Rosie Ruiz: The Boston Marathon

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It was record time speed for a woman. It was interesting the when she was being awarded she looked like she hadn’t even ran a foot. Her hair was perfect, she was barely sweaty whatsoever. So apparently Rosie Ruiz finished the Boston Marathon in almost record time without sweating. It seemed strange to everyone that you had just ran over 26 miles and you were barely breaking a sweat. Once people started getting suspicious they realized, “no one — neither competitors nor spectators — could remember having seen her during the first 25 miles”(Latson). Throughout the whole race, no television cameras picked her up.
Once some spectators saw the news they came forward. They said they had seen her enter the race about a mile before the finish. They

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