Tool That Lead the Boston Marathon

Splits

0:15:39

0:32:58

0:51:43

1:15:03

1:19:36

1:37:00

1:58:00

2:18:39

2:39:54

official time

2:49:42

Although I personally don't care, he is a friend of a friend.

I think Larry Rawson called it correctly when he said "interloper".

Letsrun needs to be consistent. That one year Glenn Randall was called brave for leading and had nothing but positive things said about him. When I ripped him for being an idiot I was the villian.

I like your thread, dude is a major loser and tool as are all people who take the lead in races way over their head only to die painful deaths. This is the kind of crap middle schoolers and JV high school runners pull.

An idiot looking for undeserved publicity.

Bleeeeech wrote:

An idiot looking for undeserved publicity.

I know Seth. He's a good guy, definitely knows how to ham it up though and is a true salesman. Not all that surprised really. Not great etiquette, but according to him he injured his ankle or something earlier in the week and was using this "as a speed workout" and then just soaking it in. i think he did have to catch the elites from the next corral back though so that's kind of cool. he's no joke of a runner though, obviously wasn't going to hang with the top guys but i believe he's run in the low 2:20s or so. here's his personal blog:

asdfcs wrote:

Dennis Reynolds 2.0 wrote:

I like your thread, dude is a major loser and tool as are all people who take the lead in races way over their head only to die painful deaths. This is the kind of crap middle schoolers and JV high school runners pull.

Yea, and if he was Black you'd be defending him talking about he is a product of years of oppression and expressing his inner emotions.

STFU.

Wrong. I thought the sprinter guys (typically black) who ran college XC and would bust out crazy fast into the lead only to run 35s were tools too.

The more this crap happens the sooner BAA will have to do something about it. Sure, it's a dude every couple years now, soon every year some crackpot is up there, what happens if three or four fools get up there and accidentally trip someone? Not cool guys, not cool.

between the eyes wrote:

The more this crap happens the sooner BAA will have to do something about it. Sure, it's a dude every couple years now, soon every year some crackpot is up there, what happens if three or four fools get up there and accidentally trip someone? Not cool guys, not cool.

This. OR what happens if a ninja is leading? Imagine the mayhem he or she could cause. A Ninja!

I saw this guy at the beginning of the race and do not think he impeded the race in any way. But if several guys get the same idea I suppose it is possible for a group of interlopers to briefly impact the flow of the race, especially as Meb may have indicated they impact the tangents of the race for any length of time.

Perhaps the race organizers can tweak the start making it more difficult for the guys who just good enough to catch the lead group and possibly temporarily wreak havoc.

Sadman wrote:

Splits

0:15:39

0:32:58

0:51:43

1:15:03

1:19:36

1:37:00

1:58:00

2:18:39

2:39:54

official time

2:49:42

So, he ran faster than most Letsrunners' PRs at every distance from 5k to the marathon? Not bad.

If anyone has the time, check this guy on Athlinks and his splits in other races, comes across as a classic cheater who would do anything to get publicity and big note himself.

nbskis wrote:

Bleeeeech wrote:

An idiot looking for undeserved publicity.

I know Seth. He's a good guy, definitely knows how to ham it up though and is a true salesman. Not all that surprised really. Not great etiquette, but according to him he injured his ankle or something earlier in the week and was using this "as a speed workout" and then just soaking it in. i think he did have to catch the elites from the next corral back though so that's kind of cool. he's no joke of a runner though, obviously wasn't going to hang with the top guys but i believe he's run in the low 2:20s or so. here's his personal blog:

http://sethwold.blogspot.com/

[quote]Is He For Real? wrote:

If anyone has the time, check this guy on Athlinks and his splits in other races, comes across as a classic cheater who would do anything to get publicity and big note himself.

[quote]

https://www.athlinks.com/athletes/115846525/profile

hasn't done too much recently but check out 2009. i'm not justifying what he did yesterday, i personally think it was pretty dumb, but as i said he's no joke.

I'm actually impressed that he managed to work his way to the front and stay there that long.

Not easy.

Thanks for promoting him more.

I didn't know about this.

Yeah, he likes to talk about himself...and his running. But mostly he likes to talk about himself and how awesome he is at running.

Lame-ass stunt by a stroke.

This guy is a huge tool. Because of morons like him, we'll eventually have to move to separate starts for elites.

Dennis Reynolds 2.0 wrote:

Letsrun needs to be consistent. That one year Glenn Randall was called brave for leading and had nothing but positive things said about him. When I ripped him for being an idiot I was the villian.

I like your thread, dude is a major loser and tool as are all people who take the lead in races way over their head only to die painful deaths. This is the kind of crap middle schoolers and JV high school runners pull.

You have a very very twisted view of those threads. There were a lot of negative comments, and no one said that Randall's tactics were smart on that hot day. Some were saying that he was a nobody with no credentials, but any defense was saying not quite so. Not a world beater by any means but prior to that, Randall had posted some decent results including a win on the Pikes Peak ascent and a top 3 in the USA 50K xc ski championships, as well as a 2:20 marathon.

Once again, insane what he did in 2012 at Boston but when people were saying that he was a crappy runner on top of it all some who kind of know about sports spoke up.

Here's the bigger tool.

https://twitter.com/iDesporto/status/458245355998412800/photo/1

At least Wold ran 2:49. This guy faded to 3:32. Dude's not even good on a local 5K level. Embarrassing.

"knows how to ham it up" huh? but obviously not smart enough to realize other don't think it is funny...so an idiot like Bleeeeeeech said.

nbskis wrote:

Bleeeeech wrote:

An idiot looking for undeserved publicity.

I know Seth. He's a good guy, definitely knows how to ham it up though and is a true salesman. Not all that surprised really. Not great etiquette, but according to him he injured his ankle or something earlier in the week and was using this "as a speed workout" and then just soaking it in. i think he did have to catch the elites from the next corral back though so that's kind of cool. he's no joke of a runner though, obviously wasn't going to hang with the top guys but i believe he's run in the low 2:20s or so. here's his personal blog:

http://sethwold.blogspot.com/