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Fast Eddie
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Chickamauga Marathon Winner Disqualified for Impossible Splits
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November 12, 2014, 07:10:04 PM »
Haven't gone to the "other" race sites to see the discussion on this, but yeah a 47:30 second half marathon split is kinda suspicious.
Chickamauga Marathon Winner Disqualified for Impossible Splits
After recording a split of 47:30 for the second half of the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon, the apparent race winner Tabatha Hamilton, 31, of Trenton, Georgia, was disqualified from the race, which was held in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, on Saturday. Race officials believe Hamilton covered the first half of the race in 2:06:51, before supposedly running 3:37 per mile for the second half of the race.
While the 2:54:21 finishing time (2:55:39 gun time) Hamilton recorded is a believable time for a female marathon winner, the splits she recorded alerted race officials to the fact that something was off. (Hamilton's supposed second half time is 11 minutes faster than the men's world record for the half marathon.) In addition, Hamilton’s past race times, including a 2:19:47 half marathon and 1:42:18 15K earlier this year, were not consistent with her finish time on Saturday.
Immediately after the race, Hamilton spoke to the media, telling The Chattanoogan that her performance was a personal best by “six or seven minutes.” However, the best marathon Runner’s World Newswire has been able to uncover was the 4:25:08 she ran in 2009. She finished the 2011 Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon in 4:48:47.
http://www.runnersworld.com/races/chickamauga-marathon-winner-disqualified-for-impossible-splits
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I could be completely wrong about this.
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That gives new meaning to "negative splits".
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Quote from: Richard21142 on November 13, 2014, 11:23:29 AM
That gives new meaning to "negative splits".
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