
Running's biggest cheats
The Runner's World UK Podcast
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Running's Biggest Cheats
We go back in time to 1904 and a marathon runner called Fred Laws. It's kind of the first era of so-called marathon mania, he cheats on a marathon. He runs a bit of the race and then looks like gets in a car because he gets exhausted at about mile nine. And then he decides actually he does want to finish and gets out and then finishes the run. But very quickly, questions start to be asked about D.T. Actually across the line. This is our first guy, Fred Laws.
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