Do you think she ran or not? (Page 3)

Man that is one ugly looking rabbit.

Another twist to the mystery--and I swear I'm not obsessed with this--but if I can check things out I will. Months ago she mentioned her nephew was going to run the marathon with her.  Makes sense, he was a cross country runner in high school one town over.  I coach our school's cross country team so I know her nephew.  At the beginning of the week last week I asked her if 'Johnny' was ready for his first marathon too.  She said 'Oh, no, he's into this bike thing now so he's going to do the bike tour instead'.  I thought that was odd given he'd put so many training miles into this and then decide to do the bike tour, but again, whatever, what's it to me. Yesterday I realized he would have had to register as well--a bib number was required, cyclists got a goodie bag as well.  Looked him up and no record of him registered anywhere either--not for the bike or the marathon.

How about looking at the pictures of people who finished in the same time frame as her to see if she's in the picture, too?  If it's a big race, it might be hard with staggered starting times, etc, but worth a shot.  If you think she's probably accurate with the time, and if she just bandited, she would be in the pictures.     Or if you're really obsessed you could look at all the pictures

I'm still surprised at how often I hear that. After doing a 10k run a friend asked "so how was your marathon?". After correcting her on the distance she just said "whatever, it's all just running right?".

Maybe it's genetic! 

I've tried typing this five different ways and every time it sounds snarky, but I don't mean it that way :)

Why not just ask her what's up? "I didn't see you listed in the finishers--was there a problem with your timing chip?"

If she didn't lie, she'll have a valid reason.  If she is lying, that's her problem, and you can just write her and the whole thing off.

I'm starting to think this issue has risen to the level of "First World Problems".  Not that I'm not following it closely, totally curious myself....

I could just ask I suppose. If she is lying it will set up for awkward interactions for the next three years as she's also my daughter's basketball coach. I dunno, the whole thing is just weird.

Oh I totally agree, but it's been fun sleuthing.  Like I said in my OP, what's it to me whether she actually ran or not.

Am I the only one who would find it concerning that my child's coach appears to be dishonest about an athletic event?  In other circumstances, I'd let it go, but in light of this, personally I would need to know the truth.

Yep, me too. 

If you find out she lied you should paiint a scarlet M on her front door.

As the results are posted online and provide limited information about the runners (name, age category, city), maybe she's extremely protective of her personal information and intentionally ripped the timing strip off of her bib.

Particularly if the results link directly to the race photos.

But, based on everything else you've mentioned, it does sound like she didn't race.

Ok, here's the update.  Before I asked her this morning I thought I'd do one more bit of sleuthing.  I looked up the men and women who finished right around her time and went to their race pictures from the finish line.  The closest time to hers was a gentleman who finished with no one remotely close to him.

So, this morning I stopped by her office and admittedly took the passive approach and said "Hey, I found something you might want to check out.  I wanted to see what the splits were on a 4:15 finish so I thought I'd look up your splits for reference and you weren't listed at all.  Do you think your timing chip malfunctioned or something?"    She hesitated slightly and said "Hey, thanks.  I haven't even looked at the race site or anything so I'll contact someone and see what's going on."  I said I just wanted to make sure she knew and headed to my room!  So...who the heck knows.  I find it a bit strange by now she wouldn't have looked up her official time, age group placing, all that stuff for what was her first marathon but at this point, I'm out. 

In response to the concern about her coaching--well, yeah there's a concern. However, she's an excellent bball coach.  Will this make me much more cautious about her, absolutely.