Did Katie Holmes fake the NY Marathon and have someone else run it for her?

[marie]

There have been rumblings for some time that Katie Holmes couldn’t possibly have run the full NY Marathon during the day and gone out with heels on that night. Katie drew some skeptics when she was seen at her husband’s side that very night wearing heels at the premiere of his film Lions for Lambs. She could easily obtain custom made sneakers as well as those insanely expensive Louboutins that are made from a mold of your foot, so maybe her feet were immune to the wear and tear that plague average runners.
Katie also ran 26 miles on concrete in 5 and a half hours wearing a camisole-type top with just a built in bra and no sports bra. Many female runners say that would chafe and be extremely uncomfortable, but Katie told David Letterman that she felt “strong” afterwards. Others note that her pants seemed to drag on the ground and looked too long. Five and a half hours is not an incredible finish time, and a 12 minute mile is not a brisk run, but it’s very physically grueling and it seems like you would need to wear a sports bar.
There are hardly any photos that I could find of Katie Holmes running the race apart from when she crossed the finish line. That could be explained by the fact that she wasn’t recognized until the end. The NY Daily News says that husband Tom Cruise met her halfway through the race to give her an encouraging kiss, but there are no photos of that. She is seen in just a camisole in the few photos of her on the course and is in a jacket when she finishes.
A “mystery” guy was seen running with Katie with a bib number, 6074, that was not registered in the marathon. He is widely assumed to be her bodyguard, which doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I’m mentioning him because he figures in some of these stories.
It sounds ludicrous to use such flimsy evidence to suggest that she would fake running the marathon for publicity purposes, but there are some real indicators to suggest she may well have.
Gawker had a tipster send them in the “split times” of Katie Holmes compared to another runner from the NY City Marathon, as found on the official marathon website. The split times are registered electronically at specific stations on the route using the chip for each runner. She has the exact same times, down to the second, of this other guy for most every benchmark in the middle of the race. Even if someone was running alongside her the entire time, would they have the exact same time down to the second like that?

The other guy is registered as Paul Vincent, bib number 28994. He was seen running near her in several photos at the finish line and is shown above in the header image. Katie, the unregistered guy who is thought to be her bodyguard, and the guy with the exact same “split times” as Katie are all wearing similar black jackets.
A commentor on Gawker notes that they finished just two minutes behind Katie and never saw her:

OK…I ran the NYC marathon too and came in about two minutes behind Katie…however, my first half of the marathon was better than the second half due to a bathroom break gone bad in Fort Greene…(I know TMI) However, this would mean at some point Katie and her many, many handlers would have passed me. And the people I was running with. And I never saw her—and people who are running in entourages are extremely obvious. My take…she was dropped in somewhere around Long Island City where no one would notice and ran about half the damn thing. Her “chip” was actually worn my someone else who did run the whole thing…(whether it is this guy, who knows?)
Not like I’m bitter or anything, but she beat me by two minutes. I still smell a conspiracy…

[Comment from Gawker]
Maybe it’s possible that Katie and her bodyguard did cross specific markers at the exact same time down to the second, another commentor on Gawker says that the same split times are possible:

I’m all for a good conspiracy theory, but I ran NY and have to disagree. There were so many people running that it is very possible to have exact spit times b/c several people cross the markers at the same time.

[Comment on Gawker]
Also, Katie was 28 at the time of the marathon in early November, not 30. It is thought that she raced in the higher age bracket in order to receive a more favorable finish rating.
It’s a real accomplishment to run a marathon, and Holmes deserves a lot of credit if it all went down as she claims. This could just be a far-fetched conspiracy theory and maybe she did run/walk the entire marathon without a bra, and one of her bodyguards was close enough to her the entire time to mirror her finishes down to the second.
A story about how Holmes was able to register for the Boston Marathon despite not having a qualifying finish time in the NY Marathon was quickly removed from US Weekly’s website. They decided to delete the post instead of issue a correction.


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[Sojiita]

There needs to be more investigation into this..I would LOVE it if they turn up real evidence that is was all a fraud..and Tom would have to be involved..*rubs hands together gleefully*

[Zee]

Scientologists do not chafe. They are the masters. Most people would have bleeding nipples at this point. Her pants are even ill fitting and would have crotch chafing issues.

Pfft other dude is wearing her timing chip on his shoe. On the plus side, she does look alive instead of zombie eyed.

[darksithbunny]

I talked to runners I know and they said no way she ran that whole race.

[Chilly Willy]

As a former long distance runner I must say: A marathon without a sports bra? Ouch and hell no. Those titties should have been down to her knees by the end of it.

(LOVE the first pic, Katie is super relaxed, whistling even, while everyone else is about to break down!)

[Bellatheball]

I do believe I will step out of this thread and avoid being called an effing Sherlock Holmes again.

[MrsMarsters]

Uh yeah, I was in track in highschool..and there was a few times I might have forgotten a sportsbra, and the coaches wouldn't even allow us to run without one..but the time I did..ouch..man were they sore!

[aabbcc]

Originally Posted by Chilly Willy

(LOVE the first pic, Katie is super relaxed, whistling even, while everyone else is about to break down!)

It's all those super-special $cientology vitamins that Tom shoves down her throat every morning.

[MrsMarsters]

I'm just saying...from experience...and other's experience...no matter how "conditioned" you are, you are tired as hell no matter what you run..whether it be a 100,400,800..whatever...but a damn marathon, could you imagine? No matter how "healthy" you are..I don't see how you can come in without any sweat, with a big grin, on your face..

[Bellatheball]

Running back in.....can anyone see a chip on her shoe in any photograph? It looks like the dude in black has one. Is it possible he's wearing two? If he wasn't registered, how did he get a number and why does he have a chip?

[Zee]

That's why I think her pants are so damn long. You can't see the shoe and chip.

Bella- sending you some Sherlock loving!

[Bijoux]

No way did she run it.

Nuh uh.

[Sojiita]

Originally Posted by Bellatheball

I do believe I will step out of this thread and avoid being called an effing Sherlock Holmes again.

Did someone call you an effing Sherlock Holmes? I missed it..I miss alot of the good stuff.

[Folieadeux]

Hmm dunno. I can't see why anyone would bother with such an elaborate setup over a damn marathon?

The fact she wore heels doesn't mean anything. I used to be involved in an Athletics club and still to this day I'm an avid bushwalker, I might be out there for several or more hours on occasions and I know it's not impossible to wear heels the same night.

[witchcurlgirl]

I just dont get the absence of photos, except in Central Park at the end.....

She ran 25 miles and NO ONE got a picture?????....

Contrast that with Puffy's marathon....photos of him everywhere