Alanis wrote:
Peaches McGuillacuddy wrote:
Do you know what irony is?
It's like rain.
On your wedding day.
That’s not ironic.
Alanis wrote:
Peaches McGuillacuddy wrote:
Do you know what irony is?
It's like rain.
On your wedding day.
That’s not ironic.
Ed Byrne wrote:
Alanis wrote:
It's like rain.
On your wedding day.
That’s not ironic.
Who would've thought. It figures.
while the subject of the OP seems a douche, I think in similar circumstances I might do something similar
I'm always about :10 to :15 minutes over my age band BQ , close enough to think that maybe I could have a good year, and then each year I never get over the hump. Got within 7 minutes of my standard once. I'm just terrible at the 'thon [and all other running distances honestly, like many here I cant sprint and I have limited middle distance ability and I might be best at the mile]
So all that as background. Year after year goes by, and I just never BQ. I never cheat. I've gotten to the half point and walked off in a bad race or a bad training block where I might get injured in a thon [not enough mileage], I will never cut the course unless its an accident. I've crashed in a Tri and kept going, I've run the wrong way in a local 5k but then ran across the park when I realized the mistake rather than returning to the point on the course I made the wrong turn [Park Run in SF, whats up]
If I ever look in the results of a half or something and it has me in at a BQ somehow [I normally run about a 1:38 half I know sad], I will simultaneously have:
a) won
b) broken 2
c) set the WR
but most importantly
d) BQ'd
you know I'm submittin my 1:38:nn to BAA for my AG as I was born in Boston and would love to run there. I just dont have the wheels/dedication or most importantly "thon resistance" to get there. Every time I ramp up mileage/get in a groove I get sidelined by some soft tissue injury. I'm not overweight or anything it's just not in the cards for me. But if I were handed a BQ result I sure as sh*t would submit it but I would be super discreet about it, or how I qualified and would try to focus on other races like miles or 5Ks that suggest I could BQ rather than focus on anything other than that if pressed.
Yes there'd be a photo of me and my jacket on social media. come at me lol
doubler wrote:
Ujdgjhfg wrote:
Can he explain why he started 15 minutes after everyone else?
Actually the Marathon started after the half.
I heard from a volunteer. It gets better. He was told to run another loop and refused.
LOL. This JD Greening needs to up his cheat game.
Your first problem is calling it a "thon". Nobody calls it that. If you don't have the endurance to type the whole word, how could you ever run a fast marathon?
And nobody gave the guy a BQ. He entered the marathon, ran the half, more or less, and finished with a half-marathon result. He registered for Boston trying to claim it as a full marathon time. It was rejected. The registration form for Boston will accept anything you enter. When they go to verify, they'll throw out any invalid claims.
Oh lord I've gotta hear this story. Now he can't play the ignorance card and say he didn't know he needed to run another lap of the course.
I don't understand how he's trying to play that card now anyway, as he posted on social media bragging about starting at 7 mpm before dropping down to 6:25 pace. He knew the paces required to run a BQ, he just couldn't push his pudge faster than 14 mpm to actually get there. He lied, knew he lied, and doubled down on the lie.
I thought we were whining about all the social media boasting
fatbody wrote:
The news clip someone posted earlier said he was enrolled in college. No one could be dumb enough to believe they had cut their previous marathon time (one that he also cut, btw) in half and still be accepted into any university, no matter how bad of a school it is. He's a liar and a narcissist and needs to seek treatment.
Maybe he's also cheating in college?
I've got the endurance to do that and also call you out on using the term "thon" and your other misconceptions about registering for Boston.
Hope you're reading this J.D. wrote:
Dumb, naive, or both wrote:
This is the explanation he gave for cutting the second loop:
BULLSHIT!!!
Correct answer.
He positively knew he didn't run the whole race and he knew that he never came anywhere near the splits that he claimed. He's coming up with a story after the fact to make it sound believable. Not buying it.
Please check my IP Wejo. I just saw this thread and have never posted on it till now. Ban me forever if I'm lying. I am just blown away how people can lie. I usually run 6 hours but felt so good today that I suddenly went twice as fast. Yeah, ok. Regardless of what truly happened on the course, he knew he hadn't run 26.2 miles. He reached out and never got a response????? Really now????? Phone call, email, how????? He conveniently left that part out. I don't know the guy and have no ill will towards him, but he's not telling the truth and should just admit it.
doubler wrote:
https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2018/09/wenatchee-athon-volunteer-disputes-jd-greeners-claim-of-accidentally-cutting-the-course.htmld
So you are just making stuff up now. I’m sure a “volunteer” reached out to you with this story.
You must be getting less traffic these days.
Hhcfcbcbvjvvbbb wrote:
doubler wrote:
https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2018/09/wenatchee-athon-volunteer-disputes-jd-greeners-claim-of-accidentally-cutting-the-course.htmldSo you are just making stuff up now. I’m sure a “volunteer” reached out to you with this story.
You must be getting less traffic these days.
Looks like one of Derek's former busts is on this thread mad AF. He has a crew of them that show up to any post regarding busting a cheater to defend the cheat, lol
P.S.
And I ran that time before years ago. You have to average that pace (I was 6:10 pace). He claims that he picked up the 2nd half of the marathon to running 6:15ish. I have to be completely honest here and I'm not being mean, but I can't picture him running one mile in 6:15, not one, so I don't think anyone who's ran at all would believe that he could. Just my opinion. He's lying.
I received an email from the volunteer and immediately contacted the marathon to confirm that this person was actually a volunteer and that their story was accurate before Inoublished the latest update.
And traffic has been fine, thanks.
The trolls here have somehow gotten worse.
doubler wrote:
I received an email from the volunteer and immediately contacted the marathon to confirm that this person was actually a volunteer and that their story was accurate before Inoublished the latest update.
And traffic has been fine, thanks.
The trolls here have somehow gotten worse.
That’s why you ignore them. You’ve done great work on this entire piece, I’ve really enjoyed this one.
doubler wrote:
https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2018/09/wenatchee-marathon-volunteer-disputes-jd-greeners-claim-of-accidentally-cutting-the-course.htmld
Looks like he didn't even complete one loop, he even cheated some of that, seems he did parts where the photographer was located. Also, a rotund fella like him with a dark blue tee shirt on would have at least a couple of sweat patches, even running on loop at his slow pace, but not a drop.
Easy Peasy wrote:
doubler wrote:
The trolls here have somehow gotten worse.
That’s why you ignore them. You’ve done great work on this entire piece
Yep, don't feed the trolls, ignore them.
doubler wrote:
The troll here has somehow gotten worse.
FIFY
And the troll's accusations make no sense. You get exposure on national media outlets and post on Letsrun as Doubler but the way to get web traffic is to use fake names here in addition to Doubler? That's JD Greening level thinking. I find this troll kinda disturbing actually.
Anyway, great work on this case. Very entertaining.
Of course he didn't run it and I find it bizarre that people do this every year but what I think is even more bizarre is setting up a GoFund me page. Why would anyone pay for someone's trip to Boston. I ran it many times and would never expect people to help me pay for it.