Johnny Manziel's wife denies she cheated at a half marathon, stands by world-record pace

Ex-NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel is once again out of a job after he was released by the Montreal Alouettes and effectively banned from the CFL on Wednesday. Now, his wife is facing allegations of cheating at a half marathon.

Manziel's wife, Bre Tiesi-Manziel, is a fitness and Instagram model. She recently participated in the Run Like A Diva half marathon in Temecula, Calif. And finished the race with a time of 1:58:22 with zero training, according to her. Via the Houston Chronicle, the average time for a woman running a half marathon is around 2:19 and a pace of just over 10 minutes per mile.

Tiesi-Manziel's average of 9:09 per mile would be impressive but not unheard of — the problem for her came after a look at her mile-by-mile splits.

Tiesi-Manziel hit the six-mile mark at a time of 1:31:29 (a 14-minute mile pace). Her 11-mile update was missing, but she managed to reach the finish line at 1:58:22 along with her running partner. For this to be possible, Tiesi-Manziel would have needed to run the final 6.7 miles at a pace of four minutes per mile.

Like, that's simply not possible.

For that to even be in the realm of possibility, Tiesi-Manziel would have to expect people to believe that she ran at a world-record pace for 6.7 straight miles with no preparation … right after running at a 14-minute pace.

The women's world record for a mile (just one mile!) is 4:12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova in 1996. Tiesi-Manziel would have needed to break that record for six consecutive miles.

It's clear: Tiesi-Manziel absolutely skipped a considerable portion of the race, but that didn't stop her from defending her efforts on Instagram.

Once running message boards exposed her beyond questionable performance, Tiesi-Manziel posted a series of Instagram Stories. She included a photo of the Mile 11 marker as purported proof that her time was legitimate while ignoring the inconsistencies with her time altogether.

In a now-deleted Instagram Story, Tiesi-Manziel called the accusations "sad and pathetic" and claimed that nobody was around to check her time, which doesn't happen in races anyway. She directed her frustration at people questioning her time in a charity event and credited her athletic lifestyle for her ability to push through the race despite hating cardio.

But as Deadspin pointed out, a change to the course likely had Tiesi-Manziel skipping an entire section of the course (possibly without her realizing it).

Runners were supposed to make a loop back onto the final stretch. By not making that loop, Tiesi-Manziel would have been able to finish the half marathon in under two hours. Whether she cheated intentionally or not — Manziel's wife did not complete the half marathon.

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