CoachKev,
Just come out and say it.
I actually think you look up to this guy and believe everything he told you and you are now finding out that your hero is not who you think he is.
CoachKev,
Just come out and say it.
I actually think you look up to this guy and believe everything he told you and you are now finding out that your hero is not who you think he is.
sorry to take 3 posts to get this done. i am inept on this forum.
this is the crowdfunding for a team of experienced ultrarunners (over 150 years experience) to go out and independently monitor RY around the clock for a week.
We have no dog in the fight, and intend to either verify that he is doing what he says, or not.
any residual funds will be donated to RY's charity if he can produce the same results he does without being monitored, or, if he cannot, the funds will be donated to myelin research for MS.
It is amazing every winning hobbyjogger posts GPS data everyday on FB. But every running hero frauds and cheaters can never produce one for all kinds of reasons including battery life and chaffing issues.
Natty Dread wrote:
rojo wrote:Yes road trip. As I need partners. I'll pay for the gas and beer.
Rojo - there are two grizzled, veteran ultra-runners (Lazarus Lake & RayK) and a few others, are headed out to do just that.
If a crew from here would like to do the same, they might reach out and co-ordinate with the crew from the ultra list to ensure they are not overlapping and a longer span of Mr. Young's venture could be witnessed.
Hell yeah!!!!!! Laz is the MAN.
Ultraboy wrote:
Funnily enough the tru results search somebody posted includes a guy called Robert Young who is the right age group and clocked a 30:47 second run leg in a duathlon. This matches Robs 10k PB.
Sadly that run leg was only 7km long.
Where is that duathlon result?
The wikipedia page is so badly written and so clearly rushed. I almost think it was done by a LRer trying to make it look like Robert or a friend did it. It's that bad.
lazarus wrote:
http://laz.btsgifts.com/sorry to take 3 posts to get this done. i am inept on this forum.
this is the crowdfunding for a team of experienced ultrarunners (over 150 years experience) to go out and independently monitor RY around the clock for a week.
We have no dog in the fight, and intend to either verify that he is doing what he says, or not.
any residual funds will be donated to RY's charity if he can produce the same results he does without being monitored, or, if he cannot, the funds will be donated to myelin research for MS.
Wishlist item for the fundraising:
Buy a couple GPS watches for RY to use on the rest of the run? One can charge in the RV while the other is in use. He posts to Strava after each segment.
well, posts to strava whenever he takes the watch off, which might be daily. or more often (why not?)
Doubting Thomas wrote:
Mike Ross wrote:So many people in ultra are cheats, it's great when one gets exposed.
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I just spent two hours reading
http://www.marathoninvestigation.com/- what are you referring to?
I'm referring to my five year phase, post-'Born to Run', where I ran quite a few Ultras and personally saw people go to extreme measures just to cheat.
lazarus wrote:
Whether you are a believer, or a detractor, this will serve your purposes. Our only goal is to verify what is actually happening.... any leftover funds will be donated to Robert's Charity, if he can produce the same sort of results he has had without monitors... or to Myelin Research for MS if he cannot.
You Tha man Lazarus. Thank you
This was written at 3:29 am. Shouldn't you be out running instead of on the computer in the RV?
Little stuff:
One of his supporters pulled the RY was an "abused child card'' ??? Really??
Ran a marathon and ran a distance equal to a marathon seem to be interchangeable in the RY version of ultra running argot.
To most people running a marathon and I ran a marathon means running in an organized race of 42,195m.
To most the phrase Winning A Marathon means there was an organized marathon involved. You know one with other people, a defined race course and some sort of record keeping done by race officials.
To most the phrase representing GB&NI (or any country) implies something much more official, specific and structured than just entering your citizenship particulars on the entry form.
If Mr. Young would send his address Id be more than happy to supply him with my GoPro for the remainder of the trip.
curiously interested wrote:
Maybe this is the triathlon info:
https://www.athlinks.com/Athletes/114076336/Race/24188953/DetailsIt was swim 4K, bike 120K, run 30K triathlon called the "ITU Long Distance World Championship" on June 4, 2004 in Säter, Sweden.
According to this, he placed 10th out of 15 in his M20-24 age group and 177th overall out of 504. Fwiw, he did the 30K run at the end in 2:33:37 (8:14 mile pace).
That's certainly not a "bronze medal."
A friend of mine finished that same race in 07:06:05 winning her age group and coming in the second woman overall (she lost the overall by 1-second). She was also 81st out of all participants.
Thanks for continuing to follow this, and provide input about your experience with Rob. I posted my experience to get everyone's experience with him, and so far it seems I may be the only one with a negative experience. You bring up some questions about my story such as why I didn't flag down the RV, and as others have said, and I posted earlier, I tried to run up to the RV, they stopped, then drove away before I could talk to them. My purpose was not to call into question his history, or abilities. I just don't believe he is legitimately completing this attempt. Now, both Rob and myself are encouraging people to get out and run with him. So runners, get out there and see for yourselves!
Got to say that this guy is extremely good at cheating, the GPS tracking is very consistent. Diana Nyad got caught because they didn't fake the GPS data, I guess these cheaters learn every time one gets caught.
The dude just admitted on his FB page that he is wearing a GPS watch. WTF???
Nyad didn't cheat.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2013/09/did_diane_nyad_cheat_skeptics.html
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At some points we were doing almost 4 miles an hour," Bartlett said. "That's just the way it works. If the current is in your favor at all, that explains it."
The data collected by Bartlett and two observers will be submitted to three open-water swimming associations and the Guinness World Records for verification, Bartlett said.
An oceanographer not affiliated with Nyad's team said the swimmer couldn't have picked a more perfect current to get from Havana to Key West.
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Is this THE Laz? If so, please stay the hell away from these boards. It, like Barkley, is an exercise in futility. About once every 2 years there is a good thread.
Much love and keep on keepin on!
rojo wrote:
Will Travel wrote:Yes road trip. As I need partners. I'll pay for the gas and beer.
Hey ROJO
Just emailed you at the Lets Run email...lets discuss a road trip!