We're shocked - shocked! - by the revelation that surfaced this morning. Not since Rosie Ruiz cheated to win the Boston Marathon has such a sporting hoax been perpetrated on the populace.
Kelly Brothers, the KFBK and Channel 3 reporter who participated in Thursday's media challenge in the Run to Feed the Hungry, has admitted to cheating.
Here he is, unburdening himself in his own words:
My time as reported on 21Q ... was a fraud.I did the race with a few of my young kids and about 10 minutes in I heard those magic words... "Daddy I need to go to the bathroom...." We took an unauthorized turn on 51st St. and suddenly the 5k race was cut to 3.5k!
We worked our way down H St.... to the bathroom at Starbucks... and then (just like Rosie) sprinted for the finish line! And that's why my time is so seemingly impressive....
In all fairness, if you include the walk to/from the car ... we did do at least a 7k... just not in the "timed" portion.
Mea culpa
Upon further review, we'll let Brothers slide for his transgression. After all, he ran for charity ....
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