Robert Young fakes run across America

UK Runner wrote:

From RY's Facebook:

This is a rather long Facebook post but necessarily so. Please bear with me.

As many of you will already know, there have been some questions raised about Rob on this run. We assure you everything is being done in the right way out here. Due to this we have been joined by Laz, a famous figure in the Ultrarunning world and race director of the Barkley marathon, along with other top ultrarunning figures. To check that Rob is doing all he says he is. There have been some rumours and misinterpretations of data posted by individuals out there, none of whom have never met us on our journey and it is important to put these rumours to bed.

Among a very small but vociferous group of doubters is one individual who apparently came out to run with Rob near Emporia in Kansas.

Though this individual has posted video footage of our vehicle online as he drove past, for some reason he felt unwilling to ask us to stop, to enquire where Rob was when he couldn't see him. If he had done so he would have been welcomed in and been able to discover the facts.

On that occasion, approaching Emporia, Rob had been running behind the vehicle, which is normal for us. We often drive at a set speed while Rob tucks in behind the vehicle. When he wants us to slow down and stop he flashes his torch.

On a number of occasions, maybe 5 in total on this journey, the driver has failed to notice this signal to stop. The result? Rob is left stranded and the RV continues on assuming Rob to be back there running. This was what happened in Emporia. Michael, who was driving, was only alerted to the fact that he had lost Rob when Rob, borrowing a phone from a stranger in a bar in Emporia, called Michael to tell him. We even have the phone numbers of the stranger and the barmaid there if required to support this explanation.

The accuser then went to the trouble of getting CCTV footage from that night, from a local gas station, in order to back up his claim of impropriety. His post of the RV cruising slowly past without Rob in sight was supposedly proof that Rob was in the RV, rolling towards NYC without running those miles. If only the individual had the courage to stop our vehicle to find out for himself instead of being so furtive. I know Michael would have appreciated finding out that he had lost Rob and the individual could have learned the truth and seen it with his own eyes.

We have since contacted that gas station and asked them to help us clear Rob's name by showing us the footage following the RV passing by. We knew Rob would come by a few minutes after, which, as you can see by the footage here, he does, some 9 minutes after the RV had passed by. It's dark but it is clearly Rob walking by, with his torch visible in his hand.

This should finally put this question to rest. It has taken us considerable time and trouble to do this and all while we really wanted to focus on supporting Rob's superhuman efforts to break an incredible record. We will be happy to respond to any other queries after Rob reaches NYC but not before. We have lots and lots of data etc to prove Rob is doing everything in the right way. If and when he claims a record it will be backed up by huge amounts of data that will leave nothing in doubt - including many independent witnesses, such as ultrarunners Ruben Cantu, The Foxy Moxies, Nancy Bennett, Gary Cantrell, Bill Schultz, to name but a few.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Dustin, Michael and Rob..

Questions about who is / isn't in the CCTV footage aside - they claim here that *they* obtained the footage. I was under the impression that it was the OP from here (Asher?).

rhizomes wrote:

I think we have to accept that it is Rob in the CCTV footage. There is just no other explanation for the RV reversing its course and travelling at the speed limit to go back to Emporia. His crew come across as blundering idiots. This action and the inconsistencies in recounting those night's events don't necessarily surprise me. However this occurred at the beginning of the night and Rob already looked to be in a world of hurt. There is no way the crew once they rejoined him then took off at blistering pace again and there is no way Rob found a second wind and starting clocking 6:30 miles or whatever on his way to Lebo. I think what happened is they met back up with him, Rob said f*ck it I don't feel good, we're in the middle of nowhere, let me just hop into the back so we can get our daily miles recorded today. If all was innocent with that night Robert and his people would have been a lot more forthcoming from the beginning.

Asher Delmott wrote:

Just finished a 64 mile run wrote:

This is what I see too.

Emporia is west of Lebo.

If that is RY sauntering through, the pacer continues well out of town and circles back. RY covers 2.7 miles from the CCTV to the presumed pickup point where the RV appears to stop after driving 30 mph during the backtrack. You can estimate RY has about 83-93 min to cover that 2.7 mi. Reasonable with walking and stopping.

Here's the real question though--if they just left him behind would they do it again immediately?

Because immediately after this fiasco, the pace picks up to 6:15 for the next 15.3 miles heading east out of Emporia towards Lebo. Either they dropped him again (off the back of the van-where he wasn't present in the original video), or he found quite the second wind after the walking bit in Emporium.

The tracker slows down when they reach Lebo, then they apparently sleep just East of Lebo.

If they've only left him ~5 times, that hurts their case. The tracker has all kinds of instances of him running paces we don't suspect he can do.

Don't forget, they have verified in their account to runners world that Rob was with the RV at Lebo (the intesection of Fauna and Old Highway 50) because that is where they were afraid of me as I ran up from behind.

If the RV did not slow down again between Emporia and Lebo (after it looped back for Rob), then he MUST be going the same pace as the RV over the distance from Emporia to Lebo in order to be with the RV when I run up behind it.

RobsMom wrote:

Kevin O'Rourke Keep going Rob. You have got this little run.

Stuff the doubters, they are insane basement dwellers who has no class, no talent and no balls, they hide behind keyboards and puke out venom. I can't wait for them to choke on their own BS.

Kevin O'Rourke a lot are though, especially the Letsrun trolls and other muppets. Doubters and sceptics are fine but hiding behind FB names with no friends or history and an anonymous poster on a rubbish forum spilling complete hatred is just wrong

Terry Jones I bet the doubters vote Trump also. Rise above their level Rob, ignore them and smash it, then name and shame the idiots when you get to nyc.

Nick Dransfield Thank goodness for CCTV! Prove the doubters wrong! #inRobWeBelieve

Robert MF Young is back baby! wrote:

RobsMom wrote:

Prove the doubters wrong! #inRobWeBelieve

^this

60 miles today. Rob has got his mojo back and we'll soon see 70+ days again.

Robert MF Young is back baby! wrote:

Fire Dustin Brooks! wrote:

Let me know when he starts running 6 minute miles for most of the distance, as he claims to have done through the desert and mountains.

Please cite him on this alleged claim.

And stop hating him just because he's way faster than you could ever dream of.

With the right coaching Rob should be able to challenge Yiannis Kouros records.

elephino wrote:

rhizomes wrote:

I think we have to accept that it is Rob in the CCTV footage. There is just no other explanation for the RV reversing its course and travelling at the speed limit to go back to Emporia. His crew come across as blundering idiots. This action and the inconsistencies in recounting those night's events don't necessarily surprise me. However this occurred at the beginning of the night and Rob already looked to be in a world of hurt. There is no way the crew once they rejoined him then took off at blistering pace again and there is no way Rob found a second wind and starting clocking 6:30 miles or whatever on his way to Lebo. I think what happened is they met back up with him, Rob said f*ck it I don't feel good, we're in the middle of nowhere, let me just hop into the back so we can get our daily miles recorded today. If all was innocent with that night Robert and his people would have been a lot more forthcoming from the beginning.

Remember Rob's blog from that night:

"wow, what a crazy night! I bonked and the RV didn't notice and drove off way ahead of me. There I was in the middle of Kansas walking in the dark dressed all in black with no reflective patches. Coming into a town I had to flag down a stranger and use their mobile phone to call the RV to come back.

Then a few hours later I'm making good time when I look back and see a light approaching. I freak. It might be a knife-wielding murderer. I signal the RV, they see me this time and stop. I hop in and we take off. A couple ton RV is no match for a guy on foot with a knife so we need to drive away before we actually see the person clearly. But because I have such high integrity, when we're sure the knife-wielding murderer has moved on, we return to the exact spot so I can start back from there.

Crazy night that I'll never forget, but I'm determined to set this record for the children. I feel no pain and have superhuman determination and will not quit. Unless, of course anonymous strangers raise questions about me on an internet message board."

We all remember reading that in his blog about that night, right?

elephino wrote:

rhizomes wrote:

I think we have to accept that it is Rob in the CCTV footage. There is just no other explanation for the RV reversing its course and travelling at the speed limit to go back to Emporia. His crew come across as blundering idiots. This action and the inconsistencies in recounting those night's events don't necessarily surprise me. However this occurred at the beginning of the night and Rob already looked to be in a world of hurt. There is no way the crew once they rejoined him then took off at blistering pace again and there is no way Rob found a second wind and starting clocking 6:30 miles or whatever on his way to Lebo. I think what happened is they met back up with him, Rob said f*ck it I don't feel good, we're in the middle of nowhere, let me just hop into the back so we can get our daily miles recorded today. If all was innocent with that night Robert and his people would have been a lot more forthcoming from the beginning.

Remember Rob's blog from that night:

"wow, what a crazy night! I bonked and the RV didn't notice and drove off way ahead of me. There I was in the middle of Kansas walking in the dark dressed all in black with no reflective patches. Coming into a town I had to flag down a stranger and use their mobile phone to call the RV to come back.

Then a few hours later I'm making good time when I look back and see a light approaching. I freak. It might be a knife-wielding murderer. I signal the RV, they see me this time and stop. I hop in and we take off. A couple ton RV is no match for a guy on foot with a knife so we need to drive away before we actually see the person clearly. But because I have such high integrity, when we're sure the knife-wielding murderer has moved on, we return to the exact spot so I can start back from there.

Crazy night that I'll never forget, but I'm determined to set this record for the children. I feel no pain and have superhuman determination and will not quit. Unless, of course anonymous strangers raise questions about me on an internet message board."

We all remember reading that in his blog about that night, right?

elephino wrote:

rhizomes wrote:

I think we have to accept that it is Rob in the CCTV footage. There is just no other explanation for the RV reversing its course and travelling at the speed limit to go back to Emporia. His crew come across as blundering idiots. This action and the inconsistencies in recounting those night's events don't necessarily surprise me. However this occurred at the beginning of the night and Rob already looked to be in a world of hurt. There is no way the crew once they rejoined him then took off at blistering pace again and there is no way Rob found a second wind and starting clocking 6:30 miles or whatever on his way to Lebo. I think what happened is they met back up with him, Rob said f*ck it I don't feel good, we're in the middle of nowhere, let me just hop into the back so we can get our daily miles recorded today. If all was innocent with that night Robert and his people would have been a lot more forthcoming from the beginning.

Remember Rob's blog from that night:

"wow, what a crazy night! I bonked and the RV didn't notice and drove off way ahead of me. There I was in the middle of Kansas walking in the dark dressed all in black with no reflective patches. Coming into a town I had to flag down a stranger and use their mobile phone to call the RV to come back.

Then a few hours later I'm making good time when I look back and see a light approaching. I freak. It might be a knife-wielding murderer. I signal the RV, they see me this time and stop. I hop in and we take off. A couple ton RV is no match for a guy on foot with a knife so we need to drive away before we actually see the person clearly. But because I have such high integrity, when we're sure the knife-wielding murderer has moved on, we return to the exact spot so I can start back from there.

Crazy night that I'll never forget, but I'm determined to set this record for the children. I feel no pain and have superhuman determination and will not quit. Unless, of course anonymous strangers raise questions about me on an internet message board."

We all remember reading that in his blog about that night, right?