From Doubler's article:
Dave did wear he’s chip, it was on his back loop which is why it can’t be seen in the photos.
So, can we all agree that this is completely ludicrous?
The London marathon timing chips are at least 2 inches on each side. For some images, try this Google search:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=london+marathon+timing+chip&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBkqaBsbbVAhWIKWMKHelBD10Q_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=974There is not enough clearance between the loop on the back of a shoe and the pavement beneath the foot for the chip to hang there.
Even if there were, a chip hanging from a loop would be bounced and jostled and thrown around. It would strike the back of the runner's foot and bounce up above the shoe line to hit the bare skin of the ankle. Do we really need to discuss why no person would ever actually allow this to happen, let alone when the instructions and common practice of every other runner establish the proper mounting technique?
On the topic of proper fixation of the tag, there is this picture from earlier in the thread which CLEARLY shoes the standard chip ties attached to "he's" front laces:
http://imgur.com/a/WpxiL#p6CkdOASo, not only is the claim of hanging from a back loop bogus but there's also evidence that he, at some point, did tie it to the front of his shoe just like every single other runner was required to do.
I have no idea whether, with months and months of time, someone could manually alter every single data point in a Tom Tom watch GPS file in order to fudge a race. Terrie did, apparently, scroll through thousands of pictures taken of the race until she found one of Dave. However, it seems unlikely that the Tom Tom was faked. So we should accept that Dave ran the marathon and completed it in 4:19, until proven otherwise.
What also seems likely is that they schemed from the beginning to lie about the finish time. Removing the chip allowed them to claim malfunction which allowed them to claim the much publicized sub 3:30 time. In classic Reading/Shingler fashion, they didn't think through the difficulty of proving that time and went with the bluster+charity+sob-story approach... an approach that apparently worked for a time!
Joe the Driver spoke in great detail about this standard modus operandi of Dave Reading/Shingler.
Why would they make this plan? Because at the time of the 2016 London marathon they were planning and promoting the Lejog attempt. The false time puts Dave in the league of serious runners and helps with promotion, publicity, fundraising, and supporting their claim to be world-record capable. We all saw how important it was for them to attach names like Mo Farah and Prince Henry to their attempt. They probably (rightly!) realized that no one would care about or sponsor a sub-par, overweight, inexperienced runner who had no data to back up an attempt at an extraordinary feat.
Frankly, I'm in the camp that he wasn't doing it strictly for a cash payday but instead for the glory. The publicity. The celebrity. Some aspire to wealth, some to power, some to fame. Dave Reading wanted the last one, to rise above his current societal status and rub shoulders with the stars.
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The real disappointment right now, though, after 137 pages on LetsRun, is Doubler's mediocre article. Sorry, Derek. But, you really did not add anything to the conversation other than finally posting some GPS data.
The explanations you gathered from Terrie are the second or third or fourth iteration of explanations and excuses to explain away inconsistencies and untruths. As with previous excuses, this round does not withstand even the slightest critical thought.
I have admired Marathon Investigation for the detailed analysis of data AND the drawing of conclusions based on that data. In the article about the Readings/Shinglers, no conclusions were drawn. Derek simply told a truncated narrative and presented their responses without any questioning or analysis at all.
Doubler: do you really think there's any chance he had the tag dangling from the back of his shoe? Really?