if you run the Milwaukee Marathon, FOLLOW THE RULES!!

[Paul Petersen]

Absolutely hilarious string of events, IMO.

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/63551897.html

followed by...

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/63628062.html?referrer=facebook

[Paul Petersen]

Breaking news...

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/lifestyle/63668622.html

Oh, the horror!

[allie]

i feel bad for the 3rd 2nd 1st place woman. prize money seems a bit tainted at this point.

[Paul Petersen]

Not just tainted, but perhaps cursed.

[Dustin Ence]

I didn't know that people in Milwaukee ran.   I did have a nice butter burger and some fries when I visited there last summer.

[Adam R Wende]

Brings to mind concerns at St. George last fall in the women's race and this year in the men's race.

[Paul Petersen]

Yeah, it did remind me of SGM women's race last year...which was actually a worse violation IMO.

[Adam R Wende]

The problem I have, and maybe this is the venue for this discussion, is how you draw the line. I'm one who never expects to be in the money at a marathon so I've always had "outside" help. For all my Chicago races I've had family/friends hand me stuff. For my St. Louis marathon I had friends who ran the half meet me to help me in the back miles. Was this unfair? By the rules yes! So what do I do, scratch all my previous performances? Since I'm usually just racing myself, trying for PRs and I've tried to normalize the assistance between all my races I would say it doesn't matter. I'm curious to hear how others feel about this.

[Paul Petersen]

I think people should do whatever they want, but be prepared to face the consequences if there are any. For front-runners, there are greater consequences than for mid-packers.

[Jon Allen]

What happened at SGM men's race this year?

[Adam R Wende]

Walter commented that he saw the person in front of him being paced.
This is something I've had done for me before so I didn't highlight it.
When I was pacing Michelle the year before I feel that is different because I ran from the beginning.
It is this argument of having fresh pacers jumping in. Personally I struggle with this. I've done it but I can agree with the argument against it. Then again it is part of ultras and almost required...