Half marathon course cutter Ashley Paulson, who served 6 month contamination suspension, wins coveted Badwater 135.

Well, she has announced that she applied to Badwater. I will assume they will give her a spot.

I guess her haters and doubters can go ahead and get organized to do whatever they want to do to verify her run.

You meant to write Derek and Camille

She just ran Zion this week and placed well. Not a bad time for her first out shifting from marathon training.

Top female of 38, 10th overall of 169.

23:04:52 for 100 miles.

When was she last tested? Top 3 OA in Badwater right now.
Straight up.... I really want what she is on.

There is no point in testing her if she knows there will be testing. you just go off the stuff for a few weeks and bam, you are clean.

Posting this in the current thread wasn't enough?

ya...i know. bad move. i actually posted here first but then saw the other one it seemed more relevant and i couldn't resist.

I watched Ashley run Badwater 135 yesterday (7/5/23).. During my 47 years of running and coaching I have NEVER seen a more efficient running form. It is extremely easy for me to believe ALL her times/performances!

As for course cutting, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt. I once mistakenly did the EXACT same thing during a half marathon! I was supposed to run around a block and missed the small markers.

I feel it is SO WRONG to label her as a cheater with little to no evidence. She's extremely talented, hard working and focused!

-Jeffrey Kitchen

So does the win silence the critics? Or is there still doubt?

Yes, I have doubts. She is a convicted doper and I don’t believe the “contaminated supplement” defense. She has been involved in one too many shady things and comes across as completely superficial to me.

If she showed more humility in the face of past indiscretions and conducted herself differently, I would be thrilled. As it is now, I fully expect that we will be bitterly disappointed yet again and that she is in the vein of Lance, Regina, and Eddy.

I'm closing this thread to new posts. Please discuss this topic in a new thread given the fact she just won the race outright in 2023. Does that mean that the 2022 cheating allegations definitely have no merit?