Official William Goodge TransAus World Record Thread, Perth to Sydney, 35 days, 68.5 miles a day

Well said, I think that hits the nail on the head.

A big part of the conflict of this thread is the misconception that our aim is to convince the Goodge fanboys that he's cheating, when actually that's backwards. We're tasked with proving a negative, when really what we're saying is that his evidence isn't sufficient based on the clear problems laid out, and the red flags are already everywhere for anyone to see.

It's a pointless debate now. If you're wilfully ignorant about distance running/human physiology/sporting integrity (or just a troll, as per several contributers here) then you're not bothered about the data at all. And, as you say, for a record attempt like this the data is the run. It's all we've got. But at least the consensus here is still strongly against him (or against his evidence) - probably because so few of our points are ever addressed by his supporters.

The standards some of us hold people to right across society have completely disintegrated. Just look at the people being elected to the highest offices ffs. And the absolutely nobodies making names for themselves based on anything but talent in their field. People would rather pay to watch Jake Paul fight a pensioner than support real boxing. They're filling out a 60k seater stadium and streaming in their millions to watch an influencer football match (the sidemen) that's a worse standard than most U16 school leagues. Ultra running isn't immune to exploitation by the same grifters, unfortunately. All we can really do is point out the obvious and refuse to be swept along on a tidal wave of ignorance and narcissism.

Let's be real - your average punter doesn't know or care what a transaus record is in the first place.

If you claim to be an ultra runner and the ultra running community thinks you're a fraud, that's damning. And he'll be followed around by that for the rest of his career in the sport. If he's built his life on a lie, I do think he'll suffer for it eventually. And as has been said repeatedly, if he's suddenly able to prove he's a superhuman athlete, he'll get no better reception than from the ultra community.

to be fair, if he can prove that he can bang in 110km days with sub 8km pace at less than 110bpm and no fatigue, then all the sports endurance doctors in the wor4ld should be beating a path to his door. think about the tour de france doctors etc.

his physiology, if true, is far more valuable than his influence.

or is it the nucalm?

Unfortunately Guinness already recognise a fraudulent run for the UK end to end record. Similar to Goodge, a mediocre runner called Andi Rivett "broke" the record with a run that was at least as good, if nor better than Yiannis Kouros' 10 day and 1000 mile world records. Rivett was nowhere near elite level in any other run before or after, but despite years of campaigning by the ultrarunning community, Guinness still back the fraudulent run.

They also still recognise the old record for swimming the English Channel from England to France, just because the new record holder didn't bother to pay them as he just went to ultra distance swimming's own record keepers.

I guess this is what happens when a beer manufacturer is allowed to self appoint themselves as gatekeepers of sports records.

interesting that you should mention Lance.
as with Goodge public opinion was on his side despite numerous red flags.
the only thing that changed public opinion was that Travis Tygart hunted him down and proved beyond any doubt that he cheated.
I see no Travis Tygart in this situation, just a bunch of people regurgitating the same inconclusive arguments and opinions.

Nobody was getting "butt hurt" that I have seen, they were simply responding. As I remarked you seem to have difficulty understanding simple concepts. Whether this is because it does not suit you to understand them or you are simple only you can answer.

The most likely answer it seems to me is projection.

I recognise your record by the standards of the flat earthers. Don't let the haters doubt you. Do you have a Gofundme for some apparently worthy cause we can contribute to? As for evidence, a hand drawn picture will suffice as long as it has a date on it.

if your only concern is the opinion of the ultra community then you can let it go, you’ve already won. few there are taking him seriously.

unfortunately for you the average punter matters. it’s where his followers, sponsors, money and press come from…and they believe in Will Goodge.
he isn’t doing this for validation from you lot, he’s doing it to further his career as an influencer and so far it seems fairly successful.

Has anyone looked closely at the video footage of what he is wearing on his wrists? At the beginning he was wearing a white (whoop?) strap. Many other videos have his arm covered. One video shows a different strap. Would suggest a closer look for those who really want to see what's going on.....

Wonder what was going on today for the first 28km

So circling back to the beginning of thisthis forum - Pete Kostelnick is now going to do this run in 30 days?

He's already finished. Data is on training peaks (hidden).

Welcome back Sneakers

You have been so ineffective at "Hunting Will Goodge" that you should be required to return your user name.

I'm quite sure he won't manage 30. But if he's close to being back to his US Transcon best - as his 24 hour run last weekend of 249km suggests - he should easily beat Goodge's projection of 35 days.

The only evidence I need is that WG is a narcissistic fraud is that he slowed to a walk (because it was raining - aww diddums) when monitored by WC and slowed considerably during the 2nd half of every day he was under observation. And tried to physically assault WC.

Also the elapsed time discrepancy from yesterday just being a Strava glitch. LOL

Unfortunate for me why? Grifters grift across all walks of life - idiots will always be parted from their money by charlatans. That's really all this is.

Just curious what happened to the spotters mentioned back on page 2/3? I remember WillC saying in the other thread that he had people ready to go out and observe for multiple days? Has anyone actually been out yet? Haven’t seen any updates, so just wondering if it’s still happening or did they just not find anything?

A wallaby was spotted with a stopwatch in the Nullarbor. I think that was "them".