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pondee629
pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
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A cut corner, a retraced route on a bike, and the Garmin tracker that exposed the lies.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/02/suspicious-fitness-tracker-data-busted-a-phony-marathon-run/

Kinda feel sorry for the REAL second Place Finisher.

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  • MNLittleFinn
    MNLittleFinn Posts: 4,271 Member
    Jeez.
  • djscavone
    djscavone Posts: 133 Member
    I know it hurts the real "winners" in many ways and that is a shame. But when you cheat at a fitness event like this why would you really want to cheat yourself? That is what personally gets to me. How can you celebrate some victory you didn't really accomplish.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    djscavone wrote: »
    I know it hurts the real "winners" in many ways and that is a shame. But when you cheat at a fitness event like this why would you really want to cheat yourself? That is what personally gets to me. How can you celebrate some victory you didn't really accomplish.

    That's what I don't understand... presumably podium places got money or why would you do it? What's she getting out of it?!

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