I don’t watch The Biggest Loser these days, but my trainer was telling me the other day that one of the former contestants had recently completed a marathon at under four hours, weighing around 300 pounds. I was like “No way!” and she was like “Well, he’s a tall guy …” and I was like “NO WAY.” As someone who recently ran a half-marathon (WOOT WOOT GO ME!) I just didn’t see how this was possible, especially for someone who’d been in terrible shape previously.
It turns out, he didn’t run the entire marathon. NBC helped him cheat and then lied about it!
Dane said data from his heart-rate monitor told him he needed to slow down. The couple also stopped at every water station. At one, the TV crew asked the Pattersons to stop and talk about how the race was going. Temperatures climbed.
By the time Dane reached a water stop past mile 16, they’d fallen way off pace. He was exhausted, and a sub-six-hour finish was not going to happen. One of the producers proposed driving Dane and Carli up the road.
“I was irritated,” Dane said, “but I just wanted to make everybody happy. I knew the show wanted a finishing shot.”
“Plus, at mile 17, it’s not hard to talk a 280-pound guy into taking a ride,” he added.
The whole story is kind of fishy. Dane claims he took the ride (and he claims it was for only three miles) because he thought the marathon had a six-hour time limit, and he didn’t think he’d finish on time, and he wanted the show’s producers to get their shot. But if he only was in the car for three miles, and he finished the marathon at under four hours, then there’s no reason why he shouldn’t have been able to run three additional miles at a similar pace and finish well under six hours.
The truth came out after some fellow runners ratted Dane out to the press. They didn’t understand how Dane finished before them but they hadn’t seen him pass them.
Dirty reality TV stuff!!!
Thanks Keisha!
Well, at least he tried!! A lot of people don’t even try!
I don’t think the criticism is aimed at the effort as much as it is aimed at the deception.
um, yeah he tried but then cheated, then lied about it…then got mad because he got caught. He posted a time that would be hard to get for a first time marathon runner, that is in the shape he is in.
Well, I guess the word “reality” doesn’t really mean that on TV.
I can’t really buy his account on what happened
he probably talked the producer into it
lol
loser-look how high your ratings would be if
people see me finish.
producer – I don’t know
loser-I will kill you
producer- okay
yeah, that doesn’t add up. You could easily walk three miles in two hours.
what an idiot. Who lies about completing a marathon? I think doing 17 miles is impressive enough, but now he looks like a deceitful ass.
This guy has always ticked me off (during the time when I watched Biggest Loser this season) ; something about him just irks me. Ugh.
No wonder he lied, wat a jackass.
I can’t watch the show because my dog cannot handle the scale’s high pitched beeping noise. I wish they would change it because I need some inspiration to loose my fat ass.
Aaahahahahahaha! Totally snorted into laughter when I read that.
No Way! My dog has the same problem. I have to keep muting the TV because she runs into the other room or outside as soon as they start the weigh ins. She’s a dalmation/pointer mix. What’s the deal!?
My dog gets upset over the beeping scale, too. I have to mute the weigh ins. I thought it was because the beeping sounds like his invisible fence collar.
I can’t watch the show because my dog cannot stand the scale’s high pitched beeping noise. I wish they would change it. I need some inspiration to lose my fat ass.
As a dedicated marathon runner I can say this in all honesty…NOTHING pisses off runners more than hearing somebody cheated. NOTHING. No matter how fast/slow/big or inexperienced you may be you have the respect of everyone out there covering the same distance. About 8 years ago there was this chick who ran the Marine Corp Marathon and ended up winning her age group, even though she didn’t appear tired, or sweaty (or in shape for that matter). AND, she ran the entire race holding a poster…It turns out this girl was pulling the same scam at other marathons with the help of a few friends. When word got out, people wanted to beat her upside the head with a finisher’s medal and smother her with a mylar blanket…
I read that he actually “finished” right under 6 hours . Some story on the Yahoo website (I think) said that the picture that was taken looked like he finished right under 4 hours, but because of the sunlight and the bad lights on the time clock, the 5 (hour) looked like a 3.
Yeah, I thought it was kind of odd – he supposedly completed the marathon between the time he was kicked off and the airing of that show. Not really enough time for him to have trained for a marathon – even with the amount of running he may have done on campus.
I also saw the clip where he came in at 5 hours – when I saw that, I thought: well, maaayybbeeeee….?
You know, I watched the last season and was reasonably interested, but this season, they’re ALL a bunch of whiners and even the guy coash, whatever-his-name-is, Bob? He was acting like a sorry sack to be crying over losing his original team (way to be professional, dude, I want you to be my trainer!). Even the episode last night was full of pansy-a** pitiful-ness. Ugh, I was already annoyed and now I’m just disgusted and done with the show.
You know, I watched the last season and was reasonably interested, but this season, they’re ALL a bunch of whiners and even the guy coach, whatever-his-name-is, Bob? He was acting like a sorry sack to be crying over losing his original team (way to be professional, dude, I want you to be my trainer!). Even the episode last night was full of pansy-a** pitiful-ness. Ugh, I was already annoyed and now I’m just disgusted and done with the show.
I agree with the whining. Trainer Bob had a chance to be a professional and stand up for Trainer Jillian and he just let the contestant trample her reputation. It seems that the black team is blaming their problems on Jillian and Bob lets them. I used to really like the show but it is getting annoying. Instead of crying over losing his team he should have said “Life does not always go the way we want it. Get over it. Move forward.”
Ok he did not do it, but I think it is possible. If you look at the “clysdale” results (people over 220 pounds), you might be very surprised by the time of some competitors. I ran a 3h27 4-5 years ago at 220 pounds, so maybe a 4 hours by a tall guy at 280 pounds is possible.
why did these people do like that,they are so stupid,and ignominious..