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I feel like Marathon Cheating would make a great segment on LastWeekTonight's "How Is This Still A Thing?"

I was flabbergasted to read about "Patty" who got caught cheating at a Disneyland 5K. Have to agree with the sentiment that:

> “It was just odd,” Murphy says. “I understand the motivation of people who are trying to qualify to run Boston, or be part of it. You can see the benefit even if you don’t agree with it.” But when it comes to less prestigious races like cartoon character-themed 5Ks, “this is the stuff that’s beyond me.”