banditing

participating in a road race without officially registering for it.

Rich ran the local 5k road race, but he came across the finish line with no bib or chip, pissing off the race directors and officials because he was banditing. That is, he never officially registered and/or paid for participation in the road race. As such, even though Rich crossed the tape before any one else and won it, his performance was not recorded in the results.

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