Robert Young fakes run across America

yeah whats the deal with this?

Mike in Indiana wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the medical report said his 5th toe (little toe) was fractured and in Rob's Facebook report of today it says his big toe was fractured. The deception keeps coming.

Another reason we'll never see data is that he didn't get the record. In fact, I wonder if that contributed to him throwing in the towel without making it to NYC. Doesn't sound like he could run on that foot very far, but quitting would also remove the need to reveal data. Just weather this storm by stopping in Indy, and move on and not make it any worse because that letsrun crowd is relentless.

see also:

Jack Rossi wrote:

TroLLminator wrote:

Most people don't want to hear about the cheating, specially if they donated. Most of those posters are hobby joggers who are probably hearing about his run for the first time right now. All they know is that he is a "celebrity" runner and has many FB and Twitter friends.

Especially in Turkey!

This "grifter" scenario is starting to make sense

Rob owns you wrote:

His injury proves that Rob is the real deal.

Wiki on avulsion fractures:

Generally muscular avulsion is prevented due to the neurological limitations placed on muscle contractions. Highly trained athletes can overcome this neurological inhibition of strength and produce a much greater force output capable of breaking or avulsing a bone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avulsion_fracture#5th_metatarsal_tuberosity_avulsion

Yeah well, if he could produce a much greater force, he would be able to crank out some 4:40 miles in a 25 mile run.

He doesn't have any talent to do that. He's mediocre, and it's all continuous

bullshite scamming.

Ultra List Tracking wrote:

Robert Young is done. [big snip/] So I guess we can move along now, there's nothing else to see here.

Congrats, you were "frist" to declare EOT. Far from last though.

heavyd84 wrote:

yeah whats the deal with this?

Mike in Indiana wrote:

Has anyone noticed that the medical report said his 5th toe (little toe) was fractured and in Rob's Facebook report of today it says his big toe was fractured. The deception keeps coming.

What happened is that Mike didn't read it correctly. RY never posted that he broke the big toe. He broke his Pinky toe. Probably ran into the RV when they stopped at a sausage crossing.

This has been discussed on the Ultra List. The thought is that the press release was just sloppy and incorrect. According to Laz, he was not faking the broken toe nor the cellulitis. His not hiding anything there.

ryinvestigation.blogspot.com wrote:

http://ryinvestigation.blogspot.com/

see also:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NBkfw48Jv6JlP0gBLP5JbPt6qz5Qfyf105fIXYa_hAk/edit?pref=2&pli=1#

Correct me if I'm wrong but while 72 hour World Records aren't kept like other ultra running records (24 hr, 48 hr, 6 day, 10 day etc....), on RY's "record" for running without sleep he passes 332 miles at 8am Friday (70h30m) based on his FB recap:

Based on his next section he would have covered another 4-5 miles based on his reported splits which lets go low and put him at 335 miles for.

This beats world class runner Joe Fejes who ran 329 miles and change at Across the Years in Arizona breaking Yiannis Kouros event record of 323 miles and change:

There probably is some historical splits that surpass this but if it didn't already smell like enough BS...to casually beat these two performances substantially screams the RV was already working its magic before it came to America...

He should run the Sri Chimnoy 3100 mile race next year...

Started yesterday and lowest day 1 total was 66 miles...

T BONE wrote:

He should run the Sri Chimnoy 3100 mile race next year...

Started yesterday and lowest day 1 total was 66 miles...

I'm sure he's going to hop right on that.

You got anything else?

Robert Young failed in his "attempt" to beat Frank Giannini’s US Transcon World Record. That said, there is skepticism about Frank Giannini's record as he, like Robert Young, had no record of accomplished ultra running prior to setting his record.

Ultra Fraud wrote:

Robert Young failed in his "attempt" to beat Frank Giannini’s US Transcon World Record. That said, there is skepticism about Frank Giannini's record as he, like Robert Young, had no record of accomplished ultra running prior to setting his record.

Stay on point or start your own thread. We're a little busy here destroying RY.

Ultralist visitor wrote:

This has been discussed on the Ultra List. The thought is that the press release was just sloppy and incorrect. According to Laz, he was not faking the broken toe nor the cellulitis. His not hiding anything there.

Why are U-list types always coming on here to spoil the fun of us kids in our moms basements?

Flounder wrote:

From Runners World,

"Michael Speicher, a digital marketer with Skins, which is a sponsor of Young’s, told Runner’s World by phone that Young “threw in the towel” just outside of Indianapolis on Saturday. He was 36 days and more than 2,000 miles into the attempt."

2000 miles into the attempt? I would guess less than 1,000 miles if he subtracts how much was "run" in the RV.

I'll take the under on 700 miles. We'll never actually know, of course, but the burden is on him to demonstrate he ran as much as a third of the claimed distance.

Milli Vanilli wrote:

He won't be able to fake it again, not in this day and age. He'll have to try to pull off something legit, which will end up proving that he's no special talent.

We'll be ready for them next time. We're setting up our defenses all along the main transcon routes.

I think an easier challenge to show he's a fraud is to match his first 3 marathons when he went directly from couch to running.

3 marathons in 36 hours (or whatever it was) in 4:09, 3:28, 3:19 (or whatever the claim was). I'm sure he couldn't do this now that he is supposedly well trained, and would surely show him to be a liar.

Any of his real data suggests a very mediocre running ability.

I've managed to read this entire thread. I did not Rossi it. I'm left feeling empty and wondering why I have nothing better to do!

Make a bounty for his TomTom data. Whether its from him, Dustin, a hacker, a TomTom employee, who cares.