Not shocking but stunning? When I read the thread title I immediately thought of this guy. He's had many seemingly unbelievable performances across many distances over the years at small events, mostly looped courses.
Not shocking but stunning? When I read the thread title I immediately thought of this guy. He's had many seemingly unbelievable performances across many distances over the years at small events, mostly looped courses.
Been following a facebook discussion about this within my running group's page. A lot of my friends aren't surprised that he was caught - there had been rumors and speculations going around for awhile. Someone commented that Kelly was "quietly" DQed back in 2012 for his Vermont 100 "win".
Sadly I have seen Kelly cheat in multiple races. I had hoped that he would stop. Multiple RDs were informed over the past couple years. He established very close friendships with RDs in many of his races. Most RDs cared to at least improve their race security but only ATY really took it seriously. Kelly sought out races that had easy courses to cheat such as Jackpot.
Hammer Nutrition Marketing Director wrote:
Oopsies wrote:
I'm guessing his coaching business is going to go down the tubes now.
http://www.kellyagnewcoaching.com/It looks like his actual marathon PR is 3:48 at the Boston Marathon...instead of his claimed 3:12 Boston marathon QUALIFIER which got him into the Boston marathon.
He ran a 3:48 at Boston which is probably his real marathon PR.
All of his other marathons are over 4 hours.
It is incredible that a cheater with a 3:48 marathon PR has a sponsorship with Hammer Nutrition.
Hammer Nutrition needs to contact Ms. Amy Hughes right now for an UltraWorldMarathonRecordHolder™ sponsorship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FpqJYZvalcAmy "THE HAMMER" Hughes
Go Amy Go!!!
Is she a real person?
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He ran a 6:44 pace second half of the Ogden Marathon (for his 3:12 BQ) two weeks after running Zion 100. Right.
He says he slept in the front seat of a car during the night in this 135 mile race... Seems suspicious. Part of a 6th overall 2 man team. He reminds me of Rob Young as he actually looks out of shape.
http://www.slippingslowlyintopain.com/2017/01/2017-brazil-135-and-then-some.html?m=1
In case he deletes it...
"This would be the second CDF trek for Chris, so he understood the logistics and he laid out the entire run. Meanwhile, I blissfully ignored all the details until we had actually landed in Brazil. Then curiosity finally forced me to ask.
The run would begin in Sao Carlos and we'd cover the first 130 miles in stages, taking three days to cover the distance, ending up in Sao Joao da Boa Vista, where the Brazil 135 would start. If things went according to plan, we'd have a rest day, collect our race packets, attend medical check in, then start the race the following day. We'd then run the entire BR 135, then knock out the final 80 miles right after finishing the race.
Seems simple enough!"
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When we reached the crew car, I waited for Chris and told him I needed to sleep for 10 or 15 minutes because I was falling asleep. He said he was suffering from the same thing and he loved the idea of a quick nap. We crawled into the front seats and instantly fell asleep.
45 minutes later, I snapped out of my sleep, worried about the time we lost, and got ready to head out.
Nobody had passed us while we were sleeping.
I started to wonder if we were in last place"
More questionable details
As the sun began to set on our second night of the 135, we were confronted with some of the longest climbs on the course. Chris continued to reassure me that we had the worst of the climbs behind us, then we'd hit the base of another monster climb.
I began to question the accuracy of his recollection of exact course details.
As night fell, and we donned our headlamps, we were surrounded by a dense fog that made the headlamps almost useless. We couldn't see the shoulder of the Caminho and we were weaving all over the course trying to stay on track. Hunting for yellow arrows became almost impossible unless it was within 4 or 5 feet of us. The fog would haunt us the entire way."
Kelly did selectively delete certain race reports from his blog and they seem to match the ones that he was suspected of cheating. But no worry, the Wayback Machine in the Internet has his blog archived. You can reach it here: https://web.archive.org/web/20170611055630/http://www.slippingslowlyintopain.com/ It looks like it is only missing his last couple posts, including a win at Lemming Loop, a race in Canada that was easy to cheat that he went up there and won each year.
Nothing you posted from his Brazil 135 is sketchy. That's ultrarunning. Pretty standard stuff for events that take more than a day. I don't doubt Kelly completed the event (based on what he wrote). However, all of his RRs and posts in the old RWOL trail running forum showed a flippant 'whatever' attitude that was annoying. I can see how that attitude might lead to cheating.
ATY Runner wrote:
Sadly I have seen Kelly cheat in multiple races. I had hoped that he would stop. Multiple RDs were informed over the past couple years. He established very close friendships with RDs in many of his races. Most RDs cared to at least improve their race security but only ATY really took it seriously. Kelly sought out races that had easy courses to cheat such as Jackpot.
What exactly did you see?
And why didn't you reach out to the RD, Marathon Investigation, LetsRun...?
AOBTD wrote:
He ran a 6:44 pace second half of the Ogden Marathon (for his 3:12 BQ) two weeks after running Zion 100. Right.
Maybe he only ran 10 miles of the Zion 100 and was well-rested.
AOBTD wrote:
He ran a 6:44 pace second half of the Ogden Marathon (for his 3:12 BQ) two weeks after running Zion 100. Right.
The Zion 100 is only a 50 miler for him.
The skinnyfat tatsleeves say it all. Maximum Douche.
Hi, I did reach out to multiple RDs, and presented evidence. It was still my word against his until he was eventually caught by an RD. I was a fellow competitor. One other venue did respond well, didn't DQ him, but improved their race security, ready for him. He didn't show up to that race last year. The tactic used and witnessed in multiple races was consistent with what he did at ATY. Clock a lap, go rest in tent or car, wait, come out and clock a bogus lap and then run a real one.
doubler wrote:
Not to mention that letsrun likes to delete posts that blatantly call out names.
A lot of that is the cheat themselves whining to the Brojo's and asking for their names to be removed, which they then do, as they defend cheats.
Like when the Brojo's refused to allow ANY thread on here naming Robert Plagman as cheating, despite having spoken to an RD who confirmed it was true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVwG9TcMjJYderp wrote:
He may have not actual won this race, but spending 7 minutes in a Porta-Potty at a race is a pretty impressive feat in and of itself. Those things are nasty.
Ssleazy Ruizie wrote:
AOBTD wrote:
He ran a 6:44 pace second half of the Ogden Marathon (for his 3:12 BQ) two weeks after running Zion 100. Right.
The Zion 100 is only a 50 miler for him.
Ba dum tish.