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Marathon course-cutting occurs when runners complete less than an entire course of a marathon. The standard length of a marathon course is 42.195 kilometers, about 26.2 miles. Course-cutting may be intentional or unintentional and can be achieved by various means. When done intentionally, course-cutting constitutes cheating. In 2009, the ''New York Times'' ran an article on course-cutting, including a map of where about 46 runners in the 2008 New York City Marathon left and reentered the course. “An untold number of () runners escape detection, marathon officials said.” Also in the 2008 race, a 25-year-old runner, running with the bib of a 61-year-old, nearly set the world record for the 60-64 age group. In a 2012 ''New York Post'' article, a NYC Marathon official estimated that “each year an average of 30 to 40 are disqualified” in the New York City Marathon. In 2010, the ''Chicago Tribune'' reported that in “the 2009 Chicago Marathon, 252 runners' times were disqualified, most for missing two or more timing mats in a row.” In 2006, the ''Washington Post'' reported that the seventh and eighth place women’s finishers of the 2006 Marine Corps Marathon were disqualified. Rick Nealis, the race director, disqualified 350 runners in the 2005 race. ==See also== * Transponder timing 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marathon course-cutting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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