One of the recently eliminated contestants on the American version of The Biggest Loser was shown to have completed his first marathon in under four hours. Inspirational, right? Except it was a big, fat lie. His real time was actually six hours, and he and his wife were driven in a van by producers for several miles towards the end. Everyone involved has issued an apology, but runners are pissed off and calling for him to give back his finisher’s medal. I totally agree. I’m going to run one of those suckers someday, and I’m not gonna cheat when I do it.
Important Note
This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.