The victim (a member of LA's
SES unit) is wearing race number "3". When the end of the race is shown, the SES team is wearing number "2" and the rival SWAT team is wearing "3".
When Grissom discovers the body of the dead cop, the red flasher on Catherine's upper arm appears, disappears, and reappears again.
When the CSIs are examining the contents of the dead runner's backpack, the comment on the trash inside, and Catherine reminds them that littering the racecourse is an automatic penalty of 5 minutes- yet Nick threw his water bottle away during the opening of the show.
It's common to have "litter zones" near to feeding stations where no time penalty is levied, and Nick does collect the bottle from a roadside station, take a swig then immediately discard it.
It's common to have "litter zones" near to feeding stations where no time penalty is levied, and Nick does collect the bottle from a roadside station, take a swig then immediately discard it.