Former NFL playerJohnny Manziel’s wifeBre Tiesi-Manzielis denying accusations that she cheated during a half marathon earlier this month, despite multiple reports suggesting the contrary.
On Feb. 16, Tiesi-Manziel, who is a fitness and Instagram model, participated in theRun Like a Diva half marathonin Temecula, California.
AlthoughDeadspinreported that she claimed this was the first-ever half marathon she’d participated in, and that she had not received specific training to prepare for the 13.1 miles, Tiesi-Manziel managed tofinish the race in under two hours.
While her result isn’t that unusual — according to theHouston Chronicle, the median time for women running half-marathons is just over two hours — how she got there was.
This means that in order for Tiesi-Manziel to have finished the half marathon in 1:59:07 hours, she would have had to run the last 6.7 miles in 26:54 minutes — and at a pace of four minutes per mile, that would have been faster than the current world record.
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According to Deadspin, the world-record pace for woman running a 10k race (6.21 miles) is 4:42.6 per mile, while men’s world record holder Kenenisa Bekele clocked in at 4:13.8 minutes.
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In a since-deleted Instagram Story, Tiesi-Manziel denied accusations that she had cheated to obtain her jaw-droppingly fast results, even posting a photo of the 11-mile marker at the race.
“How sad and pathetic that people even try and makes these types of accusations,” she wrote, according to theNew York Post, before claiming there weren’t staff members “waiting at each station to check u in for each marker.”
“So this ‘unaccounted’ time is a joke, we were there to help host and build awareness!! 2 this charity people what’s wrong with u!” she added.
Tiesi-Manziel went on to clarify earlier remarks she had made online about her lack of specific training for the event.
“I am a full time athlete I train all year every year,” she wrote in the since-deleted Instagram Story, according to Deadspin.
A rep for Manziel did not immediately return PEOPLE’s phone call.
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The new route would have required runners to make a loop back around the course before reaching the finish line. Had Tiesi-Manziel not done this, she would have only had to complete two additional miles following the 6.4-mile split. As she ran the first half of the marathon on a 14-minute mile pace, it would make sense that she finished in 26:54 minutes.
source: people.com
