A friend of mine sent a link, as I ran with Ben a lot in the last year. I am really upset for him.
I guess I am naive, but I didn't think that humanity could be so cruel... I understand your apprehensions, but someof the comments are really really horrid.
if you look at his strava data carefully, there is some kind of data error in several of the runs, either by accident or somehow on purpose
scroll to 1.4 - 1.5 miles on this run and you will see the pace drop below 6 minutes to 5 minutes then 4 minutes and then somehow 3:40 for awhile
https://www.strava.com/activities/605320119/overview
which btw would be easily possible on a bicycle...
Samantha wrote:
A friend of mine sent a link, as I ran with Ben a lot in the last year. I am really upset for him.
I guess I am naive, but I didn't think that humanity could be so cruel... I understand your apprehensions, but someof the comments are really really horrid.
Really? All the comments in this thread are quite tame from what I see. Everything written is backed up by evidence. It is undeniable that Ben Rogers is a horrible person who has stolen lots of money from people and is still actively defrauding people with his "property" scams as we speak.
Don't know why you would be "upset for him" when he has and is doing horrible things while telling lies to your face.
Sense of entitlement wrote:
Rob Young IV wrote:I don't understand why people believe this guy. I suspect he's going to try and make money out of this. Watch out for the book coming out....
http://www.kentsportsnews.com/blog-365-marathons-in-365-days-2-24-04-2017/Yes, someone on his page said he should write a book.
Amazing how these people believe this shit without seeing ANY proof.
His sense of entitlement re London marathon is amazing. He actually believes he should have been given a place as he "ran a marathon a year" -
365MarathonMan added a post from 10 April to their Timeline — feeling annoyed.
10 April · ·
** Sad News Alert **
I have just found out that after almost a year of running marathons, and over a year being led to believe that London Marathon would be providing me with a spot in this years marathon, they have said at the 11th hour that I am not going to be running....
Oh well. Back to the drawing board... Watch this space for what I will be doing on say 365 instead for the last day of the "365MarathonMan challenge"...
People work hard to get those places, why are you so special?
Samantha wrote:
He realised this early on in his challenge and, instead of acknowledging it was beyond his abilities, he began to create false entries on Strava.
This is pure speculation. I know Ben very well. I probably ran at least 5 or 6 marathons with Ben throughout his challenge and also ran many many miles within him whist he was doing it.
He is one of the most honest, humble people that I know. I've seen him hobble for 26.2 with injury and just get on with it.
There are a number of us who ran with Ben and know that he is not a cheating scammer.
HONEST! Are you mad! He's basically stolen free gear from sponsors on the back of a LIE and CONTINUES this lie even now.
If you start something like this then can't continue, you don't just LIE and LIE and scam free kit.
You've just admitted he "began to create false entries on Strava" then say you "know that he is not a cheating scammer.".
Eh??? If you create false data to scam people then that makes you a CHEATING SCAMMER, you dum dum
HUMBLE! He never stops boasting about marathons he HAS NOT DONE!
The dad-of-two, of Whiffen Walk in East Malling, wakes up at 3am after just three and a half hours sleep and completes the 26.2 miles before most people have had their morning coffee.
Mr Rogers, who works in property, said: “It’s a bit novel but it’s the only way I could fit a marathon into a normal day. It means I am finished by 8am for work or the school run
http://www.365marathonman.co.uk/uncategorized/ben-rogers-sets-out-to-run-365-marathons-in-a-year/
Samantha, there are quite a few runners here who run in excess of 100 miles per week. They are not hobbyjoggers; most of them would finish in the first few places in the races they enter. Believe me, physically and mentally it is quite tough to run this mileage. Running a marathon every day would in most cases result in injury even for high mileage semi-elites. I can guarantee that none of them would be running a marathon before breakfast and then commence a full day's work. Ben must really be super human to have done this day in and day out in all sorts of weather. It must be incredible to know someone so uniquely gifted. He definitely should write a book and share the secrets of his success. We could learn so much from your special friend.
Rob Young used to claim to run a daily 26.2 miles before anyone else got out if bed and we all know how his claims were discredited.Anyone who knows anything about running high daily mileage knows that this is impossible.It amazes me that anyone believes this nonsense.Ben Rogers has not averaged 26.2 mpd for a year and has defrauded people and neglected his family while pretending to do so.Disgraceful.
marafun times wrote:
The dad-of-two, of Whiffen Walk in East Malling, wakes up at 3am after just three and a half hours sleep and completes the 26.2 miles before most people have had their morning coffee.
Mr Rogers, who works in property, said: “It’s a bit novel but it’s the only way I could fit a marathon into a normal day. It means I am finished by 8am for work or the school run
http://www.365marathonman.co.uk/uncategorized/ben-rogers-sets-out-to-run-365-marathons-in-a-year/Samantha, there are quite a few runners here who run in excess of 100 miles per week. They are not hobbyjoggers; most of them would finish in the first few places in the races they enter. Believe me, physically and mentally it is quite tough to run this mileage. Running a marathon every day would in most cases result in injury even for high mileage semi-elites. I can guarantee that none of them would be running a marathon before breakfast and then commence a full day's work. Ben must really be super human to have done this day in and day out in all sorts of weather. It must be incredible to know someone so uniquely gifted. He definitely should write a book and share the secrets of his success. We could learn so much from your special friend.
Rob Young II wrote:
This was highlighted on the DR JOGLE thread. It does seem to warrant further scrutiny since the subject is claiming multiple successive marathons but most of the (current) weekly mileage is being entered manually into strava.
When the challenge first started all runs were recorded but it appears that may have been unsustainable.
SuspiciousToo wrote:check out this guy, running 365 'marathons' in 365 days, but most of his claimed runs on strava have no supporting data. he can clearly run a sub 4 marathon but I'm calling BS on him doing it every day
http://www.365marathonman.co.uk/https://www.strava.com/athletes/11850885
He's still posting his tripe. This from June 4 when he says he's a Rob Young fan! Enough said! And Adam Holland appeared to be in on the RY scam for ages too.
Birds of a feather.........
https://www.facebook.com/365MarathonMan/posts/1970128236550915?pnref=storyThis came back on to my radar, what's going and who is the Samantha person?, she reckons she's in Canada but her email is the contact for the Ivy House Forest School, Maidstone, Kent on FB, isn't that this fellas hood? Guess it's just the normal lying and cheating that seems to go on with these outlandish accomplishment threads. The plot thickens again.
hes from east malling 5 miles from maidstone
funny that
Back on to my radar. wrote:
This came back on to my radar, what's going and who is the Samantha person?, she reckons she's in Canada but her email is the contact for the Ivy House Forest School, Maidstone, Kent on FB, isn't that this fellas hood? Guess it's just the normal lying and cheating that seems to go on with these outlandish accomplishment threads. The plot thickens again.
What are you talking about? I don't see a Samantha anywhere.
then youre as stupid as she is
Financially Stupid wrote:
What are you talking about? I don't see a Samantha anywhere.
Try reading the thread! Some bird called Samantha piped up saying she ran with him.
I don't doubt she did. He's done a few real races - just NOT one a day for a YEAR.
Just another attention seeking scammer.
I bought my Garmin ForeRunner 110 manufacturer refurbished on eBay for $43.
With ben popping up on the Sandra thread (that is now mainly about the sketchy Mimi Anderson trans-con record attempt) I thought i'd get this thread back on the board.
He is a good friend of our marvelous Mimi who invites people to run with her then has them arrested !
Some more info on the even more sketchy Mr rogers
https://www.propertytribes.com/ben-rogers-is-back-in-action-t-127627748.html
Ben is beginning to mention his 365 Marathon fraud again. Someone needs to show them this thread.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=124965884842567&id=113434505995705
Robert Young II wrote:
Ben is beginning to mention his 365 Marathon fraud again. Someone needs to show them this thread.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=124965884842567&id=113434505995705
He never stopped! He is very vocal on Facebook at the moment, particularly on the uk's Challenge Running page where he is good friends with RD Lindley Chambers
Robert Young II wrote:
Ben is beginning to mention his 365 Marathon fraud again. Someone needs to show them this thread.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=124965884842567&id=113434505995705
Done. Sent them a link to this
Robert Young II wrote:
Ben is beginning to mention his 365 Marathon fraud again. Someone needs to show them this thread.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=124965884842567&id=113434505995705
He actually had the nerve to do a public speaking thing on Nov 1, lying he ran 365 marathons.
Of course, not a shred of evidence he did.
We need to keep this thread going.
https://www.facebook.com/events/122154135126583/Robert Young II wrote:
Ben is beginning to mention his 365 Marathon fraud again. Someone needs to show them this thread.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=124965884842567&id=113434505995705
Ben Rogers has entered this race. He's posted on this thread for Challenge Running Ltd owned by Lindley Chambers, his good mate. You know, the same Lindley Chambers that gave Rob Young loads of free entries as he supports scammers, LOL!
They should all team up with Amy Hughes.
https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeRunning/posts/1355908987868726?pnref=story