Robert Young fakes run across America

I suspect that part of the reason Skins hired the 2 professors to investigate independently was to protect themselves legally. When they fire RY and the other skins guy in the RV, they'll have solid independent evidence to back up that decision. If anyone has ever had to fire an employee, you'll know it's not an easy thing to do and can potentially lead to lawsuits. You have to have solid grounds for doing so or face legal repercussions.

Also, if these 2 professors declare RY's innocence, they'll lose their reputations, especially the Sports in Science guy who often posts on these boards.

OMG

Deleted data wrote:

I'm confused about this deleted data claim. If you CAN'T delete data off the Tomtom device, then how can he fool the investigators?

He cant delete the data?

If so, why are people saying he'll get away with it by simply deleting data.

Surely he CAN delete data, and probably has. Although he put screen shots of the Tomtom data on his facebook, so that is evidence

You can still factory reset the watch. What I think was meant here was his claim that he lost data because he had bad internet then "manually deleted files" from the TomTom is rubbish. The watch makes space as needed once files are successfully uploaded to the Online TomTom Mysports page. Even then it keeps the basic run stats on the watch(this is all from the TomTom support pages). Any excuses around the process are outright lies.

Unlike Garmin you can't plug it into USB and browse the activities.

Phil Knight wrote:

Worried wrote:

I'm more than a little worried we are going to get a big inconclusive verdict due to no data left for the experts to actually analyse. This will Skin's the opportunity to stick their heads in the sand and keep supporting RY.

I really, really doubt it. The CEO's whole schtick is based on ethics and honor in sport. The evidence against RY is overwhelming. If SKINS whitewashes it and lets it go Fuller is going to piss off the most hardcore fans of track and field and make his brand a joke.

SKINS may not be able to legally get their sponsorship money back, but I predict they at least will throw a ton of shade at RY and never work with him again.

Update:

How is our World Triathlon Champion doing?

Robbie has been a Brit-Cheater-Liarâ„¢ for at least 12 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there any actual date when these stupid reports will be done?

Thank you.

30th September at the latest, apparently.

We do have reasons to feel encouraged - Epic12 have decided not to have Rob participate in their event. Also there has been no activity on his Facebook page since late July.

I've just arrived in Delta, Utah at the end of Day 6 on my fake run across the USA. I'm definitely finding the imaginary crossing to be harder mentally than physically so far, despite covering more than 100 miles per day.

Ps Finill had his letter about Rob Young printed in Athletics Weekly.

Mystery solved as to why RY ran so fast through Williams, AZ...

Justified force or police brutality? Video shows Williams police choke handcuffed man unconscious

http://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/other/justified-force-or-police-brutality-video-shows-williams-police-choke-handcuffed-man-unconscious?google_editors_picks=true

Good to see the thread ticking over....does anyone know if RY is at Equinox24 this coming weekend?? He and Adam was down as a pair.

Ukrunner777 wrote:

Good to see the thread ticking over....does anyone know if RY is at Equinox24 this coming weekend?? He and Adam was down as a pair.

RY is still recovering from that blister on his small toe.

Apparently the CCTV team is still working on the Rob Young story because they recently contacted Mr. G asking for a higher quality copy of the surveillance footage.

It would be interesting to see what they present compared with the SKINS investigation.

Would be funny if the station that was supposed to be covering his world record attempt decided that exposing his cheating would make a better story.

Hi Asher, I'm an Outside magazine writer finishing up a big story about LetsRun and the BroJos. In the story, I narrate your Rob Young experience. I've got a couple quick questions about that. Could I give you a ring tonight or tomorrow?

Charles

404-408-4964

He’s going to try to run 3,063 miles from San Francisco to New York faster than anyone ever has. He started on the morning of Sept. 12 from San Francisco City Hall, with the goal of breaking the record of 46 days, 8 hours and 36 minutes set 36 years ago by Frank Giannino Jr.

Hypothetical musing time.

Let's assume the investigation finds RY guilty (an outcome I don't think is overly optimistic given the evidence).

How - if at all - will RY (and his accomplices) respond?

A) Full denial

B) Full confession

C) Somewhere in between

I wonder if he'll go with the 'honesty is always best' policy. It also depends on whether he wants to try and continue his career as a 'stunt runner' (thanks Laz), or go back to selling car parts, managing exotic dancers, etc.?

None of the above. I think he'll just go quiet. There has been barely any activity on his Facebook or Twitter for weeks, so if the investigation finds him guilty, he might not re-emerge at all. I think they know the game is up. At least that's what I'm hoping - that he'll disappear back into obscurity.

Is there a LR thread to follow this yet?

British Girl wrote:

http://running.competitor.com/2016/09/news/peter-kostelnick-eyes-ultimate-american-running-record_155404

He’s going to try to run 3,063 miles from San Francisco to New York faster than anyone ever has. He started on the morning of Sept. 12 from San Francisco City Hall, with the goal of breaking the record of 46 days, 8 hours and 36 minutes set 36 years ago by Frank Giannino Jr.

Unlike RY, this man actually has completed ultra distance wogs and could feasibly complete the wog across the US.

Someone should follow him, I imagine he will actually post real data online however...

After the RY fiasco, Pete did his due diligence in researching what kind of data needs to get posted to best prove his run. After Day One for ~80 miles, Pete already has posted more cadence data than RY did for his entire failed run.

I've just started one

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7682570