Robert Young fakes run across America

Just posted a reply with my name too...

Not inspired wrote:

Today's post from Jamie Fuller, SKINS chairman.

"WHEN A SPORT DOESN’T VALUE ITS CULTURE"

http://watercooler.skins.net/2016/06/21/when-a-sport-doesnt-value-its-culture/

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Lets flood the CEO's inbox - if he still ignores obviously in on it

Observer of various things wrote:

So the more we dig into this the more we seem to agree that there is no way of proving via GPS that one did a legit transcon?

Nobody ever said that you can prove a Trans Con record attempt ever.

You always have to believe the runner what he said he did.

If the runner has a good running record it might be believable.

A good example is Al Howies Trans Canada record around 64 miles/day in 1991. He was a great multiday runner with great results.

That's why we run real races because they produce: records.

Just posted a comment on the article below.

Not inspired wrote:

Today's post from Jamie Fuller, SKINS chairman.

"WHEN A SPORT DOESN’T VALUE ITS CULTURE"

http://watercooler.skins.net/2016/06/21/when-a-sport-doesnt-value-its-culture/

Markus

Great point.

See above posts and email Jaimie fuller CEO at skins

Big Al wrote:

Phil Knight wrote:

Surely this has been posted earlier, but just in case, it seems that his fundraising page suggested that his effort has yielded only £490.04 in donations?

This is the link from his website if you want to make a donation.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=runfordreamscometrueandnspcc&pageUrl=3

I also swore that his website had 3 charities listed earlier. It now only points to Dreams Come True.

I saw this posted. We all know Lisa Smith Batchen is just as dodgy as him - - -

"Support Endurance Sports & Fitness Magazine. Until July 1,2016 we are giving proceeds to the Tyler Robinson Foundation in honor of Lisa Smith Batchen and Robert HP Young who are raising awareness for Children's cancer."

http://shopendurancesportsandfitness.com/products/endurance-sports-fitness

I am sure that must be a LOT of money. (Never heard of that magazine)

Markus wrote:

Big Al wrote:

I saw this posted. We all know Lisa Smith Batchen is just as dodgy as him - - -

"Support Endurance Sports & Fitness Magazine. Until July 1,2016 we are giving proceeds to the Tyler Robinson Foundation in honor of Lisa Smith Batchen and Robert HP Young who are raising awareness for Children's cancer."

http://shopendurancesportsandfitness.com/products/endurance-sports-fitness

I am sure that must be a LOT of money. (Never heard of that magazine)

Raising awareness = funding my lifestyle.

Someone did a bit of investigation on one of Rob's fake charities.

I just looked up finanacials of Tyler Robinson Foundation. It is not even rated by charity rating sites. It basically has one employee taking salary of $50K for the year of 2014. It raised $658,119 and gave away as grants $199,327 spending $342,676 on expenses (not including grants). Despite their fancy website, there is nothing major going on here. More than half of their revenue came from a music band that was collecting donations on its behalf at their conert ($263,183).

When I (a first time LR poster) mentioned this "toe discrepancy" yesterday I was called an idiot and said "to go back and read Robert's Facebook post again". But right after this mention, Robert (who I believe reads these posts) suddenly changed his Facebook page so it no longer referred to his "big toe", but his "right foot toe".

Coincidence?

Don't be so quick to judge people.

The French press have now taken an interest: http://spe15.fr/le-britannique-robert-young-suspecte-de-tricherie-pendant-sa-traversee-des-etats-unis/

Not inspired wrote:

Today's post from Jamie Fuller, SKINS chairman.

"WHEN A SPORT DOESN’T VALUE ITS CULTURE"

http://watercooler.skins.net/2016/06/21/when-a-sport-doesnt-value-its-culture/

Read between the lines. The post was not about golf, but about Robert Young. A carefully crafted essay to say, he's backing Robert Young. He's addressing the issue of Robert Young and indicating his response without trying to throw gas on the fire.

Jamie Fuller: "I’m not ‘in’ to golf in a big way but I’m enough of a sports fanatic to admire the values that golf brings to sport. Discipline, self-regulation, integrity, respect for the rules. It helps set golf apart from other sports. A bit like the SKINS brand! When a professional golfer says he or she did not address the ball, I believe them."

= When my Skins-sponsored runner Robert Young says he is running across America, I believe him.

The PGA officials were "amateur hour" = online critics of Robert Young

Dustin the golfer's overcoming 2 year struggle with drugs = Robert Young rise from abuse and couch potato.

Jamie Fuller: "As Dustin said when he was informed of the USGA’s intervention at the twelfth tee: 'Just focus on this next shot. I tried to do that from there, all the way to the house.'"

= Robert Young needs to forget about the transcon debacle and move on to the next running challenge.

In other words, that was nothing but a carefully crafted allegory to say Fuller is believing Robert Young and leaving the questions behind and continuing to support Robert Young.

The problem is that there is too much evidence (video, data, spreadsheets, maps, graphics, and Young's inability to do what he claimed) to indicate Young was cheating and is lying.

If there was video of Dustin tapping the ball (which there isn't, but if there was), and Dustin claimed he didn't touch the ball, would you still believe him, Jamie?

Mike in Indiana wrote:

When I (a first time LR poster) mentioned this "toe discrepancy" yesterday I was called an idiot and said "to go back and read Robert's Facebook post again". But right after this mention, Robert (who I believe reads these posts) suddenly changed his Facebook page so it no longer referred to his "big toe", but his "right foot toe".

Coincidence?

Don't be so quick to judge people.

Congrats. Put it on your resume.

Mike in Indiana wrote:

When I (a first time LR poster) mentioned this "toe discrepancy" yesterday I was called an idiot and said "to go back and read Robert's Facebook post again". But right after this mention, Robert (who I believe reads these posts) suddenly changed his Facebook page so it no longer referred to his "big toe", but his "right foot toe".

Coincidence?

Don't be so quick to judge people.

But that's what we do around here.

Racergirl wrote:

The French press have now taken an interest:

http://spe15.fr/le-britannique-robert-young-suspecte-de-tricherie-pendant-sa-traversee-des-etats-unis/

Here is a rough translation from google translate:

Briton Robert Young, who won the Trans America in 2015, was attacked late May to record the solo crossing of the United States. But his attempt is questioned by American runners, who suspect him of cheating. At 33, Robert Young is an icon in England, with its incredible history. Child beaten in his childhood, former top triathlete, he discovered the marathon in 2014, it will run 370 marathons and ultras in 1 year experience recounted in a book, and widely reported in the British media.

Robert Young

Robert Young

Robert Young was attacked May 14 the challenge of establishing a new record of the United States Crossing, to erase 46 days 8 hours and 36 minutes, dating from 1980. The man knows what he's talking, he won the 2015 edition of the mythical "Trans America" ​​3100 miles long.

Can not find the middle of the night to Lebo?

But Robert Young sees blamed for cheating in the US on the site's forum "Let's Run" with great virulence. The story begins on June 1 lorsqu'Asher Delmott, a runner Lebo in Kansas, decides to join him to make some strides at his side. According to Asher Delmott in the heart of Lebo, at 1 am, he discovered the well of vehicle Robert Young, traveling at the speed of a runner, but no runner ...

Asher Delmott supports his assertions by videos, where the rider is not visible, and launches the debate on the forum of "Let's Run" June 6 The US site, known to have already unveiled several cheating in the US, ignites on to this story, and in a week, more than 100 pages that will be published, with about 2300 posts ...

MarathonManUK, a hero in Great Britain

The route of Robert Young is passed through the mill. And inconsistencies singled out in the history of man, an icon in Britain. "Marathon Man UK" as it is called, began his life tragically martyred his childhood by his father, and given to an orphanage at the age of 6 years. He joined the British Army where he devoted to triathlon, accumulating performance and podiums. But it was in 2014 that his life curves, he discovers the London Marathon on TV and decides to embark on the run. This will be the beginning of a real addiction that he has revealed in his book "Marathon Man: One Man, One Year, 370 Marathons. "He says he ran a marathon every morning in Richmond Park before leaving for work, there are added various competitions for a total of 370 marathons and ultras accrued in one year, and the meter then climbs to 420 marathons and ultras ran in 420 days . A project orchestrated around a strong commitment to humanitarian actions supporting children victims of violence, as it has been, and widely reported in the British press, where Robert Young is elevated to hero.

YOUNG ONE YEAR

The Robert Young team contests

Suffice to say that the controversy surrounding the performance Robert Young appeared in the United States is greeted with hostility in Britain, and expressions of support are multiplying on the Facebook account dedicated to this project. Robert Young and his team of followers reacted there to challenge these suppositions, noting that many people have them easily found from the tracker placed on the site, and producing photos of his Tom Tom watches or images captured by a Go Pro hung on the van.

According to the tracker, Robert Young is on the path to success in his project, he swallowed 67 miles per day on average since the beginning of his journey, some days amount to over 80 miles. And critics point fingers that his average has suddenly collapsed after the start of the debate on "Let's Run" and inconsistencies on his pace, he frequently evolve at an equal or greater rate than his best time on marathon (3:07 'London 2015).

A crowfunding launched to try to see clearer

But note that even before this, Robert Young has experienced more days "light" in distances, such as 22 May (22 miles) and 24 May (25 miles).

To try to see clearer in this troubling case in which a page named "Robert Young Investigation" was created, a crowdfunding was launched at the initiative of Gary Cantrell, the creator of the mythical "Barkley" to be a running team may accompany Robert Young during a full week. This would be a great way to cut short this very disturbing controversy, since it brought in parallel to a questioning many aspects of the life of Robert Young.

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Mike in Indiana wrote:

When I (a first time LR poster) mentioned this "toe discrepancy" yesterday I was called an idiot and said "to go back and read Robert's Facebook post again". But right after this mention, Robert (who I believe reads these posts) suddenly changed his Facebook page so it no longer referred to his "big toe", but his "right foot toe".

Coincidence?

Don't be so quick to judge people.

Some of never doubted you.

I'm thinking that Robert's tagline on all his FB and Twitter pages called "Bringing Hope Through Running" should be changed to, "Bringing Nope Through (not) Running".

Predictor_of_Events wrote:

Rob Young will release his GPS data, and then none of his followers will sift through it. It will show gaps where he MUST have been in an RV, but nobody will care.

He will make a statement and link to Strava/TomTom. The comments on his page will explode. "Sorry you had to deal with all this negativity mate!". "Good on you Rob!! You are my inspiration!"

The man, the myth, the legend, will never die.

It's already happening:

Mike Tucker Im not being paid. I am reading his book. Maybe I just dont get why hed cheat. The abuse he went through etc is that made up? Is he running at all? Is he raising money for very worthwhile challenges? Those are the things I maybe want to believe. Im less concerned about whether he runs x distance in x time.

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RY will always be an "inspiration". I'm gutted for him...

I too am gutted for him.

I"m *still* chuckling about the movie: RY: Driven!

I have been gutted for a long, long time.