Facts Guy 2 wrote:
Evidence folks, evidence, it's something you people don't understand, no evidence, no guilt.
I know, I know .. why keep feeding this ... we all know that the only people who truly think Mike didn't cheat are non-runners who are simply ignorant of how things work (or possibly a few people who once walked a 6 hour marathon and then after getting into relatively better shape, walked/jogged a 5.5 hour marathon and think "A 30 minute improvement is possible!").
Evidence Mike did not run the entire course:
Not a single photo except at the finish line. The odds of this have been explained previously.
Not a single previous race result indicating anything close to the ability to run 3:11:45.
He looks like Rosie Ruiz at the finish ... i.e. it's evident that he did not just run a huge PR over 26.2 miles on a hot and humid day.
No tweeting, posting, videos of his performance which is at odds with his usual behavior.
The onus then shifts to Mike to provide evidence that he ran the full course.
The only evidence Mike provides that he ran the entire course:
He took a selfie at the start.
There is video of him finishing the marathon.
He says he was either not trying or injured in all of his past races.
It's not simply a preponderance of the evidence that points to he cheated, it's evidence way beyond a reasonable doubt.