Robert Young fakes run across America

Well RW fell for it. wrote:

Well Runners World fell for it all, so it must be true, nice comments from Kev at the end of the article which helps to authenticate him even more. Now about all this other stuff...nah, forget it, Rob's a good bloke.

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/interview/the-big-interview-marathon-man-rob-young/14416.html

Kev's comments have to be repeated here, they're just too over the top. Not sure if he wants to worship or marry Rob:

"Rob is the real deal. I had the honour to run with him from mile 350 to the finish of his epic run. He didn't want to stop despite his body and his strength of mind is beyond belief. I also ran with Rob when he toured with Adam and witnessed his ability to bond with children and other people in a way that is mesmerising.

Why this man is not on sports personality of the year is beyond me.

The story of Rob is one thing, yet it doesn't define him. He lets his running do the talking and he continues to inspire me and many other people.

Humble, kind, driven and magnetic would be words that describe him in the best way.

Anne Widdcome one said that every woman should dance with Anton du Bec once in their lives.

I think EVERY runner should run with Rob once in their life. It's better than any finish line"

None of it makes sense. Why would he even have a GPS tracker on his own website if he was cheating and indeed a fraud? A bunch of Yankee haters.

slimy snake wrote:

Slowly breaking at the seams. The story is beginning to fall apart for good ol Robert Young now.

and the shits really starting to fly

someone turn the fan off

Bernie Sanders wrote:

None of it makes sense. Why would he even have a GPS tracker on his own website if he was cheating and indeed a fraud? A bunch of Yankee haters.

Because you can put that GPS tracker inside and RV and drive really slow across the country giving the appearance of actually running the whole time.

More pictures of that English cheater: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Robert_Young_(triathlete)

Anybody read his book?

I think it'd be fascinating to hear how he went from foster kid to representing his country in triathlon. I'm serious, I'm not even saying it's not true. Triathlon is a very expensive sport. Did his foster family set him up? How'd he get into it?

And then he quit that and joined the military for five years?

Is that in the book?

Again, I'm not accusing him of anything about that era of his life. This is separate from the possible ultra cheating. I'd be interested in knowing how that all worked.

I am Ross Woodward, son of former 100milr world record holder Cavin Woodward. Rarely post on Let's Run because it's largely about the US. But I signed up years ago. I am also posting questioning Rob Youngs run. It was nd who identified his 7k duathlon split in 30:47. So I think you need to accept that I am not him. UKathleticscoach, if it's Rob T, should be able to confirm the same. He's not exactly in the pro Rob Young camp sga we say.

Has anybody tried to verify the personal life details (abuse, foster family, etc)? Often if people are compulsive liars, then they lie about literally everything.

I feel like someone needs to work on the drone idea asap, as otherwise he is going to drop out injured any day now.

Have I missed something - where did he run a 2:47 marathon?

Another Cycling Fan wrote:

That wikimedia "Robert Young Cycling TT" photo is of German rider Enrico Poitschke in the Tour de France 2007 Prologue (in London):

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sibbald/753766618/in/photolist-9vUDFc-mXzPCe-mXzEag-mXzJug-mXzG9p-mXzNAx-mXzQCk-2bvJ2v-bcaNEz-dPzW4f-mo9PZV-goNfTN-goNg6G-fDERUB-mXA2va-jsDoQb-5hm1sx-29Bfyb-kfT4AT-2ais7D-gR4pu1-nqyJvv-4neuSA-ds7hjY-29L7pg-2ajaMd-5zXCve

Here is the starlist of that edition:

http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2007_Startlist

CoachKev, this is another question you can scrub off that list you sent Rob, he scammed the "Robert Young Cycling TT" photo, probably because Enrico does look remarkably like him. It will be interesting to see what sort of bullshit answer he comes up with though.

What goes around comes around especially in the day of the internet, when will people learn?

There's a bad smell. wrote:

CoachKev wrote:

If this all turns out to be bad

Kev, pull ya head out of the sand mate, it's already turned bad. Too many things that can't be answered from the past and present, there's a bad smell around and you and Andy seem to be the only ones on here who can't, or don't want to, smell it.

It just turned a whole lot badder with the phony cycling stuff.

It doesn't seem he's necessarily a compulsive liar. He's a narcissist. He exaggerates. There's a seed of truth in all his claims. It just didn't grow into what he wanted, so he stopped by the local farmers market and claimed to harvest what he brought home.

I hope I'm wrong.

Truly.

I have been in touch with Rob's wife Joanna concerning the video of the RV. She claims it's possible Rob wasn't running and was inside the RV, because he was extremely tired and they were heading to a place to eat or rest. But they always return to the place where he stopped running.

Regardless, Rob is doing something extraordinary as a survivor of child abuse and deserves a place in the Guinness Book of Records. It's disgusting how some yankees are questioning him.

Haha why drive so slowly to get food then?

Tornado the Little wrote:

It doesn't seem he's necessarily a compulsive liar.

I hope I'm wrong.

Truly.

You're wrong, look at the post at the top of this page, check out the photo, one person is responsible for that lie and it ain't Enrico Poitschke. There are others, no doubt they'll all be clarified and posted soon.

Being a survivor of child abuse does not merit you a place in the Guiness Book of Records - they are completely unrelated.

What about earthquake victims, holocaust survivors, and cancer sufferers ... some of these are arguably more 'deserving' so shall we give this world record to some of those people instead.

Tornado the Little wrote:

There's a seed of truth in all his claims.

Well yes, he has laced on a pair of running shoes and he has sat on bike and turned the pedals, so yeah a seed of truth. But then again so has my ten year old.

Oddities wrote:

Being a survivor of child abuse does not merit you a place in the Guiness Book of Records - they are completely unrelated.

What about earthquake victims, holocaust survivors, and cancer sufferers ... some of these are arguably more 'deserving' so shall we give this world record to some of those people instead.

The apersson you're replying to is a troll, the real one didn't register the handle.

Runrunscam wrote:

Haha why drive so slowly to get food then?

Habit. Don't be a doubter.

I'm predicting that the ultra community, who is comprised of many serial course cutters and PED users, will come out and defend him to save the integrity of the sport.

Ultra running is farce. It's a sport where you are allowed to have a crew and a vehicle. And I've seen with my own eyes competitors get in that vehicle and drive off to point further up the course.

It reminds me of race walking. It's too easy to cheat and too hard to call someone out on it.

I'm through with ultratools and their fairy tales. If this guy wants to prove he is not a cheat, then he better have some thorough data. He has no excuse not too - it's 2016. He could do it with two of those Garmin 225s?. They have a heart rate monitor on the wrist, gps, and they last a good 8 hours and they take about 30 minutes to charge.

But, no, he puts a gps on the van and drives it 7mph. GTFO