US ultrarunner Camille Herron, husband accused of editing competitors Wikipedia pages to remove accomplishments; loses Lululemon sponsorship
An American record-setting runner who went the extra mile to look better than other runners online was dropped from her partnership with Lululemon.Ultrarunner Camille Herron, 42, along with her husband and coach Conor Holt are accused of removing and downplaying accomplishments from her competition’s Wikipedia pages while amplifying her own, according to Canadian Running Magazine.The couple allegedly removed statements such as “widely regarded as one of the best trail runners ever” from ultrarunners Kilian Jornet and Courtney Dauwalter’s Wikipedia pages while writing that Herron was ” “widely regarded as one of the greatest ultramarathon runners of all time,” the magazine reported.Herron and Holt allegedly started using the username “Rundbowie” in February 2024 after their old username “Temporun73” was reportedly banned for violating Wikipedia’s conflict of interest policies.On their first account, the platform warned them to stop making overly self-promotional statements and using words like “legendary” and “prestigious,” according to reporting from the website OutsideOnline.Herron’s online activity targeting runners reportedly goes back to 2017, with her making changes to pages of Boston Marathon champion Des Linden and Greek ultrarunner Yiannis Kouros.Herron reportedly denied the accusations on the social media platform X before deleting the post even though the edits were reportedly traced back to her email and Holt’s IP address.He has since owned up to the scandal, claiming that Camille is innocent.
“Camille had nothing to do with this,” Holt said in a statement, according to Run Ultra.“I’m 100 percent responsible and apologize [to] any athletes affected by this and the wrong I did.”He claimed that the “Temporun73” account was created in 2016 and alleged that “cyber bullies” had been targeting Camille’s page and edited out “significant parts of Camille’s life and biographical details.”“I was goin...