Fibbing and lying

devilnuts

devilnuts

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#1
So Paul Ryan didn't just stretch the truth about his marathon time, he flat out lied about it. I still don't get how people can lie about something like that in this day and age and think they won't be revealed for a lying sack of crap? Mind you, this has nothing to do with his politics...just that he said he ran a 2:50-something marathon before. 2:50-something? If you are running a sub 3 hour marathon, you remember the seconds and fractions of a second on that...unless you are an extremely elite runner. Then you just say, "Eh, I had a slow day today...I only ran around 2:50-something." haha

I'm sure we've all exagerrated our times by saying something like that. I know I've said that my time was "in the upper 50's" about a 10K. It wasn't a lie...it was in the 50's...the very high 50's...But saying 59:48 wouldn't sound as good. Supposedly his time was over 4 hours. Even if you are the best mathemagician on the planet, you can't make 4 and change turn into a 2:50-something. HAHAHA.

So anyway, I thought I'd see what bending and stretching of the truth others have done. Don't be shy. I shared mine...hahaha.
 
#2
First 10k I ran many moons ago was 59 minutes and 57 secs. I just tell everyone that I broke an hour for my first 10k. I also many moons ago broke 3 hrs for a full. 2 hrs 58 min and 52 secs. I still call it a sub 3 rather than narrate the time (sounds better that way). :)
 
#3
OK, two things:

1) Re Paul Ryan - to your point, 2:5x;xx is a BQ time. I cannot think of a runner in the US that would run a BQ and not remember that (regardless of whether he actually ran Boston).

2) I haven't done any bending/stretching, but legitimate mis-remembering. I used to tell people that my marathon was 5:42:37; actually it was 5:39:53 (I think I was passed by someone that had no limbs). My first 10K (and most subsequent 10K's) hover around 1:02 (or 62, if you prefer), save for trail 10K's, which are in the 1:15 range.
 
#4
I never lie. ;)

So what was his actual time?
 
#5
4:01, Which isn't too shabby a time for your only marathon. That's what makes it so ridiculous. Then to say that you mis-spoke when you rounded? Not so much. There is a difference between spinning your time to sound better and flat out lying. hahaha.
 
#7
As the John Stewart would explain, it goes with the mantra "We can change it" RNC
....the daily show is just great....
 
#8
Glad I'm not a runner, after reading this article it sounds like an awful sport full of Internet weirdos and cheaters:p I am also totally never going to enter a race under my first name again.
 
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You read it that fast? I haven't even finished reading it yet, I keep having to pick my jaw up off the floor.
 
#12
Read it! Skimming-shmimming; I dropped out of grad school so I know how that works. It's a long article but it is completely outrageous. If it weren't creepy, and I were a runner, I would so be following that guy around to see how he did it.
 
#16
All I can say is WOW!!!!!:eek:
 
#17
Gidds said:
Glad I'm not a runner, after reading this article it sounds like an awful sport full of Internet weirdos and cheaters:p I am also totally never going to enter a race under my first name again.
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Wow...I wonder what color the sky is in his world? I mean, this goes beyond cutting a corner; this is systematically cheating (or gaming) the system for no real good reason. He's a pathological liar - even when confronted with photographic evidence, he continues to deny and come up with random explanations.

He's in an interesting spot, now. His name is out there enough that I wonder if he'll start being automatically locked out of races...
 
#18
I read the entire thing. Hmmm...sounds like a lot of cheating. Why? He was probably running close to 3 hours as it was. That is fantastic! Why sully that for a few more minutes when you know you are going to get caught...they always get caught...hahaha.

Here is an interesting run time PR "calculator". HAHAHA. I love it. It even has different distances so if you don't have a marathon time, you don't have to feel left out.

http://www.paulryantimecalculator.com/
 
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Gidds said:
Skimming-shmimming
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Think of reading like drinking wine. With the good stuff, you want to savor every sip, each sip a revelation. With table wine, you just want the main points--fruity or spicy? strong or weak? etc. I doubt anyone who read the whole article will retain any more of it than I will in a few weeks' time.
Anyway, thanks for the link. It really made my day. I especially like the idea of some guy obsessively tracking him down, kind of like Inspector Javet.
 
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