A Rosie Ruiz for the tech generation

Foursquare CEO's wife stole a bib number and ran alongside him at Boston. She is also a fashion designer in NYC, though, and between that and her ungodly rich husband it's only fair that she gets to do whatever she wants.

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/04/25/wife-of-foursquare-ceo-wore-fake-bib-at-boston-marathon-report-says/

 

Crazy thing is, she could have run the race legitimately by raising money for charity. It's not like she doesn't have access to wealthy donors and/or charitable organizations.

 

The lovely couple has explained it by saying they weren't able to finish the run together in 2013 because of the bombing, and that Dennis got a replacement number in 2014 because he wasn't able to finish.

But that explanation leaves out something -- why didn't Chelsa get a replacement number this year too?

It has me wondering if she stole her way into the 2013 race as well.

 

On her Twitter profile, she says her favorite color is gray.

Who the hell's favorite color is gray?

 

Tweeps are doing their thing.

Chelsa Crowley ‏@chelsa 15h
Heading to DC for Nike Women's Half Marathon and strategizing on how to even out my tan lines from… http://instagram.com/p/nMkzBKD7Lx/

Sarah Beal ‏@silvertacos 15h
@chelsa steal a bib # for that race too?

Eliz in MA ‏@ARandomBear 14h
@chelsa Maybe you could cover up your tan lines with a bunch of bibs with other people's numbers on them.


She obviously is too rich and entitled to care, but it is fun.

 

Adam Duritz, for one.

 

http://fittish.deadspin.com/do-you-know-these-runners-because-theyre-probably-bast-1567215283

 

That seems rather presumptuous.

And "bandits" have been running the Boston Marathon for decades.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/columns/2014/04/19/missing-from-this-years-marathon-those-lovable-bandits/XHb0yyIHECNtUBdxCCwqgO/story.html

 

Or maybe they were running for charity but missed the entry deadline: http://fittish.deadspin.com/bib-forgers-are-dumb-twentysomethings-raising-money-for-1567336779

 

She'd only be a Rosie Ruiz if she took public transportation for most of the race.

 

20 years ago when I lived in Eugene I used to see a lot of "Rosie Ruiz Track Club" t-shirts. As I recall, they said "Driven To Victory" and had a picture of a subway token.