Mr. T. wrote:For the THOUSANDTH time. No one is saying the cheaters should escape punishment. It's a strawman argument.
My issue is whether the punishment fits the crime?
What punishment? Internet shaming? That's not punishment. And when did "shaming" become such a taboo thing. Shame is what keeps people from being complete a-holes. Maybe if Marlon admitted to skipping the out and back section of the course, apologized, and removed his social media references to his BQ, then it wouldn't have blown up like this. Instead he still avers that he ran this time and doubled down with a bogus Nike+ sub 17 "5k". then he got his minions to attack the whistler-blower.
As for Doubler, he's a guy who used his data analytics skills and applied it to something he enjoys. Sure people cheat in every facet of life, but with sports it's often more cut and dry as to who cheated. And maybe he gets some satisfaction in at least cleaning up this little corner of the world. Why did people make such a big deal about Tom Brady and a few psi. Why is the cycling world bent out of shape over riders potentially using motors in their bikes. Maybe it's just the fallout of a post-Armstong world. Keep up the good work Derek.
Derek, are RDs giving you data or are you scraping their sites. I'm currently working on building a web scraper for race data just for kicks. Then maybe you can find the cheats before they race Boston.