The major player here is Matt Choi, a running influencer who a marathoner friend of this writer’s called “notorious for being a total asshole” when she asked him about this story. Choi ran last Sunday’s New York City Marathon in under three hours ...

Matt Choi, who ran the course in under three hours, was followed by two cameramen on electric bikes, who were said to have obstructed other runners.

The running influencer was disqualified and banned from participating in future races after he ran alongside e-bike riders who recorded him