MarathonInvestigation

I was copied on an email this morning that was sent to B.A.A. identifying a female that registered using a qualifying time ran at the 2016 VIA Marathon. I will be forwarding the email to the VIA Marathon with a link to this article...

Dr. Leonard Raphael has run Boston 5 times since 2010. He has used The Austin Marathon and Bryan/College Station Marathon as his qualifier for all of his Boston runs.Splits for the qualifying runs are not available prior to the 2012 Austin Marathon.However, in the...

UPDATE: THE RUNNER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED - THANK YOUI received this email recently, and so far have been unsuccessful in identifying the runner on my own.I am hoping someone out there can help. If you believe that you know who this is, please email...

A runner was identified in my ongoing 2016 Boston Marathon Review that has a questionable qualifying time obtained at the 2014 Philadelphia Marathon. This runner also has a qualifying time for 2017 Boston that was also obtained in the 2015 Philadelphia Marathon.2016 Boston Marathon...

Another Runner was identified with questionable results at the 2016 Nashville Marathon. In addition to Nashville, this runner has a BQ time at RNR Seattle in 2015. Either of these times could currently be used for entry to the 2017 Boston Marathon.Beyond these two...

There has been quite a bit of controversy regarding Rob Young's attempted fastest crossing across America.That has been covered on letsrun.com in excruciating detail. In the early days of the run, Rob was posting world class mileage when compared to multi-day runners. He was...

On May 24, I posted two articles detailing detailing the male and female record holders for most marathons in a calendar year. https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2016/05/examination-of-world-record-marathoners.html https://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2016/05/world-record-marathoners-part-2-larry.html There are multiple questions regarding both Parvaneh's and Larry's results that were detailed in the articles above. Many of these questions stem from...

Ryan Lee has finally and officially been cleared of cheating in the London Marathon. Below is a summary of the entire ordeal. On April 24th Ryan Lee ran his first marathon - The London Marathon. On May 11th it was reported that his results were removed...

  I was mostly unaware of the subculture that exists as it relates to frequent marathoners and the quest for fame (and sponsorships). Parvaneh initially came to my attention, but as I dug through all the information, Parvaneh and the series of races she manages...

  As I wrote in the original article - Parvaneh Moayedi was my initial focus. The tips I received via email and on the message boards were primarily about Parvaneh. As I dug in deeper, I couldn't in good conscience write an article about Parvaneh,...