So I found a pair of bib-swappers, the aftermath has been interesting.

Iagree it could have been edited for length. But not every one reading the blog might know about Rob Young, Mike Rossi, the art of pacing, bib swapping (BQ) psychology analysis, ...

Got to agree this was very long and a little bit sad. And not that interesting.

They're not trying to get a Boston time (note, Boston doesn't have the same prestige outside of the US). One of them got angry that you flagged the bib-swapping. End of.

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Iagree it could have been edited for length. But not every one reading the blog might know about Rob Young, Mike Rossi, the art of pacing, bib swapping (BQ) psychology analysis, ...

Um, psychology analysis?

Over 3000 words, but boils down to this: two runners swapped bibs for no apparent reason. That's it, that's the entire story.

1. Who cares?

2. You congratulate yourself on your pacing and that you passed so many runners between 30k and 40k, but actually most of your passing is before 30k.

3. You see a picture of a guy with you at 23k and desperately look up "how bad it got for him?" Gee, you sound like a pleasant person.

4. Elizabeth is hot.

Yawn

4. Elizabeth is hot.

I literally thought you were talking about the weather in Elizabeth, South Australia.

I literally thought you were talking about the weather in Elizabeth, South Australia.

Did you think ("literally") the same way when she used "aftermath" in the title? That it was only "after" the "math" that things became interesting?

There are more reasons for self-promotion beyond financial gain. We feel your statement below to be false.

runnerrachel wrote:

I make no money from the blog so this is not self-promotion; it's a quest to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen more.

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Moon Up Over: Did you think the same way when she used "aftermath" in the title?

Umm no, because Australia has maths, not math. Duh.

Excellent article, Rachel!

I noticed both their Facebook profiles are offline. Not the kind of reaction one would expect if this was just a joke. Threatening to sue you is also the standard reaction of cheaters.

Could someone check if these guys have Strava profiles or blogs?

What is this?

https://ausrunning.net/stats/redflags-2015.php

"Richard Munro - 3:15:39 - photos show a different runner, Shayne Falkenmire. Genuinely lost her own raceno."

Aren't you the bat shit crazy lady that took a married man away from his kids?

Joel right?

I definitely agree that this blog is excessively wordy. Can't believe I actually read most of that and it boils down to essentially nothing.

In regards to the threatening-sounding legal letter: Take out the parts specific to this case, then take the rest and throw it into a Google search. People are lazy and thus probably just searched for a generic letter, made some edits, and sent it to you and hoped that you would be freaked out and immediately removed everything. They're not going to sue you. Nobody wants to spend the time and money on something they won't even benefit from.

The only way to stop cheaters is to expose them: post their pictures, their threats etc.

not exactly mindblowing wrote:

1. Who cares?

2. You congratulate yourself on your pacing and that you passed so many runners between 30k and 40k, but actually most of your passing is before 30k.

3. You see a picture of a guy with you at 23k and desperately look up "how bad it got for him?" Gee, you sound like a pleasant person.

4. Elizabeth is hot.

Also, your form looks pretty bad, especially at only 23km. You have that sitting-down-in-a-chair look of many runners with a weak core.

Is this a Mike Rossi attempt at intimidation, like the way he went after CT with his home wrecker crap? Unbelievable. Cheaters truely are just scum.

Don't do this wrote:

Is this a Mike Rossi attempt at intimidation, like the way he went after CT with his home wrecker crap? Unbelievable. Cheaters truely are just scum.

Fool, not on the first page of the thread. If it gets to 1,000 posts them the intimidation would be Rossi-extra-light.

Rachel, thank you so much for caring about the integrity of our sport!

Have they done this before?

https://www.marathon-photos.com/scripts/photo.py?template=MPX2&event=Sports/2015/Blackmores%20Sydney%20Running%20Festival&photo=BSBU0279&bib=10740

http://www.multisportaustralia.com.au/Home/IndividualResult?clientId=1&raceId=1364&eventId=1&athleteId=120035&culture=en-US

Don't do this wrote:

Is this a Mike Rossi attempt at intimidation, like the way he went after CT with his home wrecker crap? Unbelievable. Cheaters truely are just scum.

What is CT?