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Marathonmanuk
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ABOUT THE WHOLE RUN PLEASE READ ALL
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The simplest answer is yes there were mistakes made, not by riding in the RV or doing any form of cheating but by not having everything in place properly. Everything including the crew were put together within 2 weeks. the only things that was sorted before hand was the route, live tracking and the potential additional crew that were coming out in America.
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The crew were not up to speed on how to upload the GPS data to tom-tom and truth be told I was not either as I have never used the tom-tom upload system before. Uploads were done, every so often for various reasons but mainly because the internet access was limited on the route that we had chosen. All we did was plug the watch in and it uploaded automatically. We then proceeded to delete the files from the watch in order to have new space for more data. The heart rate was never switched on to save battery and yes this would have been a good idea to have on this would have been a benefit for the data recordings.
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In terms of uploading it to social media, it was the general opinion that it was not a major issue as every run was written on the log. We then posted the millage from time to time like most other runners who attempted this run and the data was for GWR to view and decide. Everything about this run is with or on its way to the investigators looking into my run.
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The people that was out with me along the way (contact details are held back for skins investigation): Michael Speicher, Carol Cantu, Sahar Sarshar, Tim Leitnaker, Arek Sienica, Kyle Carlisle, Dustin Brooks, Jason Stracner, Kuba Wuls, Nancy Bennett, Meredith Struebing, Jen Ebright, Steven Cooper, Andi Stracner, Jimmie Barnes, Ted Bennett, Corey Hatfield, Vanessa Rodriguez, Alfa Severino, Lisa Luyet, John Kramer, S Hansen, Pamala Hatfield, Robert Shackleford, Glenn Severino, Newton Baker, Ruben Cantu, Todd Kapostasy, Viola Nolte
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Is there things that I have learnt and I would change for next time, yes there are many. From a way bigger crew, better gps recording with correct set up i.e. Heart rate (this feature was not switched on due to saving battery) etc, 24 hour video recording, better care of my body and so on.
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I HAVE IN MY OPINION ACTED TRUEFULLY BUT I DO KNOW THAT MY RELAXED SIMPLE CHILD LIKE APPROCH WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS MESS AND I AM REAL SORRY. THAT IS THE WAY I RUN AND DO THINGS BUT - NOT AFTER THIS MESS.
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The only way to really prove myself is for me to race the best 6 day races around the World, and prove myself at those races like many other runners in the past have done who were called into doubt.
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I have already contacted Sri Chinmoy events about doing their event and I will be accepted but need to decide on either the 6 or 10 day event. I will also be doing the 6 day event in Italy and need to enter the 6 day event in Hungary too.