Frank Meza 2:53:10 at LA Marathon (70 years old) unofficial time (just finished)

Nope, he'd be DQed for loss of contact if it were racewalking. At least he'd be DQed for something.

FeetsDontFailMe wrote:

Nope, he'd be DQed for loss of contact if it were racewalking. At least he'd be DQed for something.

The amazing thing is that he has been DQd many times already, this is reminiscent of Litton, when I mentioned this to one of his many sockpuppets and the fact that I would be devastated to even have one DQ for any reason Litton's response was that I must be a slow runner. It seems that in the mind of the cheat a DQ is just one of those things that is going to happen to people who post fast times and means nothing.

Pace from 23.5 mile chip mat to finish = 7:52. I think he might have actually run this part.

Pace from 17.1 to 23.5 = 6:17. Yeah right.

Did he ever post a time in the West Wyoming Marathon?

Unknown Runner wrote:

Did he ever post a time in the West Wyoming Marathon?

That’s the site of the 2025 NAIA Marathon Champs sponsored by West Wyoming School of Dentistry.

I’m disappointed but not surprised that LAM is not taking any action. I believe there is Sacred Cow element at play in regards to Frank’s age, background, profession, affiliations, etc, that make the powers that be a little squeamish to do anything, fearing there might be a blowback of sorts that they’d rather not deal with

Thanks for the info on San Francisco 2014. The splits are a big red flag. (just need to do the math) Frank Meza destroyed the field in the age graded results. Frank Meza 87.80 first Martin Rindahl 83.87 second Jon Olsen third 80.89. He also got the age division first place. I know the guy who got 5th place. (just missing 4th place) Gordon Davis loves getting medals. Gordon missed 4th place by 16 seconds. (but broke 4 -- 3:59:42 to a runner who by chance he beat gun time by 7 seconds) Cheating does affect other runners. Many of us enjoy getting them, especially in events out of our own area. There are victims when someone cheats. Frank Meza should have been DQ'd on general suspicion. (at least confronted about the anomalies. (no pictures and very questionable split times) More keeps getting revealed. (and certainly much more will be)

BTW, one personal opinion. Few races give age graded medals. Certainly large marathons could afford to do this, and should. USATF national events give special medals for 80.00 and 90.00. (the only medal many have a realistic chance of getting much of the time)

New to this thread, currently reading page 37, in the remaining pages does anyone ask if his number is recorded a second time when the lady wears it across the finish line?

Where I'm reading someone just mentioned maybe a fake bib is involved. I'm liking that idea as it could be run at a steady state and if Frank had the fake one he could just bop on and off the course as needed. And could freely hand it to a buddy to get a finishing medal if they are banditing the race without fear of it registering a time for him again.

Maybe the timing company would still have that data.?

elephino wrote:

Ultra or Die wrote:

this is the real smoking gun!!!!!!!!!

What's wrong with liking the video? Before now there were quiet suspicions, but to most everyone Frank was an upstanding and inspirational guy. I haven't followed all Roderick has said here, but what would be wrong with starting a thread on a record-holder you thought deserved more attention?

Nothing wrong at all, but ole Roderick never told us he was a long standing fan of Frank. And the nonsense of him liking a video, and then the video changing from 1 min to 5 min, but his like staying for the new video? Guy is very odd, like some kind of Frank stalker that loves him, but hates him. Very dangerous, imho.

BackofthePackStart wrote:

http://d35l3oybk21k7h.cloudfront.net/photos/photos/6277436_race_0.6233717411869687.display.jpg?1406592672

Correction. There is ONE picture of him actually running.

Haha yeah, meters from the finish line, the funny thing is, as I mentioned in my original post, he does actually look a bit fatigued like he's had to put in an effort, but that's because of this:

SanFranFishy wrote:

Pace from 23.5 mile chip mat to finish = 7:52. I think he might have actually run this part.

Pace from 17.1 to 23.5 = 6:17. Yeah right.

Jumping in just before the mat and running 7:52 pace for a couple of miles is a killer for Frank, but he had to do it to make sure he got sub 3 hrs, only one watch see.

Note the scrunched up bib that looks like it's been through the washing machine, but hasn't, it gets like that when you're constantly having to manoeuvre it to conceal it over, under, sideways, down.

The really funny thing is Frank was 65 there, but now he's 70 and fatter he's got 7 minutes faster. Amazing.

Mez-A-Roni The San Francisco Cheat!

wish I still had my Nike Zoom Marathoner's

They are indeed fine shoes for this sort of race. The Waffle sole prevents slipping while hopping in and out of cars. The Zoom Air unit provides ample cushioning for standing on the side of the course pretending to be a spectator and looking at your watch.

FRANK MEZA

Oakland Running Festival - 2016

MARATHON

Bib Number 222

MARATHON 10 of 787

Gender Place 9 of 502

M 65-69 1 of 10

Gender M

Age 67

Start Time 07:11:47

6.2 Mile 00:39:47

12.75 Mile 01:24:16

19.7 Mile 02:10:51

Elapsed 02:59:23

Pace 06:50 min/mile

Marathon

Runner Details Race Results

Bib: 1240

Name: Frank Meza

Gender: M

Age: 65

Hometown: South Pasadena, CA

Overall: 40 out of 2379

Men: 36 out of 1443

M 65-69: 1 out of 37

Age/Grade: 87.21% Place: 2

Finish: 3:04:44 Pace: 7:02

Chip Time: 3:04:44

Gun Time: 3:05:07

Split Times

3 Mi: 21:20 Pace: 7:06

6 Mi: 41:06 Pace: 6:51

9 Mi: Pace:

10 Mi: 1:10:33 Pace: 7:03

13 Mi: 1:30:06 Pace: 6:55

15.4 Mi: Pace:

16 Mi: Pace:

20.9 Mi: 2:23:46 Pace: 6:52