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

Insane wrote:

Inside edition wrote:

Best media coverage yet, includes lots of Derek's material (and Derek)

https://www.insideedition.com/media/videos/did-70-year-old-doctor-cheat-during-los-angeles-marathon-54186

The final quote from Meza's spokesperson: "He has not cheated...will run again..." These people are delusional.

I hope the super-sleuths keep at it. Looking forward to the Long Beach article on MI.

I predict he won’t fun again due to a career ending injury.

Good job wrote:

I think the damage has sufficiently been. Done with all the national outlets.

Gods job guys. Time to move on to the next one.

This is far from finished. It will run for a long time, with many more DQs unless Frank confesses, in which case the investigations would stop immediately.

Daily Mail wrote:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7209693/70-year-old-doctor-disqualified-L-Marathon-online-outrage-investigation.html

Bloody hell, some people reckon the LR mob are bad, read this article and then the comments, makes us look like a bunch of choir boys.

But after this thread and marathoninvestigation.com it's the go to article for the hard hitting truth on Meza.

Wow DM. wrote:

Daily Mail doesn't feck around with touchy feely stuff:

"On closer investigation, Meza's web of lies appears to have quickly untangled as it emerged he had a history of disqualifications and bans from marathons in California."

and more to come lol

I need to give the bike photo it’s own quickie article. To remove all doubt and use the better photo that shows the socks better. Those are unique.

There’s no explanation for that.

I’m sure this may have been buried somewhere, but Frank DNFd at SF 2015.

https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/RaceResults.cfm?ID=RCLF2015

His bike was probably stolen somewhere along the course, so had to DNF. He sure as hell isn't running.

doubler wrote:

I need to give the bike photo it’s own quickie article. To remove all doubt and use the better photo that shows the socks better. Those are unique.

There’s no explanation for that.

I’m sure this may have been buried somewhere, but Frank DNFd at SF 2015.

https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/RaceResults.cfm?ID=RCLF2015

Not just the socks and hat, but you can see his Nike Zoom Marathoners on the bike.

doubler wrote:

I need to give the bike photo it’s own quickie article. To remove all doubt and use the better photo that shows the socks better. Those are unique.

There’s no explanation for that.

I’m sure this may have been buried somewhere, but Frank DNFd at SF 2015.

https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/RaceResults.cfm?ID=RCLF2015

Probably stolen bike. That city will rob a person blind.

Seems he could’ve just bought some Nike Zoom 5ks. They would have been plenty of shoe.

They used to make excellent cycling shoes, but it seems they discontinued the line along with Lance Armstrong.

He was first story on Inside Edition! They included the bike photo. They did a good job of portraying him as a Chester, not citing the bathroom excuses.

The IE guy even knocked on his door!! No answer.

I thought the Inside Edition “quick hitter” was ok. The thing is, none of the mainstream stories really go into great depth. Of course, eventually there will be an in-depth story. However, much more needs to be revealed for that kind of story to be appealing and marketable. This is just the beginning, and what a beginning it is. Staggering it is, that Frank Meza and his “camp” are refusing to back down. They seem to be willing to stick to the “deny, deny, deny” strategy to the bitter end.rf

holy crap, this thing has developed a life of its own. it's everywhere.

the GMA piece was particularly brutal. they basically just ridiculed him for 90 seconds.

i'm glad you didn't come clean when it all started Frank...it's so much more fun doing it this way.

doubler wrote:

I need to give the bike photo it’s own quickie article. To remove all doubt and use the better photo that shows the socks better. Those are unique.

There’s no explanation for that.

I’m sure this may have been buried somewhere, but Frank DNFd at SF 2015.

https://www.runraceresults.com/Secure/RaceResults.cfm?ID=RCLF2015

I figured their would dnf’s, but most timing companies just scatch dnf’s. There had to be times when something went wrong for Frank, and he had to abort.

Roderick Powell wrote:

I looked at the photos from his last 3 marathons. I have seen photos from others prior. Take a closer look. If any doubters are serious runners, they can see that Frank is a serious and ultra fast runner for his age. The best, in fact. Should be a great competition between Frank and Gene Dykes. Gene must have thought he had no challengers. To the accusers, get real...you could easily prove your point, IF it were indeed true. You should do that or drop it. Thanks

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Roderick Powell, how do you feel about Frank Meza now?

Smoove wrote:

Seems he could’ve just bought some Nike Zoom 5ks. They would have been plenty of shoe.

Does he even run that far?

???

The SF marathon DNF was clearly a “cheat in progress”...by his splits and missing the first mat.

At SF 2015, he screwed up the time checks.

He missed the 2.3 mile checkpoint

Then overall 6:45 pace at 5.5 mile check

But then the overall average pace slowed to 7:15 by the 7.5 mile checkpoint meaning about a 9 min pace for those 2 miles

Then over the next 5.8 miles he averages 6:08.

Abort!

Jug 4 Cub wrote:

Roderick Powell wrote:

I looked at the photos from his last 3 marathons. I have seen photos from others prior. Take a closer look. If any doubters are serious runners, they can see that Frank is a serious and ultra fast runner for his age. The best, in fact. Should be a great competition between Frank and Gene Dykes. Gene must have thought he had no challengers. To the accusers, get real...you could easily prove your point, IF it were indeed true. You should do that or drop it. Thanks

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Roderick Powell, how do you feel about Frank Meza now?

i have a funny feeling that Roderick new about Frank all along.

this thread (the original post) and some of his ridiculous early comments in defense of Frank was just a way of inciting the masses so the truth would come out.

i still haven't figured out why you'd need to be so obtuse about it though.