Robert Young fakes run across America

His latest tweet reads something like,

"Day 30, 51 miles covered, with friends, getting my mojo back."

Film at 11:00? wrote:

His latest tweet reads something like,

"Day 30, 51 miles covered, with friends, getting my mojo back."

He's a winner!

So laz is his friend? Not an independent observer?

Throwing out this question: what is a fitting punishement for his alleged 'crimes' here?

Ok we site back for now and let all the evidence (or lack of) come in, be analyzed and verdicts reached. If it becomes clear beyond reasonable doubt that his claims of completing this (with or without achiveing the record) are proven false then what will actually happen?

Will he be allowed to continue with his status of being a hero and champion of childrens charities cheered on by his many fans on facebook?

Will he be allowed to continue to claim his previous records ie. sub 31 10K etc?

Will he continue to profit directly from his book sales even if he is exposed as a fraud?

Will he be ostracised from the running community?

Will he be ostracised from the charity community?

Will he be ostracised from the general public at large?

It seems to me that if found to be gulity of fabricating many of his athletic accomplishments then an example must be made of him and expose him to the full glare of the media to prevent other would be 'heros' from ever attempting something like this again. I wouldn't care so much if he was just doing this just to boost his ego but he is actually making a mockery of charities here and this is the key point here. He is in a way committing fraud by taking sponsorship deals and money from genuine people who accept his achievements at face value with no questions asked.

I am completely sick and tired of the great sport of running being totally abused by outright cheaters who seem to take advantage of the fact that most people will never question things. For me, this guy has gone way too far this time and deserves everything that is coming his way.

The case continues to build against him and he is now damned by his own silence and lack of credible data. Once all the evidence has been weighed up, I'm sure there will be quite a few media outlets rather interested in highlighting this. I could see the BBC's Jeremy Vine running with a story like this on primetime UK radio time.

Rob, give it up buddy, it's time to come clean now and admit to everything you have falsely claimed. It's better you do this now than to continue this as it will only get worse for you from here on.

Stop walking, get in the van, check into a nice hotel for a couple of nights. Once rested, release a video owning up to these lies and issue an apology to the many you have duped throughout all of this.

It's not too late to reveal the truth and walk away with at least some dignity in tact.

‘The mind is everything,’ he says. ‘It controls the body. I get worn out, just like anyone else, but that’s where the mind comes in. You can manipulate your mind to keep going longer. When I run, if I’m doing an out-and-back or a loop and runners are coming the other way, I will sing a song to them or make them laugh or lie down in front of them so they have to jump over me. By taking their minds off their running for a moment, it helps them refresh and it refreshes my mind, too.’

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/interview/the-big-interview-marathon-man-rob-young/14416.html

I'd flatten this English kilt-wearing twonk if he got in my way.

Robert will get his well-deserved record in the Guinness book of records while the lrc losers will crawl back under their rocks in shame.

Jeff Terry wrote:

‘The mind is everything,’ he says. ‘It controls the body. I get worn out, just like anyone else, but that’s where the mind comes in. You can manipulate your mind to keep going longer. When I run, if I’m doing an out-and-back or a loop and runners are coming the other way, I will sing a song to them or make them laugh or lie down in front of them so they have to jump over me. By taking their minds off their running for a moment, it helps them refresh and it refreshes my mind, too.’

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/interview/the-big-interview-marathon-man-rob-young/14416.html

I'd flatten this English kilt-wearing twonk if he got in my way.

It's a very minor side point in all of this, but what is with him wearing a kilt if he's English? I know he seems to have done the Loch Ness marathon so maybe we can get Nessie to verify this. Seems to me, it's another tactic to score points with his middle aged American mommy fan base.

CoachKev wrote:

I am told Rob asked for an additional 15 minutes of footage from the car wash after the rv passed. I have obtained that video, and there are two people that pass by (independently). One is clearly not Rob. It is possible the other is Rob. I have messaged him directly through Facebook to see if he would like to provide any details about his trip through Emporia before I post it. Right now, believers would believe and doubters would doubt, but any details he gives could help one way or the other. Although, the Lebo incident has not been sufficiently explained, it is slightly possible he ran through emporia. I'll let you all know what response I get from Rob (and/or crew) when I post the video(s).

This is your chance to apologise for setting this whole thing up Asher. You know you have been rumbled and you should now be humble and lets all let Rob do his running and look at the other aspects post run. Your video is a fraud as you know so you should be gracious and apolgise.

Secondly I'm sorry to tell you all that the mysterious Laz is not with Rob or his team as I asked them directly. Bill Schultz Gary and Ray are currently with him. They have not seen anyone called Laz or who resembles Laz.[/quote]

Gary is Laz moran

another Scot wrote:

Seems to me, it's another tactic to score points with his middle aged American mommy fan base.

Ooh... that got me fantasizing...

Gary is Laz moran[/quote]

You're late to the show. But, hey, that's expected from an ultra slogger.

I think I know what will happen. Brazen fraudsters like him can fall in s*it and still smell of roses.

He will carry on, but not break the record, because he's pretty slow now he's doing it legit.

So he will never have to show any data.

He will be hailed a hero by his fans just for finishing. His fans will claim all us "haters" were wrong and Rob is the man.

He will keep all money and sponsors, as we can never prove officially he cheated.

He will write another book, simply about crossing America, not a record.

He will keep doing more challenges, because someone like him is addicted to attention and loves this lifestyle of not having a job and getting paid to go on jaunts.

There will be no happy ending for us being able to prove anything.

Basically, he'll get away with it, because people like him always do.

If by some chance he DOES get the record, he'll fix the data, which won't be that easy having released a lot on Tomtom that would have to be taken into account. But it could be done. He has a techy guy as crew.

He will never be outed as the scummy cheat he is.

Anderson Cooper CNN wrote:

Trusty McTrusterson wrote:

Awesome! Just donated $69

Great cause, thanks for doing this!

Interestingly Jamin just launched his new web page called gofondleme.com

Let's fund him and give Suzy a call.

Yep. That's the most likely scenario.

He claims in his book (straight from the liars' charter) that some kid 'dared' him to wear it. Apparently he liked all the attention he got.

By the way I'm English too, but totally embarrased at this masquerading twerp.

Arealpersson wrote:

Are we getting anywhere with posting up this video? I'm sure there are a lot of people who would like to see if there is someone running or walking 5 minutes behind the van like Rob said he was.

I still haven't heard anything from Rob. I'd really like to get his input before I post it. If he waits until after I post it, we will still be in the same situation with the doubters saying it's not him, and the believers saying it is him (although there will surely be some of that no matter what).

So, per his web site he was supposed to be in Indiana as of June 12. From what I can tell he is currently 103(ish) or so miles from the Indiana border currently. I am guessing he is way off pace now that he is truly running and unable to make up pace/time/days due to not being able to hop in the RV since he is being watched like a hawk.

So, is he now off of the World Record Pace for this attempt? If so, by how much?

Seen an earlier post about him needing to go 70 miles per day until he gets to Times Square - is this still holding true?

Also, I was reading that he had this incredible - out of this world pace - crossing the western mountain regions. So, why is he unable to get the pace back up now that he is in rolling flatlands?

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Cheating accusations and epic thread growth. LRC thanks you.

fast young runner wrote:

Take those bananas wrote:

This is your chance to apologise for setting this whole thing up Asher. You know you have been rumbled and you should now be humble and lets all let Rob do his running and look at the other aspects post run. Your video is a fraud as you know so you should be gracious and apolgise.

Secondly I'm sorry to tell you all that the mysterious Laz is not with Rob or his team as I asked them directly. Bill Schultz Gary and Ray are currently with him. They have not seen anyone called Laz or who resembles Laz.

Gary is Laz moran

You're late to the show. But, hey, that's expected from an ultra slogger.[/quote]

Yeah, sorry, I was up all night with your Mother.

Does he have any hilly regions to negotiate before new york?