xenonscreams wrote:
czdfhhc wrote:This. And as none of the "126 around him" as per NBC link above will vouch for Mr Rossie his DQ is only a matter of time.
Just out of curiosity, do you guys actually remember people around you when you race? I only remember people I know already, or maybe other women my age and speed since I directly scope them out as competition. But some random dude running around me? I definitely wouldn't remember his face. It'd be the last thing I'd be thinking about during a race.
Again I think he's guilty (especially since he lied about his splits in the marathon he ran shortly after his BQ, which shows that he's clearly a compulsive liar) but I'm not sure anyone else would have noticed him even if he wasn't guilty.
Two years ago I saw a guy cut the course in a 10k charity race and a few months ago a guy came out of nowhere right in front of me in the last half a mile of a 10k. We'd just come down a straight long hill and there's no way he was in front of me. I can tell you what both of them guys look like enough for me to be able to point them out on a finish photo. I generally only remember other people if we go backwards and forwards a few times but I'm not good with faces. People come up to me at a race to say they used me as a pacer in a race months earlier but in the North West of England everyone tends to be at the same racers and my club vest is red and blue checks so it stands out a lot. Rossi didn't have anything distinctive about him all in black so he might not be remembered unless he was seen doing something suspicious.