Marathin? I like them marathicc. π«
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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That sounds more like an issue with the course configuration and marshals than cheating
Yeah, I just looked up the course map online, and it looks nuts.
https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1fJ60kDW5gFVodDP5IUl4plIYGynjuXf-&hl=en
So many opportunities for even well meaning people to get confused. One person cheats, the rest just follow the person in front of them, and boom, your whole event is wasted :\
I don't think there is even an effective way to stop cheating that widespread. The article says every year they dq thousands of people. Either they're getting a lot of false positives or they have to make registration more restrictive.
This is probably just the cynic in me, but I feel like a lot of those dq's won't care. They got their medal they can show off. That's probably all most of them care about.