Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Marathon runner hands back medal after taking shortcut

But he still didn't beat Ricky Lightfoot!

"A marathon runner has been forced to hand back his medal, after witnesses spotted him taking an unusual shortcut, he caught the bus to the finishing line. Rob Sloan was 20 miles into the Kielder Marathon in Northumberland when he apparently succumbed to temptation and hopped on a bus. He then hid behind a tree until other competitors came into view and rejoined the run to claim third place."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-15277618

1 comment:

Pete Richards said...

I think he assumed, maybe wrongly that the 10k from the day before counted towards the 26 miles. Probably more importantly is where did he keep his bus fare?.