Now that the season is over, I'm finally catching up on what important to me, like all the epsiodes of America's Top Model I have on DVR, and reading back issues of my favorite Scottish newspapers. I was flipping through the Scotsman today and I noticed a story about the Edinburgh Marathon held this past June. Seems that two runners (one male, one female) decided to swap numbers. Problem is that he ran fast enough to be one of the top-10 women. That raised some eyebrows among their running club, who reported them to the organizers.
Apparently the Scots don't appreciate cheating any more than I do, as both runners have been banned for life from the marathon. "We decided to take action by banning them for life because otherwise Scottish Athletics were going to take action and we thought it would be better if they were banned from our race rather than every race in Scotland." In a statement, the Marathon organisers said: "Edinburgh Marathon Limited has issued an indefinite ban for the Marathon and races organised by GSI events to a male runner who completed the marathon wearing a race number that was issued to a female competitor. The female athlete has also been banned. The action was taken in conjunction with Scottish Athletics."
