2023-09-16 06:30:39
“Nothing more pathetic than a runner who calls himself a marathoner and cheats to look like one”
Anonymous
A great stir has been generated by the controversy derived from the large number of runners who did not cover the complete route in the last Mexico City Marathon. I have heard criticism of the organizers of the event, which I find extremely unfair. The organizer of a marathon concentrates his efforts on guaranteeing a safe, pleasant route, with the appropriate supplies and the necessary conditions to allow the runner to fully exploit his abilities; The organizer does not focus on how to prevent runners from cheating or how to ensure that runners cover the entire route.
As part of the noise generated, information was disseminated regarding the non-acceptance of runners with records obtained in the Mexico City Marathon for participation in the call for the 2024 Boston Marathon, a measure that would prove fatal, but which fortunately was left alone. in fake news. I elaborate for those who are not so involved: the Boston Marathon asks any runner who wants to participate in it, a result of another event with a specific time; Thus, whoever wants to run Boston must run fast enough and check it with a previous result.
The Mexico City Marathon has already sent the Boston Marathon the results of all those runners who did cover the complete route, to verify their authenticity.
What is really surprising is the large number of stories of the runners whom I call true cheaters, who plan and execute various strategies to show off as what they are not: fast and solvent runners. From those who cut the path, to those who give their chip to faster runners so that their records look better. How crazy!
I believe that the only solution that the organizers will have in the face of this type of practice is to segment the participants who for some valid reason will not run the entire route (training long distances, for example), and implement a satellite tracking system, as They make our watches, to check the route traveled.
Catering: It’s not the organizers’ fault, it’s the cheating runners.
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