XUZHOU, CHINA — A Chinese marathon runner was disqualified at the Xuzhou International Marathon for doing something you don't see every day in a race—she rode a bike. <br />According to Runners World, the race took place last weekend in the eastern province of Jiangsu. <br />Apparently, after the Chinese Forest Gump was spotted on the bicycle, she was told by race officials over and over again to get off the bike. <br />According to Fit World Sport, Blade Not Runner ignored their instructions and proceeded to pedal away. <br />Unfortunately, Not-So-Speedy Gonzales can't ride a bike too well either, because it still took her 5 hours, 38 minutes and 36 seconds to cross the finish line. <br />The marathon organizers announced that Flash had been disqualified and received a lifetime ban. <br />Guess there's always cycling. Too bad she'd probably end up cheating by driving a car. <br />According to Runner's World, since running has become popular in China, so has cheating in marathons. <br />In the Shenzhen Half Marathon just last November, more than 250 runners were caught taking a shortcut.
