Robert Young fakes run across America

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Would this be the greatest troll job in LetsRun history?

I have to say, if Rob's past claims weren't so bogus I might believe Asher and him were on on this "promotion scheme". It would be brilliant. Rob, take note on this technique for your future world records. Only Rojo is not quick on his feet. I would have set up a live stream long ago on Rob and team and charged a fee.

Actually, I missed one point on that map - that distance is what he covered in 48 minutes.

Thick as a brick wrote:

Some evidence wrote:

Why? There is no evidence Laz is even there? Where is his GPS data etc? A bigger team needs to be funded to go down there and see if Laz is there. You all believe Laz is down there because someone reposted two text messages he sent, but you refuse to believe Rob is running across America despite him providing a lot more detail than Laz?

Good lord - are you this dense in real life or just here?

Welcome to letsrun.com!

You have a lot to learn.

doubler wrote:

Here is a stretch from his data that shows 30.58 miles in 1 hour.

Mapping it out, it is actually 69 miles on the road. (The tracker calculates a straight line point to point).

Estimated driving time is 59 minutes. It took Rob 1 hour to run this stretch.

http://imgur.com/a/K9z5d

It's been discussed countless times. That's the section the RV got stuck and Rob ran ahead with the tracker in the RV

1 2 3 green wrote:

doubler wrote:

Here is a stretch from his data that shows 30.58 miles in 1 hour.

Mapping it out, it is actually 69 miles on the road. (The tracker calculates a straight line point to point).

Estimated driving time is 59 minutes. It took Rob 1 hour to run this stretch.

http://imgur.com/a/K9z5d

It's been discussed countless times. That's the section the RV got stuck and Rob ran ahead with the tracker in the RV

Lighten up. There's a reason he calls himself doubler.

RV convoy wrote:

Ulister wrote:

Secret filming not required. They know we are here and we've been seeing them all evening. And they have been seeing us.

So Ulister, are you part of the Laz group or a second separate group? How many people are there? Is the recon team running with Rob or biking or riding in the RV or renting their own RV and trailing? Do they eat meals together, you know, the corner booth at IHOP? Are they advising Rob? Sounds like they did in St Louis regarding the interstate.

This is from the Ulist - pic Laz in the chase vehicle.

former Laz groupie wrote:

It was a mistake to send a Ultra Race Director. We don't need a referee. We should have sent a 16 year old kid with the latest IPhone. We would have an abundance of media to, enjoy, critique and dissect.

It's a gamble. A spy effort would have been ideal, but not practical for multiple days even. If Rob breaks the record, Laz will be seen as a conspirator and co-hero for providing the extra push and helping a fellow ultra runner out. If Rob doesn't break the record Laz will be hailed a hero and defender of running integrity. Meanwhile I continue to sit here and watch my positions bleed amidst this crazy market. I wish I could drop all this and get out there too. Some day.

Wilkommen wrote:

Runners world

"Since an online forum called “Robert Young’s Fake Run Across America” surfaced last Wednesday, his pace has slowed to roughly 50 miles a day."

havent read the all the posts but this is enough evidence for me.

This pace is still close to record pace

doubler wrote:

Here is a stretch from his data that shows 30.58 miles in 1 hour.

Mapping it out, it is actually 69 miles on the road. (The tracker calculates a straight line point to point).

Estimated driving time is 59 minutes. It took Rob 1 hour to run this stretch.

http://imgur.com/a/K9z5d

Here's a hint noob. Start at page 1 and start reading. We've been over this before and then we went over it again.

RV convoy wrote:

Ulister wrote:

Secret filming not required. They know we are here and we've been seeing them all evening. And they have been seeing us.

So Ulister, are you part of the Laz group or a second separate group? How many people are there? Is the recon team running with Rob or biking or riding in the RV or renting their own RV and trailing? Do they eat meals together, you know, the corner booth at IHOP? Are they advising Rob? Sounds like they did in St Louis regarding the interstate.

These are the answers we need. That fat old man "laz" who can hardly walk and certainly not use the interwebz is not someone who can tell whether Rob and his team is cheating. But there must be better people in "laz"'s group. It's time they get out of "laz"'s shadow and answer our questions.

Blooper wrote:

OK I visited this thread at page 2. I come back and we are at 160. Sure as heck I'm not reading the whole thread. Has anything actually been proven or happened? Assuming he is faking, I am very disappointed in LR that he is still out there. We should have set up a road block by now.

Another typical lazy millennial LRCer.

STFU and read the whole thread. I lost pnl over this and haven't managed to get back in the black yet.

Blooper wrote:

OK I visited this thread at page 2. I come back and we are at 160. Sure as heck I'm not reading the whole thread. Has anything actually been proven or happened? Assuming he is faking, I am very disappointed in LR that he is still out there. We should have set up a road block by now.

1 2 3 green wrote:

doubler wrote:

Here is a stretch from his data that shows 30.58 miles in 1 hour.

Mapping it out, it is actually 69 miles on the road. (The tracker calculates a straight line point to point).

Estimated driving time is 59 minutes. It took Rob 1 hour to run this stretch.

http://imgur.com/a/K9z5d

It's been discussed countless times. That's the section the RV got stuck and Rob ran ahead with the tracker in the RV

So certain data is accurate and certain data is not. And all doubt is to be resolved in favor of the runner. Very scientific.

The obsession with a record and supposedly doing something for charity is narcissistic. Want to run across America? Do it. No need to crow about it. Want to raise $ for charity? Same.

The amount of self-validation necessary for a lot of people like this guy makes their ability to do anything of consequence suspect.

Michael Ryan Speicher wrote:"There have been speculations, that Rob has been "cheating" and not running at all,"

That's not what Rob is being criticized for. We know he's run most of this. The question is whether he was riding in the RV for parts of it which would be cheating. No one has said that Rob was not running at all.

Michael Ryan Speicher wrote:"Each day we are getting closer to making history and break the toughest record in the running world."

Somewhere in the distance, Daniel Komen, Kenenisa Bekele, and Dennis Kimetto just giggled.

Michael Ryan Speicher wrote:You can follow the journey via a live tracker here:

http://goo.gl/bqJHJd

and read our blog here:

https://goo.gl/xAMDMr

The blog hasn't been updated in 5 days now ever since the runners that joined him 24/7. And all the the past time stamps on the live tracker were also removed.

And still no mention of uploading any data to answer the critics.

Data is as data does wrote:

The obsession with a record and supposedly doing something for charity is narcissistic. Want to run across America? Do it. No need to crow about it. Want to raise $ for charity? Same.

The amount of self-validation necessary for a lot of people like this guy makes their ability to do anything of consequence suspect.

Be Honest. Did you hear of this guy was before this thread? Did you know he was doing this run before this thread?

Robs Opentracker wrote:

it's been arbitrarily divided into days starting at midnight EST.

There's some differences in analysis because of what different people consider a 'day'.

Midnight to midnight?

Noon to noon?

Big break to big break?

He is *usually* taking a big break in the afternoon. Using 2pm or 3pm might make more sense to start the day.

My 2 cents.

Nope

1 2 3 green wrote:

doubler wrote:

Here is a stretch from his data that shows 30.58 miles in 1 hour.

Mapping it out, it is actually 69 miles on the road. (The tracker calculates a straight line point to point).

Estimated driving time is 59 minutes. It took Rob 1 hour to run this stretch.

http://imgur.com/a/K9z5d

It's been discussed countless times. That's the section the RV got stuck and Rob ran ahead with the tracker in the RV

OK. Didn't catch this was the spot where that supposedly happened.

doubler wrote:

Here is a stretch from his data that shows 30.58 miles in 1 hour.

Mapping it out, it is actually 69 miles on the road. (The tracker calculates a straight line point to point).

Estimated driving time is 59 minutes. It took Rob 1 hour to run this stretch.

http://imgur.com/a/K9z5d

Lazy, lazy, lazy.

Way behind, son. Been talked about here and on the Ulist.