She's literally racing most weekends in Australia under her own name, she is laughing at 'the ban'.
Are you claiming she's actually competing in IAU sanctioned races WEEKLY under her real name? Like actual seeded races. Races with rankings, championship points, & prize money??? NOT weekend neighborhood fun runs nobody cares and don't violate her ban? I'd love to see your proof. She doesn't seem to have Strava anymore.
Zakrzewski was banned by UK Athletics for 12 months from competing in any UK Athletics events - races that matter in the UK - and from representing Great Britain at home or abroad, or any "coaching, officiating or managing".
I don't think that decision precludes any top-tier racing abroad? Just not with a GB vest, thank you.
Zakrzewski was found by the UKA panel to have committed misconduct with respect to the UKA Code of Conduct for Senior Athletes:
* Participate within the rules of the sport, respect decisions of coaches and officials, and demonstrate respect towards fellow athletes.
* Act ethically, professionally and with integrity, and take responsibility for her actions.
The Senior Athlete Code of Conduct covers anyone 18+ who is registered as an athlete under a UK athletics organization like England Athletics, Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics or Athletics Northern Ireland.
Most competitive club runners in the UK will be a member of such an organisation, in order to compete in various races throughout the seasons. Adult competitive club runners are therefore Senior Athletes, and must respect the code of conduct. This almost certainly includes the subject of this thread.
When Llanelli AAC runner Sion Daniels finished "23rd" in the 2023 Cardiff half marathon in 67:58 by removing his timing chip, cutting a two mile section of the course, and then posting an false GPX file as proof to the organisers, he was of course disqualified when publicly busted but then earned the eye of Welsh Athletics:
"Welsh Athletics confirmed they had been informed of a "potential athlete breach" of the rules at the annual race, and vowed to investigate: "Welsh Athletics will now work with the event organisers Run4Wales and commence a review in line with Welsh Athletics Disciplinary Rules and Procedures""
In short it doesn't matter what your times are or who your work for or who sponsors you or gives you free shoes or race entries, or how many followers you've got on Strava or YouTube or Instagram or TikTok. If you run for a club in the UK and you're a registered athlete, don't cut the course. If you do, out of a "moment of madness" or ego or panic or whatever, then it's your duty to own up to it promptly.
And if you do decide to cut the chip from your BIB in an event ,which many events ask you not to do then accept you forgo the right to make claims/brag about how fast you ran afterwards.
You misunderstand. I wasn't asking for proof she got banned. We all know she got banned. I was the poster claimed SHE'S STILL professionally racing weekly in races during her ban. And apparently race organizers don't care since OP claims she's racing under her real name. I was asking for proof since it sounds outlandish a high profile pro athlete handed a high profile ban widely covered in the media is still allowed to compete professionally.
If you were looking for running advice would you take it from her?
No, I don’t look for running advice from any strangers.
Got it. You have never looked for running advice from anyone ever that you don't know personally. Not a professional, someone who writes for a running website, or anyone else you haven't met.
You misunderstand. I wasn't asking for proof she got banned. We all know she got banned. I was the poster claimed SHE'S STILL professionally racing weekly in races during her ban. And apparently race organizers don't care since OP claims she's racing under her real name. I was asking for proof since it sounds outlandish a high profile pro athlete handed a high profile ban widely covered in the media is still allowed to compete professionally.
In that case I'm not sure I can help.
I see she's contributed a piece in this month's ULTRA magazine - maybe some insight there?
Issue 17 - You've Got 48 Hours...
We always say "Do your best and see what happens," but what if your best could mean breaking first a British and then a world record?
Joasia Zakrzewski writes about her 48 hour record.
I always wonder how deep the pathology goes with a road race cheater. Is it part of an overall pattern of lying, deceiving and misrepresenting herself for personal gain? Or is it the one area of her life in which she wildly lacks integrity?
When Boston Marathon cheater Rosie Ruiz died, i watched some of the YouTube videos that were made about her, and at least in Rosie Ruiz’s case, there apparently was an overall pattern of cheating and lying, in running and outside of running. (Cheating in previous races, lying about why she was taking the subway closer to the finish line, embezzling from employers).
So, I am less inclined to say that the runner’s world editor should be treated with all kinds of dignity and benefit of the doubt.
Further drawing the comparison between Ruiz and the runner’s world editor, it struck me that it was not a victimless act, as the woman who should have gotten all the cheers and the laurel wreath at Boston, DIDN’T get that on the day, and apparently still cared about that being taken from her, even years into the future. (She apparently confronted Ruiz years later, and Ruiz was pathological till the bitter end, not apologizing or admitting a thing.)
So, I wonder if there are people in the runner’s world editor’s life who were passed over for a job based on lying on her resume, lying in her interview, manipulating outcomes with manufactured stories. It just seems that in life, there are enough zero-sum games where the pathological people don’t give a CRAP about denying someone the thing they want for themselves, at any costs.
In any event, I think it is smart to at least be open to the idea that someone who cheats at.road races might have a larger pathology.
In this case, it’s unfortunate for her that she cheated in some area of life that is so closely related to her paycheck. If she were a (good) massage therapist, probably nobody would care if she lies about her fitness, but a running journalist who lies about running is a crappy combination!
RW UK's public statement: “We are aware of an online article regarding Kate Carter. At Runner’s World, we are committed to upholding the trust our audience and the running community has in our brand, and are investigating these claims internally.”
RW UK's public statement: “We are aware of an online article regarding Kate Carter. At Runner’s World, we are committed to upholding the trust our audience and the running community has in our brand, and are investigating these claims internally.”
Nice post, and a long way of saying the old adage about why golf became so popular in business circles. Because if you cheat at golf, you will cheat in life and business.
Nice post, and a long way of saying the old adage about why golf became so popular in business circles. Because if you cheat at golf, you will cheat in life and business.
Speaking of this. I wonder if I can just cheat a bunch at golf and report some made up scores and then become a golf writer or "pro"?
It's completely up to Runner's World. In a statement, Runner's World advised that it is conducting an investigation into the allegations of cheating. Presumably, it will act on the outcome of its investigation. One can predict the outcome if it concludes cheating took place and the publicity has had a negative impact on the Runner's World brand.
Runner's World (UK, by the way, not US) will cast her aside if they decide the harm to the brand from keeping her is greater than potential harm from her suing them if they fire her.
She's neither so valuable nor so odious that the mucketymucks will weigh other factors.
Almost all businesses would act in a similar cost/benefit analysis way.
Why? Is that what I said? Do you think I should have an opinion on everyone in the world regarding whether or not they should be employed? Perhaps that is where we differ.
Her employment has nothing to do with me and is none of my business.
How do you post here, but you're afraid to have an opinion on this topic which is actually relevant and important to running and runners, unlike 95% of what get posted here?
I never understood you "it's none of my business" people. It's OK to have an opinion, no matter what it is.
Too many companies today are vilifying opinions. Micro aggressions under DEI bullsh*t training to make weak minded individuals cower to having an independent thought. So sad.
How do you post here, but you're afraid to have an opinion on this topic which is actually relevant and important to running and runners, unlike 95% of what get posted here?
I never understood you "it's none of my business" people. It's OK to have an opinion, no matter what it is.
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