Mary Akor (drug cheat) on the elite list for Philly

This is indeed a silly windmill to be tilting at. Looks like somebody in Roots Running or Boulder Underground got shot down by her. Or else someone’s boyfriend or husband hooked up with her on the side.

Her “bust” and suspension were public knowledge before she got with her previous coach, Tom Schwartz. There’s no way the Rojases wouldn’t have known about it except through willful ignorance.

Let akor race... But I hope you all contact Philly marathon people to have her tested before and after

Race organizers don't have any control over whether drug testing happens at their races. USADA does the testing. They have to decide it's a priority.

I am back racing as Goss :) Just took a while to change my name. Who are you? Let's meet and chat.

Actually, I quit the team because the girls did not want me bringing male pacers to practice anymore. And they were upset that I had to meet at certain times because I am a single mother with a 2 year old. Ric and I still have a great relationship. Let me know if you would like to really know what happened before writing trash on this forum.

lol thank you! Yes. Ric, Tom, everyone is well aware of my THC suspension..in 2019. I hope this talk ends when THC becomes legal in 2023

Hi Lauren,

Great to see that you are open about your past.
Have you played with L-Caratine?

I know that it is not on a banned list. Just curious.

No I have not. I take iron when I remember and tons coffee :)

No the RD’s hands are not tied. It’s their decision on who to pay. It makes the race/sponsors look bad to be giving prize money to dopers.

She can run. Pay the entry fee and run, have at it. Enjoy the City of Brotherly Love.

But what the race SHOULD DO, which real races do, is state that ONLY THOSE ACCEPTED INTO THE ELITE FIELD ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZE MONEY. Then the race does not have to pay this cheater, but allows her to still run if she wants to.

If the race has a policy that they comp runners with specific credentials and they don't follow their policy, it could be considered discrimination and they open themselves up to a lawsuit.

I was an involved with a race where a known doper won but since this person was never tested (masters runner) we had to give the prize money. If USADA gave a crap about the integrity of the sport, this person would have been tested out of competition since multiple people sent in a "play clean" report. But nothing ever happened.

USADA is putting RDs into a rough position, especially with masters racing.

Hayseed, Nnenna Lynch is gen x.

Sucka, please. Ric Rojas gladly took in Adrienne Herzog, perhaps the dirtiest endurance athlete in Colorado not named Lance Armstrong, to be her coach. That guy DGAF.

Don’t forget about Christian Hesch. Dude doped for years but wasn’t even tested because he wasn’t running that fast.

It’s not discrimination. It’s their sponsors money, and they can choose who to give it to so the race and sponsors don’t look bad.

There seems to be very little masters testing that occurs outside of various USATF Masters National Championship events. USADA doesn't have a testing pool for masters athletes, so there is zero out-of-competition testing occurring.

It's hard to argue that USADA should be focused on testing masters level athletes (their focus is on the top-tier US Olympic athletes) however maybe it's worth investing some testing resources to masters level athletes in the most high risk sports (running/track & field, and cycling).

Best to you Lauren, and don’t let the troll get you down! If you weren’t getting noticed for your aspirations and performance then you wouldn’t have been made their target. They must “other” you out of jealousy and problems they have with themselves.