Fred Lebow wrote:
Please stop distracting Tracie Phan from producing a trans con record. She already had to postpone the start for almost two weeks because of this little "marathongate".
Let's hope that Sandra Vi can produce 55 mile running days starting on September 9th.
I thought the run was postponed so that Sandra could run behind Mimi Anderson so she knows what mileage she has to do to get the record and not from us asking questions.
From checking out Sandra's running background, speaking with Trasie, and speaking with Sandra's coach, I now think this is a legitimate transcon attempt and will be honest, especially seeing as how there will be GPS watch data uploaded to Strava like for Sandra's other runs. I am satisfied with the change to the marathon PB claim.
From what I gather, it seems like the vast majority of the mistrust of Sandra from other people here come not because of Sandra herself but rather from the way they have answered some questions and particularly from unsolicited abusive messages people said were sent by Shellie Corralejo after asking Sandra questions.
Now that we've been promised that there will be GPS watch data on Strava, I think the main sticking point for people mistrusting Sandra is because of what Shellie Corralejo has/is doing that is undermining the legitimacy of what is otherwise an honest transcon attempt. I'm currently in the process of reaching out to Shellie / getting Trasie to ask her questions to check on this. Trasie has already revealed that Shellie is not a partner/employee of her's. Shellie Corralejo is actually the daughter of Sandra Vi, which could go some ways to explaining the types of messages people have claimed to have received from her.