
Easy enough solution is to have another timing mat about 100m from the finish.
It won't be a 'timing' mat as such, but will flag up whether or not the runner crossing it has crossed all the other timing mats; which to the cheats, have been placed in some very inconvenient places.
Needless to say, it will be relatively easy to drag possible miscreants from the race where their timing chip will be given a public examination.
If the chip proves faulty, then maybe a free entry for next years event as recompense for the potential public humiliation.
However, If the chip proves perfectly functional, a good public naming and shaming should be entertaining.
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Cannot see it. Still costly to start with. Wi-Fi can be unpredictable. Will deliver far more than the current system.
They did have tracking devices for the celebrity runners which follows where they are on the course. But doing it for 39,000 will be too much.
While they have mats for every 5k. It may be possible to extend mats to every 1-2 miles in future. Just the matter of cost and reliability.
http://news.sky.com/story/1687563/towie-stars-sister-hands-back-marathon-medal
"At her request, we have removed her results from the system and she will be returning her finisher's medal to us."
Too little too late - cheeky so and so.
lessons to be learned.
if you are going to skip half the course remember to take a proper break and calculate roughly when you would have reached the same place in the course.
don't set a new world record pace.
then you can go with the faulty chip story.
Still, all the more fun for us
Quite. See results for the "Brighton Lady" at the Brighton Marathon 2015
http://brighton.marathonapp.net/events/2015/entrants/8d792f18-cb91-5b97-8556-5868e7bbea63
Well the time is in keeping with recent standards, but she doesn't seem to have much luck with the chips..
The Dickinson Effect: Cheap as chips.
An excluive with Okay magazine, poor woman had a panic attack, got disorientated and then felt awful being cheered on. Is that the best she could muster?
http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/541021/natasha-argent-sets-record-straight-on-marathon-cheat-claims
A panic attack...she looked awful at the finish line and on the picture she shared over social media....and the lies she continued to tell....
Mr f. Have you managed to look at mark can and his new hole record claim...looks like he has gone to ground.....makes all his 90 marathons in 90 days look a bit dodgy as well now.....
I have read lots about his sponsorship deals for things for him but gave found only a few thousand pounds raised for charity
Wonder who paid for all his travelling and board
I believe her that's the most plausible excuse I have ever heard
So she suffers a panic attack, in a marathon full of runners, spectators, medical officials, even marshals and no one noticed. For which she plugs her smug face in a glossy magazine probably paid too. If she does get paid, lets hope it goes to the charity who had to suffer.
We had our annual town 10K last week (a good race, about 1000 runners, but still a small town fun race), and one woman was caught driving her car out to just short of 5K, parking up in the woods and starting from there. I mean, you don't even get a medal at this race - WTF???