Here are some of my general thoughts on Kip's cheating at the Boston Marathon.
1) Kip obviously changed outfits during the race. He could have simply shed the jacket and pants, but the hat change suggests that he had a clothes stashed somewhere along the course.
2)Don't think he could have biked or driven the course. It would be impossible to jump in at every 5k mat, Jump out, circle back to bike or car and get to the next point in time unless he biked the entire course. And we see from some of the photos that he is obviously not on a bike during the early stages.
3)So if the first two points are true, he would have to have someone helping him. We already know or at least suspect that his buddy Ben is in on this ruse. So it may be him or there may be others.
4)We clearly see photos of Kip at the 15k, 20k, and half and late stages of the race. This probably rules out 2 runners each doing a part of the course. Otherwise you wouldn't expect to see photos of Kip so early in the race. Plus the unusual splits make it unlikely that someone was really running the course.
Here is my theory: Kip and Ben? traveled to Boston together. They pick up the race chip and then program a second chip with the same code. They take two cars and leave one at the 5k point. Kip starts the race, hits the start and the 5k mats, hops in his car and drives to the 15k mat. After dropping Kip off at the start, Ben drives to the 10k mat. Waits until the right time and then sets it off with the 2nd chip. Kip runs from 15k to 25k. Ben sets off the 30k marker and Kip is back in the race from 35k until the finish. So overall Kip ends up running a 20' 5k, a 43' 10k and then a 30' 7k with nice 40' rests in between each section.
The only questions that this theory still leaves unanswered is why Kip appears to be going so slow in the 20k photo.
Anyone have any experience with programming chips. How easy would it be to program if you know what your doing. Or maybe he reported it lost and had a second one issued.