The late Kevin Moats was leading the Atlanta Marathon one Thanksgiving day in the 90's. My friend who was in second place was gaining on him at around the 22 mile mark. Moats was approaching a water table and it appeared he was grabbing a drink for himself. Instead he deliberately took his arm and knocked all of the cups filled with water off of the table so when my friend got there there was no water to be had.
In a 5K race that I ran in 5 years ago, a friend's yet-to-be-stepson (around 10-13 years old at the time) was cutting the course by running through people's yards, and I seen him do it. I promptly alerted the volunteers on the course about it, and they didn't do a thing about it, as opposed to taking action and DQ'ing him.
Personally? I was running an XC race and the guy next to me kept cutting inside the cones on every corner. I would have to chase back to catch him and it was hard.
At one point I told him "dude, there is no reason to cheat, we are in like 17th place." (And I know it wasn't about the team score because we were in no-man's-land and he wasn't picking up spots.)
He punched me right in the back of the neck when I passed him near the end of the race.
I would have been sorely tempted to stop and kick him square in the nuts. I mean, that would not be the best response, but it would be a temptation.
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.
In a 4x4 relay, opposing runner used his baton to repeatedly beat my arm and hand as I tried to pass on the back-straight. I was pretty shocked - never experienced that before or after. I complained to an official who said he didn’t see anything. Indeed it would have been hard to see from the finish area.
I would’ve been tempted to take the baton and crack it over his head.
It's back in the 1960s, my junior year, the County Championship. I wasn't in the race, competed in 2 other events, just a spectator. It was the 440 yd dash, but it wasn't run in lanes. Coming down the final 100 yds, the front 2 runners are on the same team. Another runner makes a move and the 2nd place runner drifts to the outside pushing him to the extreme outer lane of the track. He was disqualified but his team mate won. Here's an interesting side note, actually 2. 1) Over 5 years later I dated a young woman that was the girlfriend of the impeded runner at that time. She was still upset about it years later. 2) Her mother dated my father's brother over 30 years earlier!
Some moron who was in like 12 th place running a 1540 5k was so far back that everyone ahead of him was lead off the course and he was the first lucky egg to go the right way and get the dub. The other runners were so far ahead they got to the finish line goin the wrong way and ended up BEHIND the finish line before he even got there and he proceeded to celebrate like he got olympic gold while the other runners who were lead the wrong way by the race director whined and cried. He then proceeded to go on an interview with the local news outlet and stated he went out slow and the rest of the field died. I've never seen so many skinny people get so fired up and the guy walked off like he couldn't communicate and then blasted he was the champion on social media and accepted the ridiculous prize package with no guilt.
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I’m not talking about the guy who beat you in the Turkey Trot because “he’s on steroids.” I’m talking real dirty.
i saw a girl... was actually a teammate of mine full on sh1t herself in a cross race once... was kind of a big invitational and there were published photos of it...
Some moron who was in like 12 th place running a 1540 5k was so far back that everyone ahead of him was lead off the course and he was the first lucky egg to go the right way and get the dub. The other runners were so far ahead they got to the finish line goin the wrong way and ended up BEHIND the finish line before he even got there and he proceeded to celebrate like he got olympic gold while the other runners who were lead the wrong way by the race director whined and cried. He then proceeded to go on an interview with the local news outlet and stated he went out slow and the rest of the field died. I've never seen so many skinny people get so fired up and the guy walked off like he couldn't communicate and then blasted he was the champion on social media and accepted the ridiculous prize package with no guilt.
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.
using experience ain't dirty bro... did he use bows when passing??
I’m not talking about the guy who beat you in the Turkey Trot because “he’s on steroids.” I’m talking real dirty.
i saw a girl... was actually a teammate of mine full on sh1t herself in a cross race once... was kind of a big invitational and there were published photos of it...
Senior year of track, I tripled in the 4x800, 1600, and the 3200 at conference (simply because my school didn't have a lot of depth in distance runners). The 1600 rolls around, and on paper I had the fastest PR (4:30). The gun goes off, and a competitor who ran around 4:38ish sprinted to the front, which was usually his strategy as a primarily 800 runner. We closed the first lap in 1:02. I drafted off him until the final lap, and I started making my move with around 450 to go. I tried to pass him on the outside so I wouldn't have to worry about the curve, and he moves to the outside as well. I didn't think much of it, so I moved to the inside to try to pass again. He moves back inside, starts chicken-winging, and nearly knocked me off the track. I was getting annoyed, so I said "screw it" and tried to pass on the curve. He moves back outside, forcing me into lane 5 into some runners who we were lapping. We pass his coach side by side, and I hear the coach say "rough him up." The other runner starts elbowing me and changed his stride to spike me. I was done with this crap, so I kicked earlier than I usually would just to get space. I ended up winning the race by 8 seconds (over the last 200 meters). When he crossed the line, he started cursing me out and slapped me. He got DQed for that, and ultimately was banned for the rest of the season.
you didn't hit him back? you get b-slapped in the face and do nothing?
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