Obviously, I'm not gonna defend those behaviors. It's kind of a cliche, but they're really only cheating themselves. As for the rest of us, who are we really r

Obviously, I'm not gonna defend those behaviors. It's kind of a cliche, but they're really only cheating themselves. As for the rest of us, who are we really racing against? Sure, there are the handful of jerks who you battle it out with on the local scene... and if one of those guys were to cheat, you're right, that would feel personal and that would piss me off. But if some other random runner cut the course? Aren't we pretty much all just racing ourselves, seeing how far and fast we can push our bodies?