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

So I found a lame LRC thread wrote:

Runner blues wrote:

Not to mention the sky-lightblue background colour is drabbing.

So now we have someone using "drab" as a verb? When is this thread going to end, already?

This post is not about Runner blues' use of drab as a verb, it's about a pair of drabby bib-swappers! Ah, no, I mean, it's about the very clear black or blue or purple text on a yellow background of this forum.

The previous bloggage from the OP is just as bad as the recent one. Or maybe worse.

The OP only caught them due to FB pages IIRC. Maybe they swopped Facebook IDs too?

They did both??? wrote:

Why did they swap names and bibs? Wait. If they swaped names first, then weren't they wearing the right bibs after all?

Are we sure that the OP hasn't swapped blogs with one of her friends?

Here a swap, there a swop wrote:

Are we sure that the OP hasn't swapped blogs with one of her friends?

Anyone who swapped blogs with the OP would definitely be getting the worse of the bargain.

They did both??? wrote:

Swap-Swop wrote:

So you're saying that the OP found not only a pair of bib-swappers, but also a pair of name-swappers? I guess this also happens, that they get accidentally mixed up.

Why did they swap names and bibs? Wait. If they swaped names first, then weren't they wearing the right bibs after all?

Maybe they got their shirts swapped and the bibs were already swapped on the shirts and they just didn't want to go to the trouble of swapping the bibs after accidentally swapping the shirts that already had the swapped bibs with the swapped names.

Flounder wrote:

Maybe they got their shirts swapped and the bibs were already swapped on the shirts and they just didn't want to go to the trouble of swapping the bibs after accidentally swapping the shirts that already had the swapped bibs with the swapped names.

How does the OP know for sure it was only a pair of swappers? Maybe she just found two of a trio (or more). I think she should have investigated more before posting.

More than two? wrote:

Flounder wrote:

Maybe they got their shirts swapped and the bibs were already swapped on the shirts and they just didn't want to go to the trouble of swapping the bibs after accidentally swapping the shirts that already had the swapped bibs with the swapped names.

How does the OP know for sure it was only a pair of swappers? Maybe she just found two of a trio (or more). I think she should have investigated more before posting.

You might be onto something there. Maybe it was a veritable drabbing flock of bib-swappers going by the number of marathon cheats in Australia.

Beginner's error of an amateur investigator. Always dig deeper and don't accept the first "convenient" answer. Else you just catch the fall guy(s), leaving the kingpin(s) free for more.

Bunny Fastard wrote:

More than two? wrote:

How does the OP know for sure it was only a pair of swappers? Maybe she just found two of a trio (or more). I think she should have investigated more before posting.

You might be onto something there. Maybe it was a veritable drabbing flock of bib-swappers going by the number of marathon cheats in Australia.

On the OP's blog (Australia), there's definitely a veritable flock of tedisome posts (all of them drabbing too).

integrity wrote:

How did they get disqualified? Did they inform the RD themselves, after your blog was posted?

Hi John Doyle and Richard Munro!

http://imgur.com/a/lV1Js

I wonder why their Facebook profiles are gone...

https://www.facebook.com/John.Doyle101?fref=tshttps://www.facebook.com/richard.munro.56?fref=ts

I noticed there was a slight change to the blog, the links to their FB profiles are gone? Did they again threaten to sue you, Rachel?

integrity wrote:

integrity wrote:

How did they get disqualified? Did they inform the RD themselves, after your blog was posted?

Hi John Doyle and Richard Munro!

http://imgur.com/a/lV1Js

I wonder why their Facebook profiles are gone...

https://www.facebook.com/John.Doyle101?fref=tshttps://www.facebook.com/richard.munro.56?fref=ts

I noticed there was a slight change to the blog, the links to their FB profiles are gone? Did they again threaten to sue you, Rachel?

So now we have someone quoting themselves to keep the thread alive. When will it end?

Bunny Fastard wrote:

You might be onto something there. Maybe it was a veritable drabbing flock of bib-swappers going by the number of marathon cheats in Australia.

Excuse me of being ignorant of foreign countries, but is it generally drab with cheaters in Australia?

Dunno, but we hate cheaters:

"Rio Olympics 2016: Cheating middle-distance athletes running scared, says Australia's head coach Craig Hilliard"

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-olympics-2016-cheating-middledistance-athletes-running-scared-says-australias-head-coach-craig-hilliard-20160730-gqhglx.html

Again and again wrote:

integrity wrote:

I noticed there was a slight change to the blog, the links to their FB profiles are gone? Did they again threaten to sue you, Rachel?

So now we have someone quoting themselves to keep the thread alive. When will it end?

That imgur picture is suddenly gone... I really wonder what is happening behind the scenes.

Backups:

and

I really wonder what is happening behind the scenes.

I just hope the OP doesn't make another interminable blogpost to tell us.

integrity wrote:

That imgur picture is suddenly gone... I really wonder what is happening behind the scenes.

Backups:

http://archive.is/tq0Nq

and

http://archive.is/6VFp9

Simple. The mega-scale Aussie marathon-cheating cartel is bleeding out two loons who got "caught" by the OP (or so she thinks), while protecting their principals and racket. Maybe Doyle and Munro were skimming off the top, and this was their "reward"...?

I really liked the blog, read through from the start after finding it from this post. Not sure what's wrong with the writing style either, seems fine to me. Maybe I just don't get trolling?

Come on, man. We need our cheaters.

marathoninvestigation.com has been dormant since June. The Rob Young thread has descended into creepiness. The Rossi thread went past creepiness into insanity a year ago.

What we got is two guys who swapped bibs for no apparent reason and a good marathoner in Phoenix who might exaggerate.

We need us some cheaters to obsess about!

Step it up Letsrun!