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In reply to the discussion: Runners World: We Can’t Verify Paul Ryan’s Sub-3-Hour-Marathon Claim [View all]Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)29. Maybe his name is really Rosie Ruiz
On April 21, 1980 Ruiz appeared to win the Boston Marathon's female category with a time of 2:31:56. Her time would have been the fastest female time in Boston Marathon history as well as the third-fastest female time ever recorded in any marathon. However, suspicions mounted about Ruiz almost from the beginning. Men's winner Bill Rodgers, who had just won his third straight Boston Marathon, noticed that Ruiz could not recall many things that most runners know by heart, such as intervals and splits. Other observers noticed that Ruiz was not panting or coated in sweat, and her thighs were much flabbier than would be expected for a world-class runner. She later released stress-test results showing her resting heart rate as 76. Most female marathoners have a resting heart rate in the 50s or lower....
The most damning evidence against Ruiz surfaced when two Harvard students, John Faulkner and Sarah Mahoney, recalled seeing Ruiz burst out of a crowd of spectators on Commonwealth Avenue, half a mile from the finish.
The most damning evidence against Ruiz surfaced when two Harvard students, John Faulkner and Sarah Mahoney, recalled seeing Ruiz burst out of a crowd of spectators on Commonwealth Avenue, half a mile from the finish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Ruiz
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Runners World: We Can’t Verify Paul Ryan’s Sub-3-Hour-Marathon Claim [View all]
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
OP
Maybe he said 'I ran under a TREE' -- chewing gum and talking ain't easy ya know
tomm2thumbs
Aug 2012
#68
I was standing a couple hundred yards from the finish line that day and saw Rosie finish.
mysuzuki2
Aug 2012
#56
Is this the Vulture/Voucher jobs plan? Create the need for hundreds of thousands of
jtuck004
Aug 2012
#32
You mean he doesn't have a world record? Three Olympic gold Metals? What a liar!
AsahinaKimi
Aug 2012
#35
Oh that's definitely him. See place 2028, Stan Ryan, older brother & MN resident
mathematic
Aug 2012
#64
Quelle surprise! Lyin' Ryan actually run in 4:01:25 and it was a long time ago. (thread link)
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#74