I really don't think writing the sponsors will have an effect. I am strongly opposed to that. This is a marathon that supports a local charity. Do we really want to try to hurt these charities because of one cheater.
There are unfortunately dozens of incompetent RD's. I've run into a few that won't issue even DQ's to even more obvious cheaters than Mike.
I suggest everyone take a step back.
I am of the opinion that Barb's hands are probably tied - she may not be solely to blame for this debacle. She is not as innocent as the principal mentioned in Mike's viral letter--but I doubt she had the authority to issue a DQ unilaterally once this hit the media. The board, or committee, or whatever probably figured the damage was done and didn't want to deal with Mike any more. Despite the waves many have made on their FB page..they can easily ignore that. They probably felt that disqualifying Mike was the path of least resistance (they were wrong).
At this point, there will be no more direct evidence. We can package the photos however we want--the photos won't result in a DQ.
Going forward, they are adding mats. That's probably the best we could hope for after they made the decision not to disqualify Mike.
Participation is not going to decline because of this--and what would we gain if it did? Less money to the charity.
I hope there is some sort of mainstream article showing the Father of the Year's lame attempts at intimidation as well as proclaiming that he did cheat as fact. Ken would likely get caught in the cross-hairs of any such article--but he doesn't seem to care. That would be as good as an actual DQ in my mind. He ran Boston no matter what happens with his Lehigh Valley result.
That's where I stand. I probably won't post again unless there's a real development. So now the trolls can swing the pendulum back from saying I am obsessed to saying that I have been quiet and Mike silenced me. I just don't see the need to get in the middle of the personal battle between members of the Greater Philadelphia area wedding industry that this has become.