You can do all the math you want. You can look at splits and speed differentials and all types of things. The bottomline is this: it is all relative to the course, the distance and your racing peers. So here are some facts. I have not yet completed some of the middle splits yet but I will. Out of the 87 finishers, let's look at ranking v. PM's peers and see if anyone really doubts that she cheated:
Split 1/Mile 23: PM ranked 87/87 slowest of all finishers
Split 2/Mile 45: PM ranked 87/87 slowest of all finishers
Split 3/Mile 59: PM ranked 87/87 slowest of all finishers
Split 4/Mile 67: PM ranked 87/87 slowest of all finishers
Final 2 Splits Combined/Mile 122-135 (finish) PM suddenly ranked 33/87 up the final 13 miles of the course.....the course hallmark toughest climb. WTF???!?!? Really?!?!?
So, her final split 122-135 she beat out the following over all finishers times: 12th place fiisher/time of 30:29, 14th place finisher/time of 30:38, 21st place finisher/time 33:07, 24th place finisher/time 34:20, 25th place finisher/time34:21. These are some of the best of the best in the world people. She goes from slower in the race for half of it to somehow going 33/87 in the final 13 miles? If her finisher peer group, she was faster than the 13 finishers in front of her and all of the runners behind her. In otherwords, of the final 13 finishers, she had the fastest final split from 122-135. Really?!?!? And there are numerous people that also "never saw her on the course or pass them". This all adds up to one word: CHEATER!!!!!
Do you really believe she did not cheat? Of course she CHEATED!!!! She is not even fit people!!! Why is this so hard to believe that she cheated?!?!? She is a 6-7 hour marathoner.....she is not about to throw down splits like that after being the races ass for so long.