Her 7:09 pace the first 10K is nothing to sneeze at. Although that could also be fraudulent, though it seems more realistic. It puts her at around an hour 33 minutes, which is pretty fast but very realistic for a very fit young woman. I'm a relative slug with a best half time of 1:55, slightly above average.
This illustrates why we see timing mats at multiple places in longer races. It helps guard against someone going "rogue". Someone tried to cheat in the Chickamauga Battlefield marathon a couple of years ago - and got caught. I've run the half marathon there twice, and have helped set up the course twice.
My thought process didn’t get much past, “hey, she’s got real abs!”
I’m lost as far as pace, time, etc. A former girlfriend used to run marathons and told me that I would have to at least be able to do a half-marathon. My response was that she’d better bone up on her CPR. Otherwise I’d be waiting at the Pearly Gates for her.
Yea, her non cheating time was/is very respectable. To put in the training and miles, and then cheat. Bizarre.