Robert Young fakes run across America

And on his Facebook... more lies. Can't wait to get the doctored data!

It is with some regret that today I am announcing my decision to abandon this attempt to break Frank Giannini’s US Transcon World Record, based on medical reasons.

The run had gone pretty smoothly up until Indianopolis, Indiana, where I started to experience severe pain in my right big toe and the side of my foot. An X-Ray confirmed there was a small fracture and, more importantly, an infection which is not allowed me to walk on my foot properly since. It was decided I needed to follow an aggressive course of 24 hour treatment (several antibiotics and icing) to see if that would improve things. Unfortunately it didn’t so we made the decision not to continue and still on several antibiotics.

Of course it's disappointing not to have succeeded in what I set out to do and not to have raised more awareness and funds for the 3 charities I was representing on this trip. That said we feel we touched many lives on our journey and had an incredible adventure into America, with many highs (and a few lows). I hope what we have done will have inspired some children to go for their grandest dreams and to believe that amazing things are possible for us all. Hopefully they will want to get out and run or exercise in some other way by hearing our story.

I’d like to thank my sponsors Skins for their incredible support and providing me with all the practical support I needed to be able to take on this challenge. Additionally I’d like to thank my crew, Dustin and Michael, and all the many, many people who came out to run with me and cheer me on along the way. Also included in that list is all the Americans who we met by chance along the way, many of whom offered their homes, food, supplies, encouragement, business expertise to help us achieve our goal and make our journey easier.

While we were running it became clear that what I was trying to do was being treated with skepticism by a small group of individuals in the running community. I can assure you that all accusations against us of cheating are entirely unfounded. In our record bid we felt we were taking all reasonable measure to verify the authenticity of the run, including everything to satisfy Guinness guidelines and more besides. We were transparent and out in the open, findable by a tracker, and therefore surprised by the furore. In order to clear up this matter, in the next few days all data from the trip, which should exonerate me from any suggestion of wrongdoing, will be made available for examination by all concerned parties.

I am resting right now with friends before heading back to the UK to spend time with my fiancee and kids. Going forward I will be back with other crazy challenges and am determined to try this Transcon again and get all the way to NYC. I am also planning to return to the USA soon to run a 6 day race somewhere.

I'd like to reiterate that while there is a little disappointment we didn't hit New York with that record I really am taking all the positives from the experience. Records are incidental. It is about making connections, inspiring both kids and adults to reach high, to believe in their wildest dreams and to never give up. If my running on this trip has done some of this, and raised money for some of those most vulnerable and most in need of help too, then I'm sorry but I just can't see it as a failure.

Finally I’d like to thank the American people again for being so generous to us on our trip. This is an incredible country in so many ways and it was a privilege to run through so much of it, see the awesome sights and meet so many inspirational people along the way.

thankyou for all your support

Rob Young - Marathon Man UK - Never Give Up.

ihateultrarunners but still wrote:

It's crazy that Laz and his boyz aren't mentioned.

Nor Asher or Fake Laz

Well, I think this whole thing was great PR for Skins running wear. I've never seen that kind of UV protection before. After all, he ran through the intense sun exposure of Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico without getting a sunburn!

I bet you could wear this stuff on the surface of the sun and not get burned.

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

ihateultrarunners but still wrote:

It's crazy that Laz and his boyz aren't mentioned.

Nor Asher or Fake Laz

That's unacceptable. We need do whatever it takes to get Fake Laz an interview with runnersworld.

ihateultrarunners but still wrote:

It's crazy that Laz and his boyz aren't mentioned.

I mentioned them in mine...posted first ;)

I need to throw up. So the game is still on to expose these frauds. Mom, I'm going to need more cookies!

Sunburns & Sausage Rolls wrote:

Well, I think this whole thing was great PR for Skins running wear. I've never seen that kind of UV protection before. After all, he ran through the intense sun exposure of Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico without getting a sunburn!

I bet you could wear this stuff on the surface of the sun and not get burned.

Yeah, that white shirt looked great. I can't find it on the Skins site though.

doing it 'raise awareness' for charities, that he usually neglects to name.

And word from Rob wrote:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1030414967042761&id=612632838820978

Good for you, Robert Young!

So, the scam artists have chosen the path of deny, deny, deny. Let's Run trolls will make them regret that decision. Just ask Cheater Mike Rossi.

Cindy Rossi wrote:

Wow. Deep questions.

Maybe some of us care about the integrity of running a little more than others. Maybe we dislike constant cheating. Maybe we dislike bullies. Maybe we hate his little games of attacking handicapped people and married women (and all women) and maybe we dislike how some people are willing to accept these traits.

But great questions.

"Integrity of running..." Give me a break.

Can we get a list of anyone in this sport who isn't suspected of cheating?

We might as well give up and let everyone take their favorite PEDs so that all runners are on equal footing. Track and field is just as dirty as every other so called sport. Whenever anyone in T&F sets a record or accomplishes anything significant they are immediately accused of drug use or cheating. Everyone gets a target on their back.

ihateultrarunners but still wrote:

It's crazy that Laz and his boyz aren't mentioned.

Team Geezer is like Seal Team 6 - does the hard dirty work that nobody else likes/wants/or can do but does not seek, nor expect, any recognition for their work.

1 2 3 green wrote:

ExpertKipWatcher wrote:

Nor Asher or Fake Laz

That's unacceptable. We need do whatever it takes to get Fake Laz an interview with runnersworld.

Fortunately for you that's work you can continue to do from your mom's basement.

doubler wrote:

ihateultrarunners but still wrote:

It's crazy that Laz and his boyz aren't mentioned.

I mentioned them in mine...posted first ;)

http://www.marathoninvestigation.com/2016/06/robert-youngs-fastest-crossing-across.html

LOL! nice...

One of my Heros wrote:

And word from Rob wrote:https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1030414967042761&id=612632838820978

Good for you, Robert Young!

0/10

You know.... it doesn't take weeks to release running data. This isn't complicated financial records or data that really had to be "processed" (although I'm sure it was!)

Here's betting that they just release an excel file with all the times and distances typed in :)

Lots of online tears right here.

This is a great lesson in PR. The turtle geezers took the time to go down there and did an excellent job in exposing RY as a below average multi day runner. However, both they and their work are completely ignored by the running community at large. I guess the turtle geezers are fine and even proud of that. They're concerned with convincing themselves and their little group of friends.

But it won't stop the cheaters.

What will stop them is photos and videos of them cheating. Nothing else. And the photos should be spread all over the 'net.

It seems like most of the British ultra running community is ready to excuse and forget the whole thing. Who cares_ It's their loss. RY is primarily a national hero. But for those of us who would love to see him nailed down, we can only hope he comes back to the US for some more cheating.

So let's see, the real pressure (from the Asher piece which is what really gained traction) came on 6/7, geezers showed up a few days after that and followed, and he quit around 6/17.

What are the odds that in all of the running that he had been doing, that he just so happened to fail miserably once he started being watched??? WOW that's some luck