All of this talk about Paula and drugs makes me wonder if Alanis's time is legit or not.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4158101
1) There were males in the race that she could have been pacing off of.
2) From everything in this thread is is a bit odd that she didn't even mention performance enhancing drugs, almost like she had something to hide.
3) She busts out this marathon without any known history of running. It is suspicious enough when somebody goes from 2:20-ish to 2:15-ish in a short time, but she went from NOTHING at all to a sub-5 finishing time.
4) I have NEVER hear anything about her pain threshold or work ethic for training mentioned before. If she doesn't have those key factors, why wouldn't she turn to doping?
5) It seems a bit strange that somebody in the limelight like Alanis did not get drug tested. Paula, Lance, Lagat, etc. all get tested. Alanis is an even more widely known name than all of them (maybe with the exception of Lance), but no drug test. I smell a conspiracy.
This opens up a whole new can of worms. If Alanis's performance is not legit, what about Orpah's? What about Diddy's? What about Alice Cooper's and Dana Carvey's high school times? This could be bigger than Balco.