Quote from Adrian Monk in Mr. Monk and the Marathon Man
Adrian Monk: Sharona, it was right in front of us. We were looking at it all wrong. We thought that Trevor McDowell gave his computer chip to another runner. Sharona: Like Tonday. Adrian Monk: Like Tonday, but no other runner had the exact same time, right? Sharona: Right. Adrian Monk: I was just watching the tape again, and I realized it wasn't another runner. There was somebody else who ran that whole race from start to finish. Sharona: Who? Adrian Monk: The TV camera bike. McDowell never even attached the chip to his shoe. He stuck it somewhere on the vehicle. Maybe he taped it or used one of those magnetic hide-a-key deals. McDowell started the race like everybody else. He followed Tonday and the bike for a few miles. Then, when he got to the curve in the road, Trevor McDowell quit the race, but his computer chip continued on. It didn't miss a single checkpoint. He had a change of clothes hidden in the bushes. Sharona: Near the batch of chamomile. Adrian Monk: Exactly. Then, after the murder, he reentered the race just before the end. The finish line was mass confusion. It was easy to rejoin the race. And that was it. He had an airtight alibi. It was the perfect crime. But what happened to the chip? I think it's still on the bike. There was no reason for him to retrieve it. Nobody knew it was there. And even if they did find it, they wouldn't know what it was. Here! Here we are.