Boston marathon was under increased scrutiny because of previous terrorist attacks.
Thus the papers will try to say that this is a security risk; how can someone get to the race with fake numbers and non matching ID; she could have been a terrorist, etc.
Obviously that's all nonsense. Once you've bombed Boston you move onto other targets because you realise there is going to be increased security. And that's just the start, the rest of it is nonsense too.
I've run the Cherry Blossom 10 miler with someone else's number--he was out of town--and a couple of marathons with no number at all. I think it a little odd that she should have faked the bib, but I can't see this as being bad behavior, let alone a story in a newspaper.
Your experience with the Cherry Blossom 10 miler or other marathons doesn't necessarily transfer over to the Boston Marathon. According to the Cherry Blossom rules at https://web.archive.org/web/20130224062811/http://www.cherry... , it's okay to transfer numbers:
> The organizing committee of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom is allowing accepted runners who cannot participate in the race to transfer their registration to runners who did not get accepted into the event.
While according to the linked article, it's not for the Boston Marathon:
> The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the Boston Marathon, prohibits runners from exchanging or transferring their bibs.
In addition, while "The Boston Marathon historically has welcomed unofficial runners, or “bandits,” ... bandits have always been easily identifiable for their lack of bibs. This year, the BAA announced it would increase efforts to remove bandits from the race for security purposes." That makes this race unusual compared to most others.
(Personally I think the number of fake bibs shows that this "security purposes" is really "security theater.")
Finally, part of the perceived bad behavior is that she accepted a medal at the end, even though she didn't actually pay the entrance fee for it. I concur that that counts as bad behavior.
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[ 5.3 ms ] story [ 19.6 ms ] threadThus the papers will try to say that this is a security risk; how can someone get to the race with fake numbers and non matching ID; she could have been a terrorist, etc.
Obviously that's all nonsense. Once you've bombed Boston you move onto other targets because you realise there is going to be increased security. And that's just the start, the rest of it is nonsense too.
> The organizing committee of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom is allowing accepted runners who cannot participate in the race to transfer their registration to runners who did not get accepted into the event.
While according to the linked article, it's not for the Boston Marathon:
> The Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the Boston Marathon, prohibits runners from exchanging or transferring their bibs.
In addition, while "The Boston Marathon historically has welcomed unofficial runners, or “bandits,” ... bandits have always been easily identifiable for their lack of bibs. This year, the BAA announced it would increase efforts to remove bandits from the race for security purposes." That makes this race unusual compared to most others.
(Personally I think the number of fake bibs shows that this "security purposes" is really "security theater.")
Finally, part of the perceived bad behavior is that she accepted a medal at the end, even though she didn't actually pay the entrance fee for it. I concur that that counts as bad behavior.