Robert Young fakes run across America

There's really nothing to see here. It is all on the up and up. Now move along and don't investigate anything else.

uh oh not good wrote:

missing 10k and 30k splits at 2015 mnba chester marathon in 3:12.

http://www.activeleisureevents.co.uk/media/1427/full-results-for-website-1516-15102015.pdf

has splits for 20k and half and 40k and finish

course map doesnt have an easy way to skip 10k and 30k

http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/fullscreen/176696494/http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=687776

2014 marathon results

Mar 3:46:50 3:46:32 180 Halstead Halstead & Essex Marathon 11 May 14

Mar 3:50:06 3:50:03 524 Milton Keynes Milton Keynes Marathon 5 May 14

Mar 4:43:45 4:43:44 110 Cowes Isle of Wight Marathon 12 Oct 14

MarNAD 3:56:32 16 Orpington Orpington Mara*fun Marathon 17 May 14

MarDH 4:23:09 4:23:06 1317 Inverness Baxters Loch Ness Marathon (Inc Scottish Champs) 28 Sep 14

MarMT 3:11:59 3:11:57 12 Kingston Upon Thames Thames Meander Marathon 23 Aug 14

MarMT 4:34:06 58 Sydling St Nicholas Giants Head Marathon 28 Jun 14

MarMT 4:56:41 46 20 Bath Bath Marathon 27 Jul 14

dont know the courses. outlier is 3:11:59 at thames meander. otherwise all others are 3:46 to 4:56. his book and mapmyrun have 4:07, 3:28, 3:19 for first 3. BOLLOCKS. lied about the time or distance.

Chester is a bit suspicious indeed. There are very few runners with missing splits. This is however after his (probably legit) 3:07 London marathon.

Elder here. wrote:

a masochistic wanker who's well and truly up himself.

That's a very wide description. In fact it includes pretty much all ultra runners.

Poor You! wrote:

Maker_of_Website wrote:

None taken. But may God help you in this place if you can't deal with a typo...

The document loses credibility with the typos.

I think they are fixed.

Maker_of_Website wrote:

Poor You! wrote:

The document loses credibility with the typos.

I think they are fixed.

I'm pretty sure the brojos have never written a sentence without a typo.

RYinvestigator wrote:

This is very suspicious: there are two different results for the 2014 Thames Meander Marathon

http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=360001http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=108079&event=MarMT&venue=Kingston+Upon+Thames&date=23-Aug-14

There are suddenly 2 position 11 runners!

Good catch. FWIW, there's also another runner, Michael Smith, who has moved up the list. From 231st to 35th place.

Browser of lists wrote:

RYinvestigator wrote:

This is very suspicious: there are two different results for the 2014 Thames Meander Marathon

http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=360001http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=108079&event=MarMT&venue=Kingston+Upon+Thames&date=23-Aug-14

There are suddenly 2 position 11 runners!

Good catch. FWIW, there's also another runner, Michael Smith, who has moved up the list. From 231st to 35th place.

OhNoes! RY collateral damage!

Maker_of_Website wrote:

Poor You! wrote:

The document loses credibility with the typos.

I think they are fixed.

First photo caption

First entry above: 14.19mi run,

Browser of lists wrote:

RYinvestigator wrote:

This is very suspicious: there are two different results for the 2014 Thames Meander Marathon

http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=360001http://www.runbritainrankings.com/results/results.aspx?meetingid=108079&event=MarMT&venue=Kingston+Upon+Thames&date=23-Aug-14

There are suddenly 2 position 11 runners!

Good catch. FWIW, there's also another runner, Michael Smith, who has moved up the list. From 231st to 35th place.

Michael Smith moved DOWN the list as RY moved UP.

OhNoes wrote:

Browser of lists wrote:

Good catch. FWIW, there's also another runner, Michael Smith, who has moved up the list. From 231st to 35th place.

OhNoes! RY collateral damage!

If a guy cheats you for your hard-earned 121st spot you have every right to take it back with a little editing.

Chester is a bit suspicious indeed. There are very few runners with missing splits. This is however after his (probably legit) 3:07 London marathon.

I can't be the only one who is having trouble accepting London as legit. No way that and his race across America are both on the up and up.

Just because he didn't leave a smoking gun that we can spot by analyzing results on the internet doesn't mean that he actually ran 3:07.

Poor You! wrote:

Browser of lists wrote:

Good catch. FWIW, there's also another runner, Michael Smith, who has moved up the list. From 231st to 35th place.

Michael Smith moved DOWN the list as RY moved UP.

You're right. I'll leave the detective work to you sleuths.

wakkoxc wrote:

Just because he didn't leave a smoking gun that we can spot by analyzing results on the internet doesn't mean that he actually ran 3:07.

True. We should assume that he cheated unless there is absolute evidence for something else.

I have archived the results:

It looks like you can indeed edit your results! To the right there is an envelope (notify us of amends).

It seems like RY has managed to convince the site administrators to change his results.

A British runner could clarify how this site works.

How did you notice he moved? Are there other runners who have moved?

We need LRC boots on the ground in Indy!

There was photo confirmation of the RV at the Golden Corral earlier today. We need someone to get back down there and confirm the presence or absence of the RV from it's last known location there at the GC.

On the off chance that the RV is still there, do not get timid on us, go up and engage the subject, but do so with caution.

Other places to check while you're there: Walmart, the hospital, KOA, Hobby Lobby, Target, The UPS Store and Hoosier Overstock & Mattress.

DON'T LET ME DOWN, LRC!

Rojo should've paid Peter Sagan to stick our own gps tracker under the RV. Now that would've been money well spent.

curiously interested wrote:

Oh, and he claims he was 210 pounds (15 stones) when he ran those initial marathons in 3:19 and 3:28.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/138134/surviving-dads-abuse-spurred-me-on-to-run-417-marathons-in-14-months/

Maybe he got confused and ran 26 kilometers rather than miles?

Blogger, The wrote:

If it's not a blog, then why is it called a blog on the blog?

Well, you got me on that one. Touche.

The finishing touch would be to use this photo of him w/ laz wearing laz's shirt for the top banner image:

https://www.facebook.com/marathonmanuk/photos/pcb.1026704637413794/1026703684080556/?type=3&theater