why does David Roche keep banging on about being in sub-4 at altitude shape?

The fact you think I'm upvoting myself is absolutely hilarious. That would be insane and not at all worth the effort. What's the ROI there? None. I love that the SWAP diehards have to assume that the what, 5-10 "upvotes", are actually just one person.

My favorite part is that this ummm no guy is going on about "irrational criticism" of the Roches while writing post after post defending them. Then he has to throw out "I am a lawyer" what a f$cking loser.

Imagine having to post everything you do to Instagram, Instagram stories, Strava, Facebook, X, YouTube, Patreon, and a podcast JUST to get affirmations from strangers to give you some sort of “self worth.”

Pathetic and sad, really.

THIS. Not only the narcissism and insecurity to do all of this but the...time. There's no way he can show up as a good coach (and tbh, a good parent) when he's not only spending this much physical time on social media but also the mental energy. He literally only thinks about himself. He manages to make everything about his athletes and his kids and Megan about him. He can't go more than five seconds without mentioning Leadville. He can't go more than five seconds without being told he's amazing. It's psychotic.

Right and anything that is even neutral he interprets as an attack. In his last video David reads out loud a tweet from an ultrarunner (I forget who, someone well known) who tweeted that he thinks David might be putting too much pressure on himself. David openly interprets this tweet during the video as a personal attack and the person who tweeted it as a hater

Sure buddy. You write walls of text, but upvoting yourself is too much work. I don’t even know what SWAP is, but ok.

He wanted attention, and he got it. Unfortunately not all of the attention is good. So now you are either a “hater” (block, delete, cry about and play the victim) or you are “on the team” (I love you, you’re amazing, you’re all elite) this is known in the world of psychology as splitting and is a sign of borderline personality disorder. Other signs of BPD are “fear of abandonment, unhealthy attachments, altered empathy and unstable self-image”. Hmmm… interesting. If David actually warranted attention it would happen organically and wouldn’t come with so much criticism. There are plenty of athletes and public figures who are genuinely celebrated for their accomplishments and their attitudes. Instead he has created a media storm of self promotion which comes across as desperate, neurotic, arrogant, delusional and forced. The impressionable and gullible audience he has manifested (including several posters in this thread) are caught up in all the fake humility and hollow love he projects. None of us here are going to be able to convince them otherwise. It’s like talking to a Trumper, their mind is made up. In the end none of this would matter all that much except for the fact that he is scamming athletes and misleading his podcast audience about “super game changing science!!” What a clown.

I'm not going to devote a bunch of time to this thread today because, well, I have better things to do. And it has run its course. I'll check back in when David's next "outrage" occurs and see if you all are going wild over mostly nothing, as seems likely. This thread does seem reflective of the easily-triggered, faux-outrage society we now have, but I digress.

But I had to respond to this comment because it made me laugh. Dude, do you know what "literally" means? Most people don't, or at least don't seem like they do. As we all know (or should know), it is frequently used to mean the opposite of what it means as a point of emphasis I guess. "My mind is literally blown!"

Not like most commentators on LRC are members of MENSA. Including you too, Sparky.

I'm not going to comb through my every use of the word on this thread, but my use of "literally" in that post was intentional and used because, well, those things were literally true. As opposed to such examples as "he literally said the treadmill was new and fully calibrated correctly!" Umm, that's not what he said, literally or otherwise. Or all the references to "he's lying about that workout" when, umm, he is not lying. Some feel like he's puffing it or trying to have it both ways, but he didn't literally lie (sorry, hope that usage didn't trigger you).

Anyway, I'm heading out to do a workout then will see if Grant Fisher gets that WR at BU. In the meantime: lighten up, Francis.

OMG LITERALLY

okay, girl. You're literally a teenage girl.

You're obsessed with David and with the posters here. All we need is simply and calmly point out how David is a liar and you literally write paragraphs and paragraphs trying to find ways to defend him and literally launching personal attacks at us

Quite possibility the most deceptive statement in this entire thread.

seriously. He literally devotes a bunch of time to this thread literally everyday

I thought you were a big bad lawyer, as you've said 15 times. Don't you have work to do on friday afternoon?

Or are really a law student? Or an aspiring law student? Or a high schooler?

Enjoy your run/walk "intervals" workout. If you run, you're a runner!

yeah literally no real lawyers have time to run a literal workout in the middle of the morning/afternoon unless he literally lives abroad and it's literally after work for him

you're quoting Stripes? That movie is literally a thousand years old

Even if they are upvoting themselves, they can only do this one time...not several as ummm no....stated. The message board has a limit. I've upvoted something twice by accident and it told me I already voted.

Side note: Why are you here if you don't know what SWAP is?

So, umm...no is also a liar? Wow.

And I just checked to make sure what I said was fully accurate, you can upvote your own post. But again, only one time. So yeh, umm no....is not accurate in their accusations.

You must be new here if you really think you can only vote once. I’m here because this train wreck has been on the front page for weeks for some reason.