Team Geared Up » berlin http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com talking about outdoor adventure... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:28:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en © robin@bytesurgery.com () robin@bytesurgery.com() 1440 talking about outdoor adventure... robin@bytesurgery.com No no http://homedir-b.libsyn.com/podcasts/a7d06df132db6001b6053c87a6356197/487cc283/bytesurgery/images/tgu.jpg Team Geared Up http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com 144 144 Mexican Politician cheats in Berlin Marathon http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/mexican-politician-cheats-in-berlin-marathon.html http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/mexican-politician-cheats-in-berlin-marathon.html#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:48:15 +0000 Aisling Coppinger http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/mexican-politician-cheats-in-berlin-marathon.html DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I always find these stories hilarious. There’s something amusing about someone attempting to cheat in a marathon, like, do we not do it for ourselves? Anyway this story is even funnier because the cheat in question was a Mexican presidential candidate in 2006 (third in that contest) but crossed the line in the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:41. That would have given Roberto Madrazo first place in his age category of over 55.
One look at the finish line photo would tell you this person hadn’t run the course, he’s got a jacket on for God’s sake!

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Madrazo broke a week of silence Wednesday, issuing a statement in which he said the allegations of him cheating were nothing more than political attacks meant to discredit his sporting career and his as-yet-unlaunched foundation, Marathon: A Foundation for Competition.
“I never declared myself the winner in Berlin with the time distributed by the media nor did I receive any medal for the alleged first place,” Madrazo said

This Qoute is from WTOP News. (If he wasn’t claiming to have done the course why would he be pumping his fists in the air for his finish line photo?!)

Apparently his chip time had him running faster than Felix Limo’s world record for 15km of 41 minutes 29 seconds between kilometres 20 and 35! That would be some running for Haile, never mind a 55 year old recreational runner!

-Aisling-

Photo from Wtop News: AP Photo/Victor Sailer (who’s credited in some news stories with reporting Roberto as looking suspiciously overdressed as he crossed the line!)

]]> http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/mexican-politician-cheats-in-berlin-marathon.html/feed Running News and World Marathon Record http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/running-news-and-world-marathon-record.html http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/running-news-and-world-marathon-record.html#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:52:18 +0000 Aisling Coppinger http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2007/10/running-news-and-world-marathon-record.html

I’m late getting to this but what an incredible run by the king himself. Head over to Runners World to read about Haile Gebrselassie’s breaking of the marathon world record, an astonishing 2:04:26. You have to feel sorry for Tergat don’t ya? Haile says he’s overwhelmed!

I believe that I can run 2:03

WOW Do you reckon it’ll be long before we’re seeing a sub 2 hour marathon??

There’s also an article there about Paula’s second placing in last Sunday’s Great North Run and who are the favourites for this Sunday’s Chicago Marathon? I’ve ran Chicago and loved it, it’s one of those big city marathons you just have to do once!

-Aisling-

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