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    Many marathon runners have a great dream of achieving the Six Star Medal, which means completing the six World Marathon Majors: the Boston Marathon, the London Marathon, the Berlin Marathon, the Chicago Marathon, the New York Marathon, and the Tokyo Marathon.
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    As an avid marathon enthusiast, I have never run any of them so far, nor do I have a strong desire to run any of the major marathons.
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    <strong>After much thought, my biggest problem is still being poor.</strong>
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    In addition to the considerable travel expenses, there are also relatively expensive entry fees. For example, for the recently concluded Boston Marathon, if you cannot meet the Boston Marathon qualifying time (also known as BQ—Boston Qualification), you can only buy charity or sponsor spots.
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    How much does this cost?
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    I haven't been there, but I've heard from others that it costs about one to two thousand dollars, which is roughly ten thousand yuan.
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    The actual cost might be even higher because you might not be able to get a spot.
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    So, many smart people have come up with some crooked ideas: although I can't meet the BQ myself, I can find a skilled runner to help me meet the BQ, and then use that time to register, saving me ten thousand yuan.
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    Ten thousand yuan, rounding up, is practically a billion.
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    Some people are even smarter; they find it troublesome to ask someone to run the BQ for them, so they simply Photoshop a certificate and successfully register for the Boston Marathon.
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    How was this discovered? It's actually very simple: the finishing time.
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    For example, for male runners in my age group, the Boston Marathon qualifying time should be within 3 hours and 10 minutes, which is considered very good for an amateur runner.
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    With such ability, the finishing time under normal circumstances should be within 3 hours and 30 minutes. Even if you get cramps, blisters, plantar fasciitis, or hit the wall, it shouldn't go beyond 4 hours.
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    Unless you encounter a particularly serious injury.
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    However,<strong>This year, many Chinese runners who met the qualifying standards for the Boston Marathon finished in about 5 and a half hours, or even worse.</strong>
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    For those who don't run marathons, you might not know what a 5 and a half hour finish time means. Let me put it this way: someone like me could leisurely run the first half in two hours, then take a nap for an hour and a half, and then slowly run the second half in two hours, finishing in exactly 5 and a half hours.
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    You say such a time is from an excellent amateur runner? I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death.</p><p style="font-size: 16px;"><br/></p>
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    You say such a person fought tooth and nail to qualify for the Boston Marathon, but didn't cherish the opportunity and instead took a nap during the race? I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death.
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    <strong>We are all adults here, who are you trying to fool?</strong></p>
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    I remember some time ago, many friends who traveled or studied in Japan complained about encountering discrimination when renting houses from Japanese people (or even Chinese people in Japan).
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    Not only are they stricter in identity verification compared to tenants from other countries, but they also charge higher deposits and rents and have more requirements. Many landlords, without saying it outright, simply refuse to rent to Chinese people, no matter how much money is offered.
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    Later, someone said that this is not only the case in Japan but also in some cities in Europe and the United States.
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    Upon closer inquiry, the reason is simple.
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    Previously, these landlords treated everyone the same, but because a significant number of Chinese tenants exploited loopholes in the rental contracts—either running away without paying the full amount, making a mess of the property, or damaging facilities without compensation and then disappearing.
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    Such people are extremely few in our vast country of over a billion people (this statement is for self-preservation),<strong>But frequent occurrences of such incidents inevitably give foreigners a bad impression that can affect the entire ethnic group.</strong>.
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    You can call it precaution or discrimination, but the fact is that the chances of encountering difficulties when renting a house abroad are increasing (I'm saying the chances are increasing, not that everyone can't rent a house; this needs to be clarified).
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    There is an extreme saying,<strong>I don't quite agree with this victim-blaming theory, but it is indeed worth pondering</strong>:
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    Every time you experience unfair treatment abroad, it may be due to the bad deeds of your fellow countrymen taking advantage.
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    Suppose one day, I say suppose, the Boston Marathon or any other marathon, due to the impact of such large-scale cheating incidents, states on their official website:
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    They will strictly review the qualifications of applicants from China, and may even not recognize the results of some of our competitions. To be more extreme, they might even categorize Chinese applicants separately. I think this would not only be a humiliation to Chinese runners but also to our society and ethnic group.
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    Although I have never had the desire to participate in the Boston Marathon, such standards, although they do not affect me for now, would clearly be extremely unfair to those who train hard, register properly, and compete seriously.
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    I still believe that running a marathon, like playing mahjong, drinking tea, or singing, is a very personal and pure hobby. If you are not in a related industry, your boss won't give you a raise because you run marathons, and your parents won't get more pension because they have a marathon-running child.
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    It is clearly a hobby with no practical benefits, yet some people resort to deceit just to satisfy their ridiculous, pathetic, shameful, and pitiful vanity, affecting their own integrity, the image of other runners, and the reputation of our ethnic group, causing trouble for others.
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    To put it more seriously,<strong>If you can't even be honest about your hobby, what can you be honest about?</strong>
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    Friends, please remember this: if such a situation really happens, remember that we brought it upon ourselves.
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    While everyone is cursing the organizing committee and boycotting the event, don't forget to curse those so-called runners and so-called Six Star runners who cheated. They are the ones lowering our overall standards and damaging our overall image.
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    <strong>I hope I am just worrying unnecessarily.</strong>
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