Sandra Vi going for record across America

Maker of Points wrote:

Scam_Watcheroo wrote:

I am sure Mimi and her team will be open, transparent, and truthful about what happened and willing to provide the evidence. Oh, wait...

Their behaviour is not like any innocent runners I've communicated with before. Mimi and her team's behaviour is firmly in line with what I experienced with Dave Reading and Amy Hughes.

But Scam, old bean. Most people just laughed at those two idiots. Are you honestly trying to say Mimi is in the same ball park as those two? Really?

I'm not Tim either and yeah, I have to agree Mimi is not comparable to those two as a runner. She blows their doors off. She is similar to them in terms of self promotion and exaggeration. And as much as I believe she is doing this run (not cheating), the transparency and honesty of her team leaves much to be desired.

Results wrote:

All of what I've written below is under the assumption that Mimi is hurt / struggling. That's my impression. We'll probably know more in a few hours.

I would love to know the mindset of why she or whoever is pushing her didn't drop her daily required mileage to 53 like she originally planned, or even 50 for a few days. Trying to run the same distance as Sandy (and failing) when she already had a good lead doesn't make sense. From what we can tell, all she cares about is the record. Even if she finished with a lower mileage/day, because her course is so much shorter she could have the record for fastest crossing anyway. Was an extra hour and a half on the road worth it for five more miles a day? I don't think so.

All Mimi has to do to claim a record is reach NY City Hall before Sandy. Even if she only holds the record for a few minutes she would still have broken the prior record first.

Maker of Points wrote:

Scam_Watcheroo wrote:

I am sure Mimi and her team will be open, transparent, and truthful about what happened and willing to provide the evidence. Oh, wait...

Their behaviour is not like any innocent runners I've communicated with before. Mimi and her team's behaviour is firmly in line with what I experienced with Dave Reading and Amy Hughes.

But Scam, old bean. Most people just laughed at those two idiots. Are you honestly trying to say Mimi is in the same ball park as those two? Really?

Yes, I am placing Mimi in the same group as the other two based on the available evidence and their behaviour. Remember, Gary and Robbie on URC, and Mimi herself were also endorsing Any Hughes before I showed otherwise, so argument by authority is very weak.

Plenty of prominent athletes cheat, just look at all the doping cases or big name cyclists holding onto cars in big races.

What day was the hospital 30 min stop?

Scam_Watcheroo wrote:

Yes, I am placing Mimi in the same group as the other two based on the available evidence and their behaviour.

Okie dokie (*backs away nervously*)

Well, she could claim it but I don't know that GWR would review the finishes in the order they came in. If GWR is aware of both attempts they might just review the faster one first (regardless of completion date) and award it based on that. No sense in doing double the work if it's not needed.

Then again Mimi claims a lot of unverified records on her web site so yeah, she could just say fastest crossing. I don't know if the GWR angle is important to promote her book, movie, speaking tour or whatever else she and HWMBO have planned. I'm sure they would like to have it as part of the promotion.

SP wrote:

What day was the hospital 30 min stop?

All we know is that she was in the hospital parking lot. We don't have any other information and of course Mimi's team doesn't share much of anything specific. It was October 11th.

SP wrote:

What day was the hospital 30 min stop?

The hospital stop was on October 11 as indicated by the extremely short afternoon runs on Mimi's Strava.

Reminds me of when we were all looking at Rob Young's R.V. at the Golden Corral waiting for it to move. After LRC starts taking a hard look at these cheats they get slower and slower until they stop for good.

Results wrote:

Then again Mimi claims a lot of unverified records on her web site so yeah, she could just say fastest crossing. I don't know if the GWR angle is important to promote her book, movie, speaking tour or whatever else she and HWMBO have planned. I'm sure they would like to have it as part of the promotion.

If seems to be that the motive for Mimi and Tim Anderson to get this transcon record at all costs is financial. I don't believe they are as well financially off as many people presume. Why would they need so many sponsors if they were indeed wealthy?

It is about the $$$. With these types it is ALWAYS about the money.

I believe it is now 2 hours since we last track of Mimi on Garmin.

Scam_Watcheroo wrote:

Maker of Points wrote:

But Scam, old bean. Most people just laughed at those two idiots. Are you honestly trying to say Mimi is in the same ball park as those two? Really?

Yes, I am placing Mimi in the same group as the other two based on the available evidence and their behaviour. Remember, Gary and Robbie on URC, and Mimi herself were also endorsing Any Hughes before I showed otherwise, so argument by authority is very weak.

Plenty of prominent athletes cheat, just look at all the doping cases or big name cyclists holding onto cars in big races.

Scam you're clearly an intelligent person intellectually but ten minutes of reading this thread makes me think I wouldn't engage with you either if I was them.

You've clearly made your mind up based not on the evidence but your own beliefs. Whatever happens you make fit your own theories.

You say their behaviour mirrors other cheaters but how exactly? By not fulfilling your demands? They have a race to run and you're just a gnat criticising them.

For what it's worth I've been in contact with the team, they're aware of LR but aren't following the thread, they don't need the negativity so aren't reading the thread.

Scam_Watcheroo wrote:

I believe it is now 2 hours since we last track of Mimi on Garmin.

Mimi has been stopped since 08:47 AM Garmin time. It is now 11:15 AM Garmin time.

The Gamin arrow indicates it is still operating in the same location. An up arrow indicates the Garmin is off. The Garmin is stilling in the grassy median of the road. It is not clear to me that Mimi is with the Garmin because of the choice of stopping location.

Clever guy wrote:

For what it's worth I've been in contact with the team, they're aware of LR but aren't following the thread, they don't need the negativity so aren't reading the thread.

They are well aware of the miles Sandy puts in and when she stops for the day. Mimi is following Sandy on Strava (two out of four of the people she is following). And she can easily follow the direct link to Sandy's Garmin which LRC posted.

Mimi's team has made several adjustments to their data based on LRC comments related to changes they should make. Very interesting to make LRC adjustments when claiming not to follow LRC at all.

Marvelous Mimi knows about the LR thread because it is full of stalkers who will be arrested if they try to run with her! Marvelous Mimi doesnt need the negativity of runners who know how to spot a rat.

So far today wrote:

Scam_Watcheroo wrote:

I believe it is now 2 hours since we last track of Mimi on Garmin.

Mimi has been stopped since 08:47 AM Garmin time. It is now 11:15 AM Garmin time.

The Gamin arrow indicates it is still operating in the same location. An up arrow indicates the Garmin is off. The Garmin is stilling in the grassy median of the road. It is not clear to me that Mimi is with the Garmin because of the choice of stopping location.

That doesn't make sense though does it? I mean you wouldn't have Mimi immobile for two hours in the median. You also wouldn't have a support vehicle parked there for two hours. There must be some other explanation. Did she drop it accidentally? Not likely but I can't see why she would just sit there for this long.

So far today wrote:

Clever guy wrote:

For what it's worth I've been in contact with the team, they're aware of LR but aren't following the thread, they don't need the negativity so aren't reading the thread.

They are well aware of the miles Sandy puts in and when she stops for the day. Mimi is following Sandy on Strava (two out of four of the people she is following). And she can easily follow the direct link to Sandy's Garmin which LRC posted.

Mimi's team has made several adjustments to their data based on LRC comments related to changes they should make. Very interesting to make LRC adjustments when claiming not to follow LRC at all.

They are aware of it. But that's it. I follow Jornet on Strava but rarely check out what he's up to. When it all kicked off on here and Marcus posted on the URC thread the Brits let them.know about the fuss and they changed the tracker. But that's it. We've chased the Brits off and they're not even talking about it on the urc.

They're doing what they're doing based on mimi not what sandy is up to.

Clever guy wrote:

They are aware of it. But that's it. I follow Jornet on Strava but rarely check out what he's up to.

Sigh. Mimi follows: Sandy V, Pete K, Kelia M, and Sandra V. That is all. Unless Jornet is Kelia M they are not following him at all.