Facepalm wrote:
Wait... didn't you previously say he never started the race and had another runner carry his bib, but now you are saying he changed clothes? Dude, stick with the obvious, he stepped off and blended into the crowd. It's not that complicated.
Are you actually looking into anything or are you just Captain Obvious?
He never made it to the first photo checkpoint. Some other interesting person never seemed to make it that far either. So it's very possible Mike started the race and then hung back and pretended to take a dump, and then just wandered back to hi car undetected.
Knowing there would be friends and relatives taking photos he would have been smart to start the race with different clothes than what he finished in so he didn't stick out like sore thumb.
You see, Mike thinks he is smarter than everyone else. So he thinks if he does this, that, and the other thing it will throw off everybody who just assumes the obvious - like you, which it has clearly worked. Except for those of us who are actually smarter than Mike and can rationalize every possible move he made.
I think you might be surprised when his DQ comes down.