Cheaters never win

This ebay ad for Mo Farah's ice bath water is just creepy, and the very strange story of Kip Litton.

I don't really get this story, but it's just weird.  Who does this?  Who goes through all this difficult work to fake an entire marathon career?  You can't sneak one past the running community - people will figure it out eventually.  Look at that knucklehead Paul Ryan, who claimed he ran a sub 3 hour marathon (in reality he ran a 4:01 marathon).  That claim was quickly investigated, and he published a response that it was all a misunderstanding.  Really???

I can speak from experience that we have researched for cheaters who have allegedly placed higher than they actually did - St. Pat's Race where we found out Crystal finished lower than we thought, then researched furiously looking for pictures, athlinks sights, etc. until it was determined that a 30 minute 5Ker could not possibly run a 30 minute 5 mile race, and she was consequently disqualified.  Cheaters never win!

Friday, August 31st - 3 miles.  Quick run after work - just hot and humid.  I don't remember times, but was around the 8-9 min pace.  131 miles in August, 1156 miles in 2012.

Saturday, September 1st - 6 miles in the evening.  Spent the morning sleeping in and watching football, and eventually made it out for a run.  Awfully humid, and I was sweating profusely on the run right from the start. Did a mile out on the trail, then looped around Village Circle which unfortunately had every single street light out which made that particular mile kind of creepy (and my fastest split).  49:14 total for the run.

Sunday, September 2nd - 10 miles.  Out and back towards Troy on the trails.  Didn't start this run until 2 p.m., and it was brutally hot and humid.  Started off slow, and kept up the pace until the turnaround near Drost park where I ran into my buddy Jeff.  The whole way back was brutal - the sun kept fighting its way out, and I was just suffering the entire way in.  Would have probably walked, if I wasn't under a time constraint since I had an afternoon BBQ.  8:22 pace for the run, I believe.  40 miles this week, 1166 miles in 2012.  First 40 miler in a while!

Monday, September 3rd - 5 miles.  Waited until 1 p.m. to get this run in, and once again it was just nasty humid outside.  Out and back on the trail, and it just sucked.  Legs felt like complete garbage, and I was soaked from sweat within 2 minutes of my run.  Did P90X Ab Ripper afterwards, which is 16 minutes of hell and fury.  Ouch!  40:24 total for the run.

Trying to make it through another high mileage week - going to try to sneak in some speedwork, but definitely targeting 40 miles +!