Ultrarunner Uses Car to Cheat in Race

"If you're not first, take a car and finish 3rd, I guess" - Ricky Bobby

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[NUSensei]

I guess to be a successful runner, you need to have the drive. Sometimes literally.

[billcook]

My wife is an ultra runner and I’ve spent a ton of time at races. The early part of her story is 100% believable. People get injured and catch a car ride to the next aid station. Aid station workers - who aren’t race officials usually - will habitually do everything they can to get runners back on the course. And you often don’t have a choice. It’s a 50-mile point to point race… there’s often no choice but to keep going. And the runners are often incoherent and don’t do sensible things like turn in their number. Of course, the story falls apart when she actually crosses the finish line, accepts the third place trophy, etc. No matter how tired or incoherent you don’t do that by accident.

[GhostDrummer]

“I didn’t want to compete anymore…I just wanted to drop out, but I was told I’d regret it if I didn’t finish. So I went ahead and continued running until the end of the race. After I realized I finished in third place, I graciously accepted the medal because I didn’t want the organizers to feel bad that they made a mistake by giving me the medal.”

[FrankHale]

so she ran 47.5 miles only to cheat 2.5 of it. Seems like a terrible decision. She could have easily pushed through the last 2.5 even if her leg still hurt. Real winners find a way to get it done!

[Name-vukn]

She skipped PEDs and went right to GAS.

[lonelyweeb]

The karl jobst reference always comes in handy. It still boggles my mind how someone would cheat like tat

[timdowney]

If the car was the Flintstones model, would it still be cheating? 😉🤣

[TiloDroid]

seems like her mod developer didnt tell her about her improved piglin trades

[IdJones]

"If you're gonna cheat, at least cheat well"

[undeadfury]

Nice to see a Karl Jobst quote being used as evidence <3

[A.F.Whitepigeon]

Imagine getting a lift in a car in the middle of a race and still only finishing third.

[brasileirosim]

She was probably cheating all the time, but in a smarter way. A cheater is a cheater.

[randomvintagefilm]

Only a narcissist could enjoy stolen valor and that is exactly what this is.

[jeremyquiros]

She really watched the Geoffrey Butler “Shame of a Nation” episode of Fresh Prince and took it to heart

[TommentSection]

You're making great videos, and I really appreciate the content. Excellent quality, well researched and explained, and not length-padded. Well done!

[nbuehster]

What she could have done to make things funnier was take the floor out of the car, and drive it Flintstone style.

[devak]

I really don’t understand cheating in marathons. It’s gotta be the biggest own goal of all time.

[JamesBond-uzdm]

She pulled a Rosie Ruiz who cheated in the Boston Marathon in the 1970's. She took the subway part of the way, then crossed the finish lime. Rosie was declared the winner, but was DQed when someone saw her on the subway. She went to her grave claiming she won the Boston Marathon.

[neonbliss]

Where was the running footage shot? Such a beautiful coastal track!

[MACS]

Not sure what happened in the end, but I believe she is also a doctor and last news article I read on this here (UK) mentioned that her being a doctor was being called into question because it requires you to be “of good character”.

Very strange behaviour which has ruined her reputation as a great runner. Cheaters will cheat I guess.