We received this note from a reader:
Hi,
So I'm attaching a couple of pictures. The first 1 is of me (wearing the black stocking cap) running with my friend Kevin Ballantine (wearing the white headband), who was trying to break 3:00 and finished with a 3:04, and our other friend Danielle Crockford (in red), the women's winner who ran a 2:59. The 3:00 pacer, Brian McMahon (wearing the yellow shirt in the Litton pic), told me Litton never passed him either.
I dropped off the pace of Kevin and Danielle around mile 5 and ran the half in 1:32:59 and Litton never came by me through 12 miles (where the half and full courses split off).
None of us recall being passed by Litton and yet note the picture of him, late in the race, past mile 20, where he has somehow gotten in front of Danielle and Brian.
Here are links to pics of Litton walking across the finish line at Charlotte Thunder Road:
I exchanged emails with the race director who confronted Litton about this race, but as Litton hit all the mats and denied cheating, the director did not have enough evidence to DQ him.
nice work charlotte peeps!
ReplyDeleteNice work by the reader.
ReplyDeleteThe race director, IMO, should consider the history of this fellow (has he seen this site?), and the statements of 4 competitors (including an OFFICIAL PACER, and the female winner). Time to man up and DQ Kip. Too bad and ridiculous if he doesn't...
Maybe Kip was wearing a different outfit when he passed you guys. He does like to change clothes during a race.
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