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Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:23 pm
by Avenging
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what a prat!
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:41 pm
by dreamachine
he's from about 3 miles down the road from me as well
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:46 pm
by Sharp Dagger
You live on an over 3 mile long road?
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:23 am
by DHARMA AGENT
He cheated and still came in third. lol.
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:20 am
by CAMBO
This is not a new thing though.
In the 1904 Tour de France many of the competitors were banned for catching trains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Tour_de_France
Which is not something you could get away with in England - as the train would be late or cancelled.
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:05 pm
by dreamachine
DHARMA AGENT wrote:He cheated and still came in third. lol.
worst thing is, he won a 10k race the day before the marathon, so it's not like he's a bad runner
he is a crap cheater tho
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:17 pm
by Avenging
I just loved the way the copper was looking at the cheating git with disgust lol.
Re: Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:48 am
by MuG
Lolz, fair play to him for chancing his arm. Dodgy fiend, You would be fair fucked after running a minimarathon the day b4 though.