Marchand making comeback?

When was Rachael Marchand suspended? Thought she was found not guilty.

i thought she had yet to be suspended- though hopefully she will be. too bad for clean athletes it's been drug out so long (pun fully intended)

5k results:

http://ramracing.racebx.com/files/results/ramracing/2011/terrapin/5KOverall.txt

Translation here isn't the best, but appears to be a 2 year suspension which ends 9-August-2012.

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.elnuevodia.com/dosanosparamarchand-1027535.html&ei=W1U8TsT6FY_jrAfnoPTuDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Drachel%2Bmarchand%2Bdoping%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DHpm%26sa%3DX%26tbo%3D1%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1316%26bih%3D599%26tbs%3Dqdr:w%26prmd%3Divnso

Original in Spanish:

http://www.elnuevodia.com/dosanosparamarchand-1027535.html

Which suggests she might have been running while suspended.

then somebody needs to tell usada if she really is suspended!

won't she be up for a lifetime ban if someone reports this?

Looks like she ran in a road race last year while under suspension too - scroll down to "big Thumbs Down for running in a road race after the suspension was announced".

http://www.letsrun.com/2010/week-0913.php

so this makes two races while being suspended? so who needs to be informed so that she gets her proper lifetime ban? this is bull$#it!

I do not know that road races are subject to any of these issues. If someone wants to pay their $20 entry fee and line up to race for a $2 medal then it really does not make much of a difference.

The article seems confusing. Refers to him and states that he is a restaurant owner?

run run run wrote:

The article seems confusing. Refers to him and states that he is a restaurant owner?

Google translate seems to be getting confused with the phrase:

que la fondista Rachel Marchand

If you just type this phrase into google translate, it gives.

-> the innkeeper Rachel Marchand

So perhaps innkeeper = restaurant owner?

However, if you just enter "fondista" it offers the options:

innkeeper

long-distance runner

distance man

Perhaps someone familiar with Spanish could help with the original:

epo cheats out wrote:

so this makes two races while being suspended? so who needs to be informed so that she gets her proper lifetime ban? this is bull$#it!

This site shows at least eight races and one of them she won $250. Is she allowed to make money winning races while suspended?

according to the above post, it obviously DOES matter! somebody needs to stop this mierda! lame. obviously a cheater, as she keeps cheating.

run run run wrote:

I do not know that road races are subject to any of these issues. If someone wants to pay their $20 entry fee and line up to race for a $2 medal then it really does not make much of a difference.

She has run two local races in Valparaiso, IN in the past three weeks. Went 27:33 in a 5 miler this morning. Why are race directors letting her run?

I'm also from Valparaiso and the local races she's running are pretty small time, no prize money. There no vetting of entries by the directors, just sign up and you're in. They don't even check ID at registration. $20 entry fee, you get a t-shirt and a few coupons/swag if you win. you may even get your name in the local paper on monday.

sorry, can't edit, no or very little prize money. What race did she win $250?

Popcorn Panic! Woo! Three Valpo posters in a row.

Totally thought this thread was about Brad Marchand. You got me.

free runner wrote:

I'm also from Valparaiso and the local races she's running are pretty small time, no prize money. There no vetting of entries by the directors, just sign up and you're in. They don't even check ID at registration. $20 entry fee, you get a t-shirt and a few coupons/swag if you win. you may even get your name in the local paper on monday.

The race was won by a runner a in the Chicago Marathon Elite Development and second place is also in the elite development. She is not supposed to compete in any race that is a race. It's funny how the newspapers were following the story and then the band comes out and the newspapers don't print it. She comes from a very wealthy family and rumors are that the parents have threatened the newspapers. She has been winning a ton of races and never stays for the award or talks to the paper. If somebody is punished for something, they are supposed to do the time. Not keep racing and taking away awards that BELONG to other runners. She cheated, she got caught, and now she is cheating more. She has had one big supporter at all the races who gets her awards for her. That person knows that she is banned from racing and keeps telling everyone that the races mean nothing because they are small local races. Today, the race had over a thousand runners and so did a race she run in during the Spring. A race she did in Chicago had over two-thousand runners. Those are not small races. The race she stole $250 from was the Gallery Gallop. For this to not be a big story is mind-boggling. She was an ELITE runner, she got banned for doping, and she is giving a big F-YOU to the world and losers who want money from her family are sticking up for her.

Wejo and Rojo should be looking into this and seeing why a banned athlete is still able to run in races that are affiliated with the RRCA.

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