Skins Marketing Dept wrote:
(5) It would be too easy to see Rob at night. We didn't want that. Makes it a lot harder for the ax wielding killers to see him.
Fixed that. Now ready for publishing.
Skins Marketing Dept wrote:
(5) It would be too easy to see Rob at night. We didn't want that. Makes it a lot harder for the ax wielding killers to see him.
Fixed that. Now ready for publishing.
PODD wrote:
The Best Thread wrote:I wish I could go back in time and try to explain to my childhood self that one day I would enjoy monitoring by computer an RV sitting in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Indianapolis.
I actually LOL'd and then sighed. I'm signing off for a while, too close to home.
What a time to be alive
A guy wrote... wrote:
higher.
At 260 pages, this eclipsed Kip's thread. And Kip's took 4 years, not 10 days!
Skins Marketing Editor wrote:
Skins Marketing Dept wrote:(5) It would be too easy to see Rob at night. We didn't want that. Makes it a lot harder for the ax wielding killers to see him.
Fixed that. Now ready for publishing.
Little poll - how many of you, because of this, would never purchase a skins product or let any friend or family purchase a skins product?
Any company who supports this thing is just not a company I would ever allow myself or anyone I know to give their money too. 2XU, Nike, Under Armour, etc., any company other than skins.
Skins Marketing Editor wrote:
Skins Marketing Dept wrote:(5) It would be too easy to see Rob at night. We didn't want that. Makes it a lot harder for the ax wielding killers to see him.
Fixed that. Now ready for publishing.
Thanks.
The teamwork here makes me proud to work for Skins.
Lorenzo (Larry) Liberal wrote:
It's time to call the cops and report suspicious activity around an RV in the Wal-mart parking lot. Or call Wal-mart. Let's make something happen, folks.
Wal-Mart allows you to camp in their parking lots overnight. Seriously. I don't want to say how I know. TMI.
I live in Philadelphia and I'm off from work 6/22 thru 6/26.
I'm hoping he makes it into PA within that time-frame so I can join in on the circus.
He seems to be on the road again...
Huh? They are on the move, back tracking...
No chance I buy a Skins product. They stand by cheaters (and the cheaters don't even use Skins crap)
hart crane wrote:
I'm hoping he makes it into PA within that time-frame so I can join in on the circus.
I agree. I can't wait to see him roll 50-60 MILES in the Laurel Highlands by Seven Springs. NOT the rockies but its all steep hills!
Whoops. Wrong way. Back to the hospital?
All will be fine wrote:
Huh? They are on the move, back tracking...
Interesting logistics now.
Return the RV? Or to a hotel?
Continue to manage PR for a few days?
Book flights?
what next wrote:
All will be fine wrote:Huh? They are on the move, back tracking...
Interesting logistics now.
Return the RV? Or to a hotel?
Continue to manage PR for a few days?
Book flights?
One word:
Vegas, Baby!!
more for skins wrote:
Inquisitive person wrote:Question for Skins...
Will we still be able to track Rob on his flight back to the UK? Thanks in advance!
I have a few questions too:
Your compression cloths do come in white, and I admit the usual black stuff has some colours and some reflective stripes - but:
(1) why did you create a dangerous set of pure black baggy compression wear specifically for Rob?
(2) Do you feel he gets more recovery from the baggy compression cloths? (3) Why did you remove all markings and reflective materials for Rob?
(4) Why would you just not allow him to have your regular gear, and especially the white stuff, so he could wear that at night?
(5) Even your black tights are normally 360 degrees of reflective - why would you not allow Rob to have this?
I think as a sponsor you really should allow him to just wear your regular cloths including white cloths and the ones that have reflective gear. By forcing him to wear black baggy non-reflective clothing at night you are putting his very life at risk, Shame on you.
Please add:
(6) Your company makes high-tech socks. Yet, even with a SKINS employee along for the ride, your Jesus-like runner Robbie Young was doing his "run" in cotton tube socks, which has resulted in the flesh-eating disease forming on his feet.
Do you think this reflects well on SKINS? Or would you like to ask Laz to help scrape your logo off the RV?
Skins Marketing Editor wrote:
Skins Marketing Dept wrote:(5) It would be too easy to see Rob at night. We didn't want that. Makes it a lot harder for the ax wielding killers to see him.
Fixed that. Now ready for publishing.
Little poll - how many of you, because of this, would never purchase a skins product or let any friend or family purchase a skins product?
Any company who supports this thing is just not a company I would ever allow myself or anyone I know to give their money too. 2XU, Nike, Under Armour, etc., any company other than skins.[/quote]
Actually, I would! I'm seriously considering faking a world record at running, so this is the kind of company I would consider as a sponsor and co-conspirator. Love my some SKINS!
I think the RV now has more eyes on it than the White Bronco did back in the day
Skins Marketing Editor wrote:
Skins Marketing Dept wrote:(5) It would be too easy to see Rob at night. We didn't want that. Makes it a lot harder for the ax wielding killers to see him.
Fixed that. Now ready for publishing.
Little poll - how many of you, because of this, would never purchase a skins product or let any friend or family purchase a skins product?
Any company who supports this thing is just not a company I would ever allow myself or anyone I know to give their money too. 2XU, Nike, Under Armour, etc., any company other than skins.[/quote]
Actually, I would! I'm seriously considering faking a world record at running, so this is the kind of company I would consider as a sponsor and co-conspirator. Love my some SKINS!
gpsser wrote:
Quick observation.
The GPS file before the RV got stuck started at 5:20am, ran for 2:50 and ended at 9:10am at the location of the RV.
The next file is Rob leaving the RV at 7:31. The two gps files have overlap by about 1:40.
So, two watches of course, the crew accidentally left the first one running when the van got stuck and Rob took the other when he left. The crew saw it just before they got back on the road and shut it off. My guess it was on the dash and forgotten about. Not proof at all, but maybe we can find some other slipups that would help the case.
nice catch. The segment they were doing when they got stuck was 3.81 miles starting at 5:20 on 5-18 and took 2:50:30. Previously they had been cranking 6:18 pace for 2.87 miles on a dirt road...
Anyway, 5:20 + 2:50 is 8:10 but the next segment, as you noted, starts at 7:31, and goes 4.61 miles, ending at 8:19. This is the beginning of the unassisted run from the RV into Laughlin and we assume it's legit, because the RV was stuck in the sand while this was happening (photo EXIF confirms that). He's running 10:26 pace for that segment, fwiw.
So yeah, two watches, as he indicated in the video.
As far as going through the data, it looks like this was already calculated, see column G in
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DtGrPEckX8y-2-zAFwUgzqCo4HYwUctZNOKDLbYD4Vk/edit#gid=130386114.
Did the mountain analysis Israel Archuletta wrote up get cross-posted here?
https://www.facebook.com/carguy/posts/10153712351640954?comment_id=10153727782130954Also look at the northern New Mexico section where he was dropping sub-6s and the sections before and after Flagstaff where he ran incredibly fast at elevation.
No word from Peter... maybe they are back tracking to hide his body.
Peter? You out there?