"Ultrarunner Disqualified for Using Car During Race"
Ultramarathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski was disqualified from the Manchester to Liverpool Ultra race after it was discovered she rode in a car for around 2.5 miles of the 50-mile event. She finished third among women with a time of 7:25:17 and was given a wooden trophy for her feat. Zakrzewski uploaded her watch data to Strava, which showed her running a mile in under two minutes, with a heart rate of 90bpm and a cadence of 0. She did not even keep swinging her arms. The race director did not believe her story and has written statements from event team members who say Zakrzewski did not tell anyone she was dropping out, or that she had ridden in a car.
