Frank Meza 2:53:10 at LA Marathon (70 years old) unofficial time (just finished)

WHAT DO I SEE, DR MEZA in the pics? IS THAT A.........GPS WATCH. hmmmm

a comment from my site:

My son is on the Loyola cross-country team so I have been to dozens of practices and races and I have gotten to know Frank Meza, or “Doc” as most of us call him as he is usually there for the Saturday morning runs and the Tue/Thu afternoon runs.

I plod along in the back, with a few of the other middle-aged parents, trying to hold an 8 minute pace. Doc is way up at the front running with the strong runners. One of the other parents called him a “jackrabbit” on the hills and I’ve seen it! He’s an amazing runner. He can no longer keep pace with the varsity runners when they go flat out (the varsity team will finish the 3 mile race distance in just under a 5 minute pace), however, Coach Meza is strong and smooth and so, while it’s an incredible feat, I don’t doubt that he could hold a 6:30ish pace for 26 miles.

Doc is a humble guy. He is eager to talk about the boys and their races but never one to toot his own horn. His response to this attack is characteristic of him — humble and never trying to cause offense. I once asked him his marathon PR and I think he said it was around 2:20 (I don’t recall the exact time but I was astounded at how fast it was). He told me that he has kept running hard and has slowed down less than his peers and now that he turned 70 years old, he’s one of the fastest for his age group.

Based on what I have seen him do at practices and what I know of him personally, I can’t imagine that he has cheated on this. He’s an incredibly gifted runner who works hard and cheating is not at all in character for him.

"slowed down less"

He's sped up significantly. He is very humble.

doubler wrote:

"slowed down less"

He's sped up significantly. He is very humble.

That's only if you don't count his alleged 2:20 PR from that last commenter.

2:54 seems like a walk in the park compared to 2:20! Way to go, Frank! You're killing it, bud!

The man's a machine. wrote:

Recovery Time Genius wrote:

Speaking of "the appropriate time", I like to have recovery time between my marathons. I guess Frank does not.

1/19/2014 Carlsbad Marathon 3:05:31

2/2/2014 Surf City Marathon 3:04:45

3/9/2014 LA Marathon 2:59:10

Three sub 3:06 marathons in 49 days. And the first two 14 days apart? At age 65?

Yeah....

Would love to see the definitive proof on those three.

At 65 years old looking like he does lol.

2014 Carlsbad Marathon 3:05:31

2014 Surf City Marathon 3:04:45

2014 LA Marathon 2:59:10

Looks like he's got LA worked out to a tee, as he hit every timing mat, the other two not so much, must have been harder to cheat and he didn't know exactly where the mats would be, missed one at Carlsbad, three at Surf City.

This comment is fake. Who still does 3 mile races? The running community would know if FM ran a 2:20.

That commenter from MI.... It starts to make sense what his motivation is now. He's been lying to people (in person) that he's actually ran a 2:20. People he has to interact with on a daily basis. Parents of students. Maybe donors to the school.

Peer pressure was probably significant. People probably offered to race with him, train with him, etc.. He had no way to back up his wildly ambitious claims and sitting out of marathons indefinitely was not an option. So he started cheating. He tried to make it seem believable (2:20 to 3:XX) and then he got addicted to it, didn't think he would get caught since it went on for over a decade, and started setting WR times... Game over.

2014 Carlsbad Marathon 3:05:31

https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/individual-results.cfm?theRace=1&theEvent=RCFY2014&firstName=frank&lastName=meza&bibNumber=1912

2014 Surf City Marathon 3:04:45

https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/RaceResults.cfm?ID=RCHA2014

2014 LA Marathon 2:59:10

https://www.mtecresults.com/runner/show?race=2074&rid=1073

Doc Meza writes so well in the third person. So smooooth.

doubler wrote:

a comment from my site:

My son is on the Loyola cross-country team so I have been to dozens of practices and races and I have gotten to know Frank Meza, or “Doc” as most of us call him as he is usually there for the Saturday morning runs and the Tue/Thu afternoon runs.

I plod along in the back...

I'll bet Rojo's left nut that this person will never identify themselves.

Great Scott wrote:

I don’t think it’s the LA DA. To much emotion, and that stupid mistake confusing slander with libel, that’s first year stuff. Why would he put his career on the line by posting publicly on this site, not acknowledging any available evidence, defending the allegations by saying he knows the guy and he’s innocent, saying he has proof that will stop this whole thing, then doesn’t have time to provide it. The intimidation thing is nice, saw that on an episode of LA Law.

I thought Derek Murphy confirmed that Scott Dominguez was legit?

doubler wrote:

a comment from my site:

Seems the LetsRun World Famous Message Board isn't the only place that attracts trolls.

triathleteguru wrote:

I thought Derek Murphy confirmed that Scott Dominguez was legit?

Only the email in the LA Times comments section, dunno about the one posting here.

Assuming the poster here who is claiming to be a DA in LA, Scott Dominguez... Let's look at this can of worms.

https://www.finisherpix.com/gallery/photo/en/usd/3017/7270/3017_025686#3017_025686

https://www.laadda.com/board/board-scott-dominguez/

Are these one and the same? I can't tell with the facial hair differences. This particular Scott appears to have finished in 5:55:17! Congrats on am honest marathon, whichever Scott this is!

doubler wrote:

Heard back from Wharton. The commenter on the article was really Scott Dominguez the lawyer.

If he actually did post here, feel free to contact me at

Derek@marathoninvestigation.com

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I’ll be happy to walk through the evidence in detail if he has any questions after reading my articles.

If he can explain it all, I will happily publish his explanations on my site.

Ah ha, the original post at least was by Scott Dominguez the lawyer...

He looks a bit sus. wrote:

triathleteguru wrote:

I thought Derek Murphy confirmed that Scott Dominguez was legit?

Only the email in the LA Times comments section, dunno about the one posting here.

But do you have to confirm your email account there, or can you sign up with any account without confirmation and post?

Lets look at finishers wrote:

Assuming the poster here who is claiming to be a DA in LA, Scott Dominguez... Let's look at this can of worms.

https://www.finisherpix.com/gallery/photo/en/usd/3017/7270/3017_025686#3017_025686https://www.laadda.com/board/board-scott-dominguez/

Are these one and the same? I can't tell with the facial hair differences. This particular Scott appears to have finished in 5:55:17! Congrats on am honest marathon, whichever Scott this is!

*The guy on the left, not center.

Derek confirmed it was him with the author of the article, so I imagine the author must have verified that Scott had emailed him that information.

kiprossi wrote:

If you are falsely accusing of him Rossing the course, you could be in danger of being sued.

This post ^ is so incredibly stupid it just seemed worthwhile to bring it up again.

Good job!