Marathon course-cutting

Marathon course-cutting occurs when runners complete less than an entire course of a marathon before going over the finish line. The standard length of a marathon course is 42.195 kilometers, about 26.2 miles. Course-cutting may be intentional or unintentional and can be achieved by various means: when done intentionally, course-cutting constitutes cheating. Many marathon runners consider intentional course-cutting to be worse than doping, believing that those who are doping are at least trying to run the entire race. rdf:langString