HRE wrote:
Lydiard told me that every year as the European season was approaching, Ron would get calls from many meet directors wanting him to run in their meets. Ron would always agree providing that the directors sent him a full fare, refundable, round trip, plane ticket from Melbourne to the airport closest to their meet. The cost then was around $1,000. Ron would get maybe twenty of those each year, cash in all but one, and pocket the refunds.
Hey, that's cheatin'.