Female Coach gives a man her bib at RNR Philly and he wins AG in her name

Call the police - fraud is a crime.

You mean this isn't Samantha ? :)

http://www.marathonfoto.com/Proofs?PIN=9T5C24&LastName=SWEET

thanks guy. I am still working my way around knowing how to post here

I hate it when people do this. Contact RNR and every race its happened at to let them know.

Hey, that's Randy Macho Man Savage. He's back, thank God.

have sent a corrections email and was told they will review it. Then sent a link with all the photos as this woman apparently does this on a regular basis. Like 4 times that I can find in the last year.

not awesome. not awesome at all.

runningdenver wrote:

You mean this isn't Samantha ? :)

http://www.marathonfoto.com/Proofs?PIN=9T5C24&LastName=SWEET

Wow, that takes mugging for the camera to a whole new level! Sick. I would like to hope that RnR will DQ, but given they support "fun and fitness" and bus people to the finish where they give them a time and a medal, I have my doubts.

Easiest solution: vote with your pocket book and do not run RnRs.

I hate their sheninigans but seeing as they have a history of not taking care of folks who take their running seriously, I choose to run races with RDs that do.

is that gold record in the photos an age group award?

#2 rule about using someone elses bib is do not cross the finish.

#1 rule is don't do this unless the event allows official transfers!

Bibs should never be transferable and doing this should result in DQ of both entrants and prevent them from entering the event ever again.

How in any way can you justify this?

BTW, this seems to happen a lot. Most RDs don't care either.

what does the gold medal mean? I saw that too

My wife and I use to run a 5k chip race in Michigan. The awards were/are outstanding. I use to joke with her how easy it would be to switch chips and she could win her age group every year. We never did this but it could be easily done. Never heard of switching bibs though.

People work hard for their results. Anyone caught doing any of the above should have their legs broken.

And yes, you did a good thing for noticing and bring it to attention.

Also, I've learned to tune out the snarky douche bag comments that come from mentally disabled posters.

Really? You're going to turn someone in who ran a 1:30xx? For real?

Just let it go.

Cheaters gonna cheat wrote:

Really? You're going to turn someone in who ran a 1:30xx? For real?

Just let it go.

Hell yes turn her in, fool. A lot of AG runners work hard to legitimately run races. This chick should be seriously outed. Especially as she's a coach.

She can use her results to sway potential customers.

Her time is a half hour faster than predicted, craziness know no limits.

I ran a local race where a man won one of the woman age groups. Not only did he win, he also went up to the podium after the race and was presented with and accepted the woman's age group award. The race organizers also took his picture and posted his picture (only with all the other age group winners) and their race website.

1:30 for F45-50 is a decent time, it will win an award in lots of races. Spread the word. Get this guy/gal DQed.

The mission statement here is pretty funny:

http://www.metatestvo2.com/Sweet_Racing.shtml

"Sweet Racing is a race team based in Las Vegas, NV but because of the core values and the unique logo, the team has spread internationally. "

Core values ?.... :)

Although word is certainly spreading internationally now...

runningdenver wrote:

The mission statement here is pretty funny:

http://www.metatestvo2.com/Sweet_Racing.shtml

"Sweet Racing is a race team based in Las Vegas, NV but because of the core values and the unique logo, the team has spread internationally. "

Core values ?.... :)

Although word is certainly spreading internationally now...

To re-coin Martin Sheen's classic line from Apocolypse Now... "I see no... core values... at all."

The nerves some people have! I am speechless.

runningdenver wrote:

The mission statement here is pretty funny:

http://www.metatestvo2.com/Sweet_Racing.shtml

"Sweet Racing is a race team based in Las Vegas, NV but because of the core values and the unique logo, the team has spread internationally. "

Core values ?.... :)

Although word is certainly spreading internationally now...

Thanks for the heads up. The RnR has a year long age group grand prix. I have won the last two years for the 45-49 AG and am currently leading this year in the points. This is very good information for me. Thanks so much. I will make sure Samantha is not included in the series. If you win, it is way much more than a trophy. Nice prizes. Thanks.