Can you catch me? I will cheat to BQ in 2018

I support your endeavor. I hope you can pull it off. I also hope you can update this thread with the results.

So glad I got in on the fist page of this.

Hi mom!

This has great potential.

This looks like a fun thread.

If you are a troll, consider doing this for real.

1. it would be hilarious

2. it would attract traffic to letsrun. this thread may become the new down goes the dow if you do this

3. it would be the ultimate troll

Also, obviously I can't register this username, so trust no other post using this name unless they provide the encryption key for the text in the original post. This post can be trusted because it should be by the same IP address as the original, however that will not be the case the next time I post.

I will be back.

While I appreciate the proposal, it seems pointless, like looking for a needle in a haystack. How would we know where to look for you? Are you saying you'll cheat, and then tell us which race you cheated in, and challenge us to prove you cheated? Because that could be interesting.

Professor Plum with a Candlestick wrote:

Also, obviously I can't register this username, so trust no other post using this name unless they provide the encryption key for the text in the original post. This post can be trusted because it should be by the same IP address as the original, however that will not be the case the next time I post.

I will be back.

so you are saying the next time you post you will give us your name? That would ruin the fun. Also how about providing at least some clues, otherwise the only "catching" that will be done is posting every name that marathon investigator posts on his blog and asking if it's you - if you have a significant identifying feature that we could find, or something, idk. That way we could actually do some hunting instead of just random speculation.

basically what the last post said

I cannot give too many clues because I really do think there are only so many ways you can cheat and get away with it. It will happen between now and the end of the qualifying period for 2019 Boston (Mid Sep 2018 I guess?).

The one sticking point I need to work out is whether or not to register with my real name. Don't want to use my real name just in case I actually fail at this and get busted. Also, my picture would presumably exist out on the race course. This is really a "beat the system" thing, not actually try to get to Boston.

I can also say that I wouldn't cheat to the point where I'd affect any sort of podium or money payout. I would need a time that is SLOWER than 3:05. Of course the proposed race would be "Boston Certified."

I'm not sure how else I can make this interesting. Knowing the race would probably make it really simple to figure out. Probably the region too. USA is best I can do.

By the way, the key to the OP is:

RamaLamaDingDong69!!!

Go to encipher.it, paste the encrypted text from OP in the box, click decrypt, and enter that password. My new validation encryption is:

EnCt245b88ccd1862e62f4f7c67893c8d95bd1c6c49b145b88ccd1862e62f4f7c6789XJKQxIoLvAI

yExl2+lnAnjTmkXcS6Rcyy68QoGr2GhigFkZZfgig5PvUOByMH78dqOmVf/6sfC6aKp0V7q1+S65F1Wx

439yVVr1pwG7dtamjt98ow2qIbIFeP0yJS6fctDfg7RA3a2SwPOdPbL/mSeWFGlC/0HESpJmtb/nOYYW

qfi62iVEKmPi989yfzuZUFk1p0rsZTDNbCD+2rU77YSdjZkXxErn2c0+8PUmgdPorSvukI51Fo8f8ii9

d+BYzJO8C2jnpto6U6TDxVbfCkNB4OvWHvtITfg9mlIlQTzZVSn9hbDgrngAzg3OdFY7y5QJcSEJUQoP

Am6Alq5FqqGavBIm4oVfWyFtFgUgVopNMp9PgL7/gqsJIIwEmS

Do not trust any other post purporting to be me without having the key for the above!

Lord please let this be real.

Step 1 in epic troll attempt: register your user name

Agreed, we shall see

Been there, done that

So, do you already know which course you will make the attempt on? Or, do you still feel like you have homework to do?

Are we talking Course Cutting? Bib Switching? Or Something Else?

Were you sober when you wrote the OP?

It's not that hard to do. Those who get caught just aren't very good at cheating.

This is too vague! We need a smaller sample size. It'd be more fair if you listed 10-15 potential marathons. Hell, if one of those marathons were near me I'd even put BOOTS ON THE GROUND and look for the cheater. Or, if you want, just give us the 10-15 marathons after you've raced it.

I love this so much

go ahead and cheat, I'll still smoke your ass.

Good luck and god bless, PP. I love the encrypted text/eventual key to prove your identity. How will you come out of the closet at the end? Will we get a link to the official results and also gps showing your caper?

What's the difference between catching you out some other cheater?

Clyde the Glyde wrote:

It's not that hard to do. Those who get caught just aren't very good at cheating.

No kidding. I know someone (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) that cut the course at one of the marathons that "Marathon Investigator" guy claimed to have caught a bunch of people at. Well, apparently he didn't catch everyone.