More examples provided:Tuesday, December 13, 2016
No Shortage of Course Cutting at the 2016 Honolulu Marathon
Honolulu is a very large marathon, with over 22,000 finishers. There were a large # of runners that missed timing mats - some of this would be expected with the large # of runners crossing in a short period of time.
However, some of the missed splits were a result of course cutting. As usual I limited my search primarily to those that cheated to record a Boston Qualifying Time.
13 runners have been identified with Boston Qualifying times. I am only going to highlight those that either achieved exceptional results (placed in their age group) or are claiming that they ran the distance by appearing with finishers medal.
Bib # 13890 M55-59 2:57:08 - 1st in Age Group - 50th Place Overall BQ
5km 34:50
10km 1:07:10
15km 1:42:26
21km missed mat
25km missed mat
30km missed mat
40km 2:40:54
No Photos available on marathonfoto
According to the splits above, this runner ran the last 15.5 miles in 58:28 - a 3:46 per mile pace.
Past results are all over 4 hours. Looking at splits from both 2014 Las Vegas and 2013 L.A. Marathon, he missed splits as well.
http://www.marathoninvestigation.com/20 ... -2016.html
Some of this widespread cheating may just be ignorance of entrants who were under-trained and instead of just stopping, they cut the course and crossed the finish line. But some are regular cheats apparently, and others happily accepted their unearned age group awards, as well as congratulations on finishing. They will be getting coal in their stockings this year!