ULTRAMARATHON RUNNER CHEATED, USED A CAR

Scottish ultramarathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a 50-mile race because she rode in a car for a section of the course. Zakrzewski was competing in the ultramarathon race from Manchester to Liverpool on April 7. The 47-year-old runner came in third, but later confessed. She explained to the BBC she was “tired and jet lagged and felt sick” during the race having arrived from Australia the night before. She said she became lost around the halfway mark and her leg became sore, after which she accepted a ride in a friend’s car to the next checkpoint. She said, “When I got to the checkpoint, I told the race officials I was pulling out and that I had been in the car and they said, ‘You will hate yourself if you stop.’” So she agreed to continue in a “non-competitive way.” But then, she came in third and accepted the trophy. “It wasn’t malicious, it was miscommunication,” she told the BBC, adding that she regretted not telling officials at the end of the event that she hadn’t been running competitively.
* Nobody runs 50 miles and then says, “I just did it for fun.”
* Tired and jet-lagged? It’s an 18-hour flight. She didn’t nap?
* If you ever get lost halfway through a marathon, try FOLLOWING ALL THE OTHER RUNNERS.
* “It wasn’t malicious, it was miscommunication.” Wasn’t that one of FOX’s explanations in the voting machine lawsuit?
* Now, no one remembers who came in first, but everyone will long remember who came in third.
* For example, Who won the 1980 Boston Marathon? No idea. What’s the name of the woman who cheated in that race? Rosie Ruiz.