As has been noted, The Clinic has morphed into something that is not just about drugs. So this is a thread for good old fashioned cheating.
I'll start it off with a doozy. Notorious running cheat, Kip Litton, has now been written about in The New Yorker. The exact method of cheating has fascinated and stumped amateur running sleuths for quite a while. He appears to start races several minutes late so that he has an excuse for those he is competing against not seeing him on the course. He walks across the timing mat then appears at the finish with a fantastic chip time, sometimes wearing different clothes and even different shoes. The logistics in many races with interim time mats is quite complex, and he seems to be a good runner who has to run some sections to make the plans work.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/06/120806fa_fact_singer
If you have a few hours to kill, google Kip Litton. There is an entire blog devoted to his exploits. There are also several forum threads where the members have sifted through race pictures and splits to figure out how he does it, like the LetsRun thread below (225 pages).
http://www.writingaboutrunning.com/2011/01/outing-of-kip-litton.html
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3863010&page=0
I'll start it off with a doozy. Notorious running cheat, Kip Litton, has now been written about in The New Yorker. The exact method of cheating has fascinated and stumped amateur running sleuths for quite a while. He appears to start races several minutes late so that he has an excuse for those he is competing against not seeing him on the course. He walks across the timing mat then appears at the finish with a fantastic chip time, sometimes wearing different clothes and even different shoes. The logistics in many races with interim time mats is quite complex, and he seems to be a good runner who has to run some sections to make the plans work.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/06/120806fa_fact_singer
If you have a few hours to kill, google Kip Litton. There is an entire blog devoted to his exploits. There are also several forum threads where the members have sifted through race pictures and splits to figure out how he does it, like the LetsRun thread below (225 pages).
http://www.writingaboutrunning.com/2011/01/outing-of-kip-litton.html
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3863010&page=0