I read the original post from TakeTheT on Monday when it was only a couple posts long. Rojo saw it later that day and posted an article.
Now it is international news.
The New York Times gives credit to the message board poster for finding the obituary.
Was the "breaking" of the news of the death of Rosie Ruiz Vivas the biggest scoop ever by someone posting on this foru
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Just saying...
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No, the guy who tried to hook up with the guy running across America was the biggest. Took it upon himself to give the guy some company as he ran through his town in the middle of the night and discovered he was faking the run. Even took video and photos and posted them here. Blew the case wide open and caused the guy to abandon the attempt.
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It has to be top 3 all time !
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There have been much bigger stories of doping busts or someone changing teams/coach's than some piece on a nobody dying of old age.
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close but no cigar wrote:
No, the guy who tried to hook up with the guy running across America was the biggest. Took it upon himself to give the guy some company as he ran through his town in the middle of the night and discovered he was faking the run. Even took video and photos and posted them here. Blew the case wide open and caused the guy to abandon the attempt.
Agreed. That poster had the biggest scoop ever on Letsrun. I forget his name. -
Blah, blah, blah wrote:
close but no cigar wrote:
No, the guy who tried to hook up with the guy running across America was the biggest. Took it upon himself to give the guy some company as he ran through his town in the middle of the night and discovered he was faking the run. Even took video and photos and posted them here. Blew the case wide open and caused the guy to abandon the attempt.
Agreed. That poster had the biggest scoop ever on Letsrun. I forget his name.
I don’t recall that story being picked up by most major news outlets. -
When the cheaters get more press than the true champions, you can see why the incentives work the way they do?
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Didn't LR posters correctly pick out one of the the Boston Marathon bombers from race pictures before photos of the suspect were publicly released by law enforcement or the media?
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NYT is only 483000 daily readers, while WSJ is over a million.
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Asher Delmott. Legend.
https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&thread=7355147&id=7355147#7355147 -
Legendaree wrote:
Asher Delmott. Legend.
Only to LetsRunners. -
Elvin wrote:
Didn't LR posters correctly pick out one of the the Boston Marathon bombers from race pictures before photos of the suspect were publicly released by law enforcement or the media?
That's what I was thinking. I remember someone posted a pic of the suspect way before it went mainstream. -
What about the olympic silver 2016 marathon dude making his political protest than Gault picked up?
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I vote Yes. Worldwide coverage continues for Rosie Ruiz. She’s a household name for people who literally couldn’t name a single legitimate winner of Boston. It’s unreal to runners, but it’s true.
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Cheater threads make LRC famous.
Mike R., Rob Young, Meza, Kip Litton... now Rosie Ruiz.
For some reason the news went absolutely viral all over the world.
https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/lAedo7/Sportsjuks-symbolet-Rosie-Ruiz-er-dod
https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/haikailematon-teko-paljastui-jalkikateen-yhden-kaikkien-aikojen-urheiluhuijauksista-tehnyt-rosie-ruiz-kuoli-syopaan/7507250
https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/udland/falsk-maratonvinder-mister-livet-til-kraeft -
maybe the russians did it somehow wrote:
When the cheaters get more press than the true champions, you can see why the incentives work the way they do?
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Fake News: The Miami Herald had it 1st, but the mods claimed it from the original poster who saw it.
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The Paul Ryan marathon thing was the biggest
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Cheech wrote:
Fake News: The Miami Herald had it 1st, but the mods claimed it from the original poster who saw it.
Miami Herald was also instrumental in unsealing Epstein, investigating Kraft, etc.
