My wife is an ultra runner and I’ve spent a ton of time at races. The early part of her story is 100% believable. People get injured and catch a car ride to the next aid station. Aid station workers - who aren’t race officials usually - will habitually do everything they can to get runners back on the course. And you often don’t have a choice. It’s a 50-mile point to point race… there’s often no choice but to keep going. And the runners are often incoherent and don’t do sensible things like turn in their number. Of course, the story falls apart when she actually crosses the finish line, accepts the third place trophy, etc. No matter how tired or incoherent you don’t do that by accident.
“I didn’t want to compete anymore…I just wanted to drop out, but I was told I’d regret it if I didn’t finish. So I went ahead and continued running until the end of the race. After I realized I finished in third place, I graciously accepted the medal because I didn’t want the organizers to feel bad that they made a mistake by giving me the medal.”
"I didn't want the organizers to feel bad learning I wasn't third, so I accepted the medal"...you know, I think somehow they would have managed to get over that devastation pretty quickly.
so she ran 47.5 miles only to cheat 2.5 of it. Seems like a terrible decision. She could have easily pushed through the last 2.5 even if her leg still hurt. Real winners find a way to get it done!
@@michaelmcginley7930 It is also shocking that she had the gall to accept the 3rd place trophy and if her 'friend' innocently offered the 'injured' runner a lift why did she not expose her or at least tell her to fess up? Maybe she was more of a conspirator than an innocent 'friend'.
@@BuJammy Well, yeah you're right. Ultimately fraud is fraud, especially when the victim is every day people rather than a faceless organization and it preys on people's goodwill regardless of anyone's personal feelings about sport or military service or whatever. I'll grant all of that.
Not sure what happened in the end, but I believe she is also a doctor and last news article I read on this here (UK) mentioned that her being a doctor was being called into question because it requires you to be “of good character”. Very strange behaviour which has ruined her reputation as a great runner. Cheaters will cheat I guess.
Zakrzewski qualified in medicine at the University of Cambridge ( MB BChir 1999).[16] She works as a general practitioner in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia.[17][18] Cheating at a sport is NOT a criminal offence. You think a doctor playing football and getting a red card would be banned? Get a grip please.
@@Biffo1262I would not trust a doctor who knowingly cheats in checkers and paints it as a “misunderstanding” (despite making no attempt to rectify the situation) let alone something highly competitive, difficult, and highly publicized. It doesn’t mean she cheated her degree or that she should have her licence taken. It DOES show that her judgement is questionable and some (including me) would say it makes her seem untrustworthy. You’ve no doubt noticed there are many doctors in Australia and most of them don’t get themselves embroidered in any sort of public scandals. It could be the one bad thing she does in her life or it could even be a mental health episode, but she’s opened herself up to scrutiny regardless. But aside from that, the person you’re condescending to is making a factual statement about something they read in an article, without even giving their opinion on it. In the future, please avoid making strawmen arguments to debate people who aren’t even arguing, we’d all appreciate it. thanks!
@@Biffo1262 While it's very unlikely that cheating in a marathon would result in someone's career as a doctor being affected; surely you can't actually think that it can be compared to getting a red card in a football match.
She pulled a Rosie Ruiz who cheated in the Boston Marathon in the 1970's. She took the subway part of the way, then crossed the finish lime. Rosie was declared the winner, but was DQed when someone saw her on the subway. She went to her grave claiming she won the Boston Marathon.
I can. I play online chess and I'd say every 20 games someone "stalls out" which is where they realise they've lost and instead of being a good sport and resigning, they leave the clock going and force you to stare at the screen. Those are the "bad sports." Then a couple of times I've received an email saying someone I played has cheated and my loss to them has been removed and my rating adjusted. Some people just never fully grow up, for whatever reason.
Shakespeare was originally going to name "Macbeth" as "Zakrzewski". Kit Marlow advised him against it, famously stating "A play thus named, Zahcheffskee, must needs give strain to the obvious mind, so common among the Scotch to hear it.". The rest is history.
Her poor decision to cheat during this race will cause her entire running career to be scrutinized, and rightfully so. People never do things just once. 😂
karl jobst mentioned!! I've never run more than a mile so this content is very much out of my Venn diagram but your coverage and sense of levity is very engaging.
Own your failures. Had to quit my last 100k run at 72k. Would have been easy to cheat, but I would carry this stain with me for the rest of my life for what? Nothing. Just finishing 100k. I can finish 100k another time, but I can never get rid of the lie. Furthermore: We grow through failures. I know what to change and improve in my training to succeed next time.
Ruiz took the subway for a lot further than half a mile. You're probably misremembering as she jumped out of the crowd with a half mile to go to cross the finish line.
I don’t understand why these people would ever cheat. Like they already do train very hard and are very talented. Guess they wanna be first that bad tho. I don’t see marathons as a race. I really see it as everyone is just competing against themselves. Not each other.
Wow. So she accepted a car ride but nevertheless, decided to cross the finish, thus claiming an official finish and then to add insult to injury (of the event and fellow competitors), she accepted the 3rd place trophy. Absolutely freakin disgusting and inexcusable. She needs to be banned by all RDs for a significant period of time...like a year!
I could honestly see me finishing a race via cheating but I’d never take a medal. And would probably stop at the line if it looked like I was finishing in the top 10. I understand getting 15-20 deep and realizing you’re cooked. But still wanting to step over the line because you accomplished something for yourself.
I feel a little bad for some of the cheaters you cover because it sounds to me that they crumble under the pressure and expectations they set for themselves. For example this lady, her body wasn’t up to it that day (so she says) and so she felt she had to cheat to match was she had done previously.
It's more sad than the cheating itself when someone can't own up to it and apologize properly. Don't get me wrong: both things are bad, but how can you forgive a person who continues to be dishonest? In this case, I also can't imagine what it's all for. Even if you believe her story 100% it doesn't actually change much. She might as well be honest, no?
Super Hans: I've accidentally run to Windsor. Jeremy Usborne : What? Super Hans : Yeah, I've mistakenly... run to Windsor! Jeremy Usborne : But that's, like, in Scotland or something... isn't it? Super Hans : I didn't mean to, it's just the endorphins kicked in and I couldn't stop! Jeremy Usborne : OK, well find some polythene or something to pull over yourself, and a bit of waste ground, and I'm sure you'll feel fine in the morning. Super Hans : My legs have gone man! I'm a jelly! I'm paralysed! Feels fucking brilliant!
She flagged down somebody....toldnthem she wanted to wuit cuase she was hurting...they said you should finish ...she said ok ...and had the words she needed to hear to complete the self mindfuk.
People in the comments need to realise this is an ultra long race. Your brain is definitely not gonna be working properly at the end of it so it's understandable that she would be quite out of it and not cogent enough to not accept the trophy. The thing that is less excusable though is that she didn't flag it up in the following days. However i can imagine that she was probably unsure about what to do and it's the type of thing where the longer you leave it the harder it is to bring it up. Just giving her the benefit of the doubt. I think she deserves a bit more slack than people have been giving her.
As an ultra runner with 12 belt buckles which represents 100 mile ultra .....that is COMPLETE Rubbish!!! I realize you wanna pretend shes innocent but shes Not. She knew!! Been completely tired at the end of my 100s but you KNOW whats going on. She was deliberate!!!!!!
if she’d copped to it after a good night’s sleep, I could buy that. What I can’t buy is that running an ultramarathon renders you so incoherent that you’re unable to think properly for days. It would definitely be awkward, but she’s doctor: on the short list of people who should be able admit their mistakes when the only consequence is looking foolish, doctor would be pretty high up there.
You’re actually right. There are a lot of facts in this case that have never been reported properly (or at all). But of course most social media commentators don’t care about that!
I think the original story could make sense, but why would you accept the medal, pose for pictures, and leave without trying to correct it? I think that's where she 100% is in the wrong and there's not really a logical explanation.
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I guess to be a successful runner, you need to have the drive. Sometimes literally.
Was this one of the BMW races?
She was firing on all cylinders
Four wheel drive.
Lol
My wife is an ultra runner and I’ve spent a ton of time at races. The early part of her story is 100% believable. People get injured and catch a car ride to the next aid station. Aid station workers - who aren’t race officials usually - will habitually do everything they can to get runners back on the course. And you often don’t have a choice. It’s a 50-mile point to point race… there’s often no choice but to keep going. And the runners are often incoherent and don’t do sensible things like turn in their number. Of course, the story falls apart when she actually crosses the finish line, accepts the third place trophy, etc. No matter how tired or incoherent you don’t do that by accident.
“I didn’t want to compete anymore…I just wanted to drop out, but I was told I’d regret it if I didn’t finish. So I went ahead and continued running until the end of the race. After I realized I finished in third place, I graciously accepted the medal because I didn’t want the organizers to feel bad that they made a mistake by giving me the medal.”
So why not just risk a scandal and getting banned for life instead? Makes zero sense.
@@guardiane I agree…I will never be able rationalize why someone would cheat in an event that is so closely monitored.
"I didn't want the organizers to feel bad learning I wasn't third, so I accepted the medal"...you know, I think somehow they would have managed to get over that devastation pretty quickly.
so she ran 47.5 miles only to cheat 2.5 of it. Seems like a terrible decision. She could have easily pushed through the last 2.5 even if her leg still hurt. Real winners find a way to get it done!
It happened at about 40 miles.
Amen!
Shes a cheat
@@michaelmcginley7930 It is also shocking that she had the gall to accept the 3rd place trophy and if her 'friend' innocently offered the 'injured' runner a lift why did she not expose her or at least tell her to fess up? Maybe she was more of a conspirator than an innocent 'friend'.
She did find a way
She skipped PEDs and went right to GAS.
The karl jobst reference always comes in handy. It still boggles my mind how someone would cheat like tat
If the car was the Flintstones model, would it still be cheating? 😉🤣
seems like her mod developer didnt tell her about her improved piglin trades
Imagine getting a lift in a car in the middle of a race and still only finishing third.
You're making great videos, and I really appreciate the content. Excellent quality, well researched and explained, and not length-padded. Well done!
She really watched the Geoffrey Butler “Shame of a Nation” episode of Fresh Prince and took it to heart
Only a narcissist could enjoy stolen valor and that is exactly what this is.
Cheating in an ultra race is definitely not the same thing as pretending to be a soldier lol
Probably has more to do with it being her career and trying to make a living at it
@@Supermoneygang12 Yeah pretending to be a soldier is mostly just an inconvenience and obnoxious. Cheating in a competition is straight up fraud
@@mattjk5299 The only reason we know about stolen valour is the enormous amount of monetary and medical fraud created by it, but I take your point.
@@BuJammy Well, yeah you're right. Ultimately fraud is fraud, especially when the victim is every day people rather than a faceless organization and it preys on people's goodwill regardless of anyone's personal feelings about sport or military service or whatever. I'll grant all of that.
"If you're gonna cheat, at least cheat well"
And don’t get caught. That’s where the art of cheating matters.
Whats funny is, based on how she got caught, if she came into the race planning to cheat i think shed get away with it
Just. Don’t. Cheat.
Nice to see a Karl Jobst quote being used as evidence
Where was the running footage shot? Such a beautiful coastal track!
Yes, do tell. There's a lot like that around Cape Town, but this isn't it.
It was pretty, but pretty irrelevant and should have been left out.
What she could have done to make things funnier was take the floor out of the car, and drive it Flintstone style.
More proof the left can't meme 🙄👎
Should ban her for 5 years
1904 olympic marathon, the first winner did the same. except he was disqualified soon after, but not immediately
Not sure what happened in the end, but I believe she is also a doctor and last news article I read on this here (UK) mentioned that her being a doctor was being called into question because it requires you to be “of good character”.
Very strange behaviour which has ruined her reputation as a great runner. Cheaters will cheat I guess.
Zakrzewski qualified in medicine at the University of Cambridge ( MB BChir 1999).[16] She works as a general practitioner in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia.[17][18]
Cheating at a sport is NOT a criminal offence. You think a doctor playing football and getting a red card would be banned? Get a grip please.
@@Biffo1262I would not trust a doctor who knowingly cheats in checkers and paints it as a “misunderstanding” (despite making no attempt to rectify the situation) let alone something highly competitive, difficult, and highly publicized.
It doesn’t mean she cheated her degree or that she should have her licence taken. It DOES show that her judgement is questionable and some (including me) would say it makes her seem untrustworthy.
You’ve no doubt noticed there are many doctors in Australia and most of them don’t get themselves embroidered in any sort of public scandals.
It could be the one bad thing she does in her life or it could even be a mental health episode, but she’s opened herself up to scrutiny regardless.
But aside from that, the person you’re condescending to is making a factual statement about something they read in an article, without even giving their opinion on it.
In the future, please avoid making strawmen arguments to debate people who aren’t even arguing, we’d all appreciate it. thanks!
If doctors had to be “of good character” here in the states, we wouldn’t be left with a whole lotta doctors…
@@Biffo1262
While it's very unlikely that cheating in a marathon would result in someone's career as a doctor being affected; surely you can't actually think that it can be compared to getting a red card in a football match.
She pulled a Rosie Ruiz who cheated in the Boston Marathon in the 1970's. She took the subway part of the way, then crossed the finish lime. Rosie was declared the winner, but was DQed when someone saw her on the subway. She went to her grave claiming she won the Boston Marathon.
I can't believe there are this many cheaters in races.
I can. I play online chess and I'd say every 20 games someone "stalls out" which is where they realise they've lost and instead of being a good sport and resigning, they leave the clock going and force you to stare at the screen. Those are the "bad sports." Then a couple of times I've received an email saying someone I played has cheated and my loss to them has been removed and my rating adjusted. Some people just never fully grow up, for whatever reason.
She was probably cheating all the time, but in a smarter way. A cheater is a cheater.
The authorities first got suspicious when they caught her cheating at solitaire and trying to take credit for writing War and Peace.
Shakespeare was originally going to name "Macbeth" as "Zakrzewski". Kit Marlow advised him against it, famously stating
"A play thus named, Zahcheffskee, must needs give strain to the obvious mind, so common among the Scotch to hear it.".
The rest is history.
Scotch is wonderful amber liquid.. People from Scotland are called "Scots".
Your content and channel are great! So well done, smart. Thank you
Love the Karl Jobst reverence! Glad to see I'm not the only ultrarunning/video game nerd lol.
You absolute legend
Her poor decision to cheat during this race will cause her entire running career to be scrutinized, and rightfully so. People never do things just once. 😂
karl jobst mentioned!!
I've never run more than a mile so this content is very much out of my Venn diagram but your coverage and sense of levity is very engaging.
Own your failures. Had to quit my last 100k run at 72k. Would have been easy to cheat, but I would carry this stain with me for the rest of my life for what? Nothing. Just finishing 100k. I can finish 100k another time, but I can never get rid of the lie.
Furthermore: We grow through failures. I know what to change and improve in my training to succeed next time.
Yet we let people use wheelchairs. I’m keeping my eye on you, “ADA”.
~ She pulled a Rose’ Ruize ~~ did it in Boston back in the Day....
I really don’t understand cheating in marathons. It’s gotta be the biggest own goal of all time.
I don't even take the free swag if I don't finish a race. she shouldn't have crossed the finish line if she didn't run the entire course.
She forgot it wasn't Nascar
Yeah or Secto Rally Finland
She should decide if she wants to car race or foot race.
This reminds me of the boston marathon cheater, Rosie Ruiz, in 1980, hopped on the subway for the last half mile.
Ruiz took the subway for a lot further than half a mile. You're probably misremembering as she jumped out of the crowd with a half mile to go to cross the finish line.
@waltblackadar4690 I believe your right. Didn't she hop on at Kenmore square?
Reminds me of Jeffrey's story in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
I don’t understand why these people would ever cheat. Like they already do train very hard and are very talented. Guess they wanna be first that bad tho. I don’t see marathons as a race. I really see it as everyone is just competing against themselves. Not each other.
It's funny to see how slow the trail goes by while jogging...
I'm not sure why they call it "running" when they're going that slow.
Ban her for life. No excuse for it
nice karl jobst reference and it's always relevant
Wow. So she accepted a car ride but nevertheless, decided to cross the finish, thus claiming an official finish and then to add insult to injury (of the event and fellow competitors), she accepted the 3rd place trophy. Absolutely freakin disgusting and inexcusable. She needs to be banned by all RDs for a significant period of time...like a year!
i love the mention of karl jobst here, and this was a very good video :)
Cheating should result in a permanent ban from all competition with all stats and records erased
Do you live in NZ, or is the background footage from someone else?
I could honestly see me finishing a race via cheating but I’d never take a medal. And would probably stop at the line if it looked like I was finishing in the top 10. I understand getting 15-20 deep and realizing you’re cooked. But still wanting to step over the line because you accomplished something for yourself.
these dumb things r my favorite
Clear cut case.
So her medal was a non-competitive medal?
hello runnerboi, you absolute legend
The Karl Jobst namedrop is great.
I feel a little bad for some of the cheaters you cover because it sounds to me that they crumble under the pressure and expectations they set for themselves. For example this lady, her body wasn’t up to it that day (so she says) and so she felt she had to cheat to match was she had done previously.
Why would anybody want to cheat and win 😳that is a serious brain fart
Really interesting ^^ ty
Trackers and recording gates that runners must pass through on the course are the go.. miss a gate ? DQ.
“Mechanical doping”
Don't worry Joasia, the machines were hacked - Mike Pillow is on the case.
😂 his mustache will soak up all the injustice
It's more sad than the cheating itself when someone can't own up to it and apologize properly. Don't get me wrong: both things are bad, but how can you forgive a person who continues to be dishonest? In this case, I also can't imagine what it's all for. Even if you believe her story 100% it doesn't actually change much. She might as well be honest, no?
Why? Cheater are sad people that don’t realize they are cheating themselves too.
Super Hans: I've accidentally run to Windsor.
Jeremy Usborne : What?
Super Hans : Yeah, I've mistakenly... run to Windsor!
Jeremy Usborne : But that's, like, in Scotland or something... isn't it?
Super Hans : I didn't mean to, it's just the endorphins kicked in and I couldn't stop!
Jeremy Usborne : OK, well find some polythene or something to pull over yourself, and a bit of waste ground, and I'm sure you'll feel fine in the morning.
Super Hans : My legs have gone man! I'm a jelly! I'm paralysed! Feels fucking brilliant!
40 miles into the race started breaking all kinds of world records
Never heard of second wind?😂😂
They need gps trackers on these athletes. They pay as part of participating.
She cheated same way geffory did in fresh prince bel air episode
Bro is this filmed in NZ?
Another one... is she a journalist too?
Whoa, Karl Jobst reference!
Why is everything blurred? Irritating.
Copyright strikes I assume, they're pretty bad lately
This opening view of trail running along a steep cliff made me nervous!! MY OCD thinking said: "What if I meet another runner coming at me?" LOL!
Jeffrey from Fresh Prince
Scottish? That famous Clan Zakrzewski.
Shoutout to Karl Jobst :D
Oh shit bud
Shame on her 😂
Zakrzewski. Strong Scottish name, that 😂
Karl Jobst Pog
Polish
Based Karl Jobst enjoyer.
GBR again!!!
These Brits always taking the bus during a marathon is just out there !!
Cheated and still came 3rd...
She flagged down somebody....toldnthem she wanted to wuit cuase she was hurting...they said you should finish ...she said ok ...and had the words she needed to hear to complete the self mindfuk.
You got focus issies?
Whats with the blurry view?
Copyright strikes usually- you have to blur footage or it gets the video blocked
A traditional Scottish name lol
eeeww....
scottish.
*Polish
ultrastrat
She won't need to change her name through shame.
We'll never remember it anyway.
The name sounds polish lol
Black list the bissssssss
Man it's impossible to watch this video with the camera running the whole time moving
If you aren't cheating you aren't trying.
😂🎉😂
As a marathon runner, there are always hundreds who cheat using similar methods.
People in the comments need to realise this is an ultra long race. Your brain is definitely not gonna be working properly at the end of it so it's understandable that she would be quite out of it and not cogent enough to not accept the trophy. The thing that is less excusable though is that she didn't flag it up in the following days. However i can imagine that she was probably unsure about what to do and it's the type of thing where the longer you leave it the harder it is to bring it up. Just giving her the benefit of the doubt. I think she deserves a bit more slack than people have been giving her.
Boo hoo
As an ultra runner with 12 belt buckles which represents 100 mile ultra .....that is COMPLETE Rubbish!!! I realize you wanna pretend shes innocent but shes Not. She knew!! Been completely tired at the end of my 100s but you KNOW whats going on. She was deliberate!!!!!!
She kept the lie going for three days.your either stupid ot comlicit
if she’d copped to it after a good night’s sleep, I could buy that.
What I can’t buy is that running an ultramarathon renders you so incoherent that you’re unable to think properly for days.
It would definitely be awkward, but she’s doctor: on the short list of people who should be able admit their mistakes when the only consequence is looking foolish, doctor would be pretty high up there.
You’re actually right. There are a lot of facts in this case that have never been reported properly (or at all). But of course most social media commentators don’t care about that!
Get motion sick watching this urghh!!!!
Wow what a liar. She should sign up as a DEI official.
Her story seems credible. Everything is not a conspiracy.
Yeah, read the articles and I agree
I think the original story could make sense, but why would you accept the medal, pose for pictures, and leave without trying to correct it? I think that's where she 100% is in the wrong and there's not really a logical explanation.
her last name is Jewish
She’s a legend!
Woman moment
Sure that’s a Scottish name if I ever heard one
Most honest doctor out there