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Potty racers 5 cheats7/14/2023 There's running the tangents and then there's running up onto the sidewalk to round the corner, especially in a crowded road race. If the race has a no-headphones rule, then runners should abide by it.īottom line: wearing headphones might be breaking the rules but it isn't cheating. The theory behind this rule is that runners wearing headphones can be distracted by their music and not paying attention to what's happening on the road. Elite runners can't wear headphones in a race, so why should we mere mortals be allowed to wear headphones? Some races ban headphones, but I've run in some of those races while wearing headphones and no one even looked at me twice. It's hard to believe that this would ever be considered cheating, but purists think so. It's so easy to look up people's results, so why bother?īottom line: lying about finish times and PRs, even if it's "only" shaving off minutes or seconds, is cheating. Did I hurt anyone by doing this? No, but it's really not being truthful. I finished in 5:27:56, but I told everyone that I finished in 5:25, which to me is still awful. ![]() Heck, I was so embarrassed by my first marathon that I did it with my finish time. Especially when it comes to sharing a PR. But rounding down the minutes? As in running a half in 2:xx and saying you finished in 2 hours. ![]() We all know that runner who rounds down his PR or finish time. Is pausing your Garmin during a training run really cheating? Isn't the point of training to improve our running skills and work on weaknesses? What if I post my results on a social media site such as Strava? Other people can see those results and might think that I'm faster than I really am.īottom line: if I'm cheating anyone by pausing my Garmin, it's myself. During training runs, many runners, including myself, pause their watch for a potty stop, for water, for a stoplight, to tie a shoe, and for other reasons.
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