sp //Would you have been taken in by this story?//
Maybe. Why are you so smug, is it because you know the answer retrospectively? More and more roads are being closed for sporting events (thankfully), Marathons, cycling events etc. I suggest you criticise the liars of false information (there's a lot of it about) not her.
I always thought Katie H was a mouthy old batch
but you know, she could be a purveyor only of the purest truth sort of like a lady evangelist in which case guying or spoofing her would be sacrilege.
PP. I don't say she is "a purveyor of the purest truth", but she says what she thinks as questions are put to her, without fear or favour and the OP is about "would you have been taken in?" a daft question really.
Yes, I would happily sleep on a bed of nails if Katie would join me.