MarathonInvestigation

Since the Boston Marathon, I have been receiving a steady stream of emails. Included in these were emails from runners that found photos of others using forged bibs when they logged into marathofoto.com to review their pictures. I posted an article on Monday regarding bib...

As part of the series of posts relating to the 2015 'Boston Project' I highlighted the 2014 Marathon du Mt St Michel. False Boston Qualifying Times at The 2014 Marathon De La Baie Du Mt St Michel Basically, we identified 7 runners that were credited with...

A runner contacted me  regarding the Wild Mountain Runners Club. He was going through some photos and noticed a runner that seemed out of place, he determined he was a runner of Wild Mountain Runners Club and checked for the other runners in Boston...

Thank you for all the tips, keep them coming!Even if I don't respond to your email, I am taking note of all the tips that I am receiving, and will make sure that those runners are included in the review of the 2016 results.I...

I have received a number of reports on Boston bib forgeries. I wrote one article on a runner that forged a charity bib of a runner that ran for the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge Team.I have since received additional reports. I have spoken to and...

The 2016 runner - caught on video with a 2013 bib - video from baa.orgPolice Commissioner Evans in 2013In the deluge of emails I received last week, I received two tips regarding Boston Police Commissioner William Evans. The initial tip said that Commissioner Evans...

Almost as soon as the Boston Marathon was over, I started receiving tips from runners about suspected bib swappers, and runners that saw someone on the course that didn't seem capable of earning their bib #.Today, I started to receive a handful of messages...

As part of the Boston Project that was outlined in Runner's World, we flagged runners to review that finished in a significantly slower time than their Boston bib # would predict. 4 Runners were initially  flagged that qualified at the 2014 Monte St. Michel...

I will give credit to Gia Alvarez (RunGiaRun) for owning up to both giving her bib away and registering for Boston 2016 using that runner's time.There are couple of lessons to be learned here. The first is that Boston takes bib swapping very seriously....

Gia Alvarez - banned from all future B.A.A. eventsAccording to popular blogger Gia Alvarez, (RUNgiaRUN) , she has been banned from running in all future BAA (Boston Athletic Association) races. Gia qualified for 2015 Boston marathon by running 3:32:50 at the Chicago marathon in...