Boller looks like she has American teeth though
Boller looks like she has American teeth though
Holdd Up wrote:
SawHerAtSurfCity wrote:The encounter took place about a mile or so from the finish
Hold up... The encounter took place a "mile or so" from the finish but you were in a narrow chute and she had to tell him to get out of your way? How long was this chute? Something's not right with your story. If you're a mile from the finish, you don't yell at people for being in your way. You run around them.
Never mind, I just re-read your post and saw that he jumped in your path. Sorry, my bad. Your comments were justified, albeit a bit aggresive. I'd have probably said the same in the heat of competition, though, especially given the circumstances. Still a long chute, though, right? Mile+ chute?
Anyway, my bad...
A mile was a bit of a stretch. If you look at the map, you can see where the full and the half merge:http://www.runsurfcity.com/marathon-2/#sc-twoFrom there it's about a half mile or so from the finish. (It felt like a mile). The two races were sequestered. However, this area is a bit narrow for the marathoners and they were jogging side by side in the middle, making it difficult to pass.
Holdd Up wrote:
Holdd Up wrote:Hold up... The encounter took place a "mile or so" from the finish but you were in a narrow chute and she had to tell him to get out of your way? How long was this chute? Something's not right with your story. If you're a mile from the finish, you don't yell at people for being in your way. You run around them.
Never mind, I just re-read your post and saw that he jumped in your path. Sorry, my bad. Your comments were justified, albeit a bit aggresive. I'd have probably said the same in the heat of competition, though, especially given the circumstances. Still a long chute, though, right? Mile+ chute?
Anyway, my bad...
She says in this article she's already qualified for next year's boston but I think she needs a 3:55 or better starting window of. 9/13/2014 I didnt find a qualifying time in this range.
Amateur Marathoner + Social Media = Excessive Self Importance
Hmmmmmmm wrote:
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/4382404-181/santa-rosa-marathon-womens-winner?page=3She says in this article she's already qualified for next year's boston but I think she needs a 3:55 or better starting window of. 9/13/2014 I didnt find a qualifying time in this range.
i think she means charity slot qualified
her age is all over the place as well on athlinks
Imagine that wrote:
Amateur Marathoner + Social Media = Excessive Self Importance
you mean Boller or the other???
Imagine that wrote:
Amateur Marathoner + Social Media = Excessive Self Importance
Silverdigger wrote:
you mean Boller or the other???
To quote Jenny Simpson: If the shoe fits, wear it!
My Jennings theory: she miscalculated her cheating and ended up finishing 1 hour earlier than intended.
Probably got confused because of the 7:00 start time for the 1/2. Her splits show she started with the full at 6:00.
There are no photos and no splits for her outside of what appears to be the beginning of the race (a small bridge which I'm guessing goes over the Santa Rosa creek). Most likely ran a few miles, hung out in the finish area.
A 3:44 is a perfect BQ for her age group, instead she ended up with a 2:44 due to stupidity.
That sounds likely. It makes one wonder about her previous BQs.
And also why people are so incredibly obsessed with BQing that they cheat, but that's another topic altogether.
seemslikely wrote:
That sounds likely. It makes one wonder about her previous BQs.
And also why people are so incredibly obsessed with BQing that they cheat, but that's another topic altogether.
+1
On another topic: who deleted my post congratulating Ms Boller, and why?
I only sent congratulations, and said "Cheaters never prosper". No worries, brojos, that wasn't a shot at Paula. This sucks.
So we have another serial cheater who doesn't have mental health problems, just narcissistic, cold and calculating?
Caroline Boller's comment wrote:
PS. It's also unfortunate that the men's marathon winner gets front page billing over several paragraphs, and a photo, while the women's winner gets a brief mention on page two.
That's because the men's winning time was 20 minutes faster.
4:56 half marathon?! You are probably right about they changing theirs mind.
Were they running in all the photos? If so, how could you explain that result? Maybe ther is a good explantion.
Really, who cares about the women's results? Well, half the population does I guess. After all, only seven men beat the women's winer at this race. Boston pays $150k to both male and female winners so they're out of touch with your priorities too. Revenues from women's ATP is three times that of men's, but who really cares who the true fans are, its all about - what, the men. While we're at it, why don't we eliminate the women's Olympic events - they're 20 min or two seconds or two feet short of the men too.
observer 2 wrote:
Hmmmmmmm wrote:http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/4382404-181/santa-rosa-marathon-womens-winner?page=3She says in this article she's already qualified for next year's boston but I think she needs a 3:55 or better starting window of. 9/13/2014 I didnt find a qualifying time in this range.
i think she means charity slot qualified
her age is all over the place as well on athlinks
It looks like she legitimately ran Boston in 3:52 (BQ) in 2014 and 4:03 (non-BQ) this year. As another poster said, it is possible that she was looking for a qualifier before the 2016 cutoff and probably misjudged by an hour or so.
Also, I looked at athlinks (CA results only) and her age looks consistent. The other people may just have the same name.
This adds more details.
The folks who switch races mid race or even before the race can really screw up results. (Just a general note inspired by the article).
All in all, if it's "thunder" she's after I'd say that Wendy Jennings did Caroline Boller a huge favor. Regardless of her intentions, if there's no Wendy Jennings crossing first, no one writes any follow-up articles or posts anything here. About the most publicity Boller would have had without Jennings is the local newspaper article and a snippet on Marathonguide's home page.
Caroline:
It sucks to have someone steal your thunder.
And, in stark contrast to the cheats, a story that was published in this forum two years ago about a lead runner stopping just feet from the finish line, to let two others pass, as he believed he didn't deserve the top of the podium:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5428961&page=0
If you find yourself in the NYC area in early October, and want to run the trail half marathon referenced above, you can come as my guest.
--Eric Turkewitz
Race Director
Paine to Pain
from struggling to do a 26:00 5k to 2:45 marathon in less than 2.5 years
remarkable
from the article:
Boller said two turning points helped her shave 68 minutes off her marathon time in two years. First was the realization that she was anemic when running her first marathon. Once she got that under control, her performances improved rapidly. She also credits ultrarunner and coach Sage Canaday, who had coached her until about a month ago, for her tremendous improvement.
from her blog:
When I started training, I could barely string together three miles at the 8:24 average pace I would need to qualify (I was 38 and needed a 3:40 finish). Undeterred, I worked away at it, week after week. The first time I hit the 20 mile mark, I cried. Literally and figuratively, I had come such a long way.
Soon, the training started coming together and I was clocking 24 mile training runs at well under BQ pace. I stepped up to the start line of the August 2013 Santa Rosa Marathon brimming with confidence and eager to run, joining the 3:30 pace group.
If the experience hadn’t been so incredibly painful, it would have been humiliating. The Wall snuck up on me and pounced like a cat. It threw me in the air and dumped me on the pavement, pummeling me with its leaden bricks. In was unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life, before or after. Ultras included. By mile 16 I was dizzy, nauseous, suffering from both tunnel vision and double vision (quite the combo!) and had stabbing heart pains so severe that I could not adequately catch my breath. To add insult to injury, my quads seized up. It’s no exaggeration to say I could barely stay upright. I came through the half in 1:44, and hobbled through the finish in 3:53.
A few weeks later, baffled and humbled, I discovered that I was suffering from iron deficiency anemia. That’ll happen when you abruptly adopt a pescatarian diet, begin losing weight and piling on the miles all at the same time. Taking iron pills took me from a constant state of complete and utter exhaustion, thinking that I never wanted to run another step again, to feeling that life itself was breathing energy into my oxygen-starved body. Anemia is a cruel master; it had stripped me bare and robbed me of my dreams. I wanted revenge.
Six months later and without any specific training, I ran a surprise 3:06 at the 2014 Napa Valley Marathon. The accomplishment was a turning point for me. I had more than BQ’d (though too late for the 2014 race) — I’d started a personal revolution. The race was the kind we all fantasize about. Dead-even splits. Near-effortless. Running each mile faster than I ever could have imagined was possible. It lit a fire and left me ravenous for more. I hired a coach and salivated at the prospect of going sub-3.
Flash forward another six months to the Ventura Marathon (September ’14), where I ran 2:51:49. It wasn’t my best race and I think I can do a lot better than that, but it’s hard to complain about the progress it reflected. Since I turned 40 in December, my Ventura result was enough to qualify me for the elite field at Boston for the upcoming 2015 race, where I’ll be competing in the Masters Women division and hope to end up with a top five result.
Santa Rosa Marathon, 1st, 2:45:27, August 23, 2015
Boston Marathon, 2:54:08, April 20, 2015