Gist of this:

Bob wouldn't run a marathon for 75k *snicker*

Look at the screenshot of him crossing the finish line a bit closer... He crossed at 5:56, not 3:56. They drove him because he wasn't going to make the cutoff time. So, he did 23 miles in around 6 hours, which sounds much more reasonable than 4 hours for someone of his fitness level.

As one training for a marathon right now...that's some bullsh*t!

Amen Barbara!! You pointed couple of the thoughts I had when I caught the tail end of the show and saw this part of it. I thought, "That guy still looks a little too out of shape [to me] to have actually ran a whole marathon." Now I know the truth.

I agree - I wondered how a guy that big finished the marathon that fast. I feel like he cheated and to put that medal on is an embarrassment.

Here's the issue from a runner's standpoint. You can't be a "little pregnant" and in the same context, don't say you "finished a marathon" if in fact you ran 17-23 miles. Either you ran the 26.2 miles in the time allotted by the race officials...or you didn't.

What really doesn't make any sense to someone who's run one...it came off that he ran it in just under 4 hours. Nearly all marathons will give the runners a minimum of 5 hours, sometimes 6 (and I ran a half marathon in January where they gave the runners a full 8 hours to encourage walkers to participate).

If he had run 23 miles (depending on whose version of the story you believe), he easily could've finished another 3.2 miles in that 5th hour. If he had run even just the 17 miles...he easily could've run it in 6 hours.

It's dishonorable. It's cheating. He misled the viewers, but most importantly, he sold himself short.

If he needed to get to the finish line by a certain time to help out the producers, he easily could've done the shot, then done the honorable thing...gone back out to where the van picked him up...and finished it.

What really doesn't make sense is that the producers think no one would notice a sub-4 hour marathon from a guy who still has 100 pounds to lose. If it was that easy, why do people who are at a healthy weight train for 6 months for one day?