Here are a few incidents I've come across:
1. A 50-year-old man drafting off a 12-year-old girl in a road race and outkicking her at the finish line.
2. A high school boy throwing punches at the back of the heads of two competitors from an opposing team during a Regional XC meet at 300 meters left to the finish. He was disqualified.
3. A high school girl runner cutting the course through a wooded area and finishing a 5K in 16:00—despite her personal best being around 25 minutes. She crossed the line over two and a half minutes ahead of the second-place finisher who was really first. It was hard to disprove initially, but her teammates ratted her out.
4. A collegiate runner purposely sabotaging a top 7 teammate in the week leading up to a major race. This included banging on his door at 2 a.m., sending random disturbing emails and texts, and even attempting to make him sick—all out of jealousy.
Some people are quite pathetic.


