Robert Young fakes run across America

The video is still there. Asher didn't put the video on Youtube. It is still there in his Google drive where he originally posted. Stop spreading lies. I guess the internet connection in the RV must be working fine. LOL

Natty Dread wrote:

Heavyd84 wrote:

Haha yeah supposedly the laz guy is well known and legit.

The "Laz Guy" is the RD of several of the toughest foot races in the U.S.A. - one arguably the toughest on the planet. He also has three (likely getting close to four) decades of ultra running in his legs.

His deputy - Ray the K has run over 500 ultras and is a former US 48hr record holder. He has also run the 3100km Sri Chimnoy transcendence race.

The two of them know a thing or two about multi-day outings.

Umm... Another group of scammers?

The only thing you need to bust this guy is a bike.

How many more miles Left? About 1,500? At least another 25 days for this to play out... For the first time in my life I wish I didn't live in NY, but there's a slight chance I'll catch him finishing.

all ultra runners are cheaters wrote:

Natty Dread wrote:

The "Laz Guy" is the RD of several of the toughest foot races in the U.S.A. - one arguably the toughest on the planet. He also has three (likely getting close to four) decades of ultra running in his legs.

His deputy - Ray the K has run over 500 ultras and is a former US 48hr record holder. He has also run the 3100km Sri Chimnoy transcendence race.

The two of them know a thing or two about multi-day outings.

Umm... Another group of scammers?

The only thing you need to bust this guy is a bike.

I'm waiting for SOMEBODY who lives within 20-25 miles of Rob's location to follow or join in for a bit. We need some first person accounts with video evidence. Who's going to do this? The weekend has already started.

morans wrote:

OP disappears, video disappears. Looks like we've been had folks.

Based on what has been posted about the discrepancies in the tracking prior to the OPs post, the OP just hit the tip of the iceberg.

morans wrote:

OP disappears, video disappears. Looks like we've been had folks.

Only thing that has the disappeared is the "normal progress" of 60-70 miles per day by Rob since this thread started.

We've been Robbed wrote:

morans wrote:

OP disappears, video disappears. Looks like we've been had folks.

Only thing that has the disappeared is the "normal progress" of 60-70 miles per day by Rob since this thread started.

Right, and suddenly 45/day is destroying his body. BUT WE SHOULD REALLY STOP ASKING QUESTIONS, OR HE'LL HAVE TO STOP RUNNING FOR THE KIDS. ALL OUR FAULT

Videos are back on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHoSxwWNxs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMPyL4Do9mM

Missouri > Kansas wrote:

I think he cheated too, but I do think the claim about the guy running up to the RV is legit.

Who does this without shouting ahead - "Hey, Ron. I'm here to help you out and run with you. Is that okay?"

Not sneaking up on someone ninja style (with headlamp) not saying a word.

Why not park ahead and make yourself seen in the RV headlights?

Ninja style--AKA with a flashing headlamp

rojo wrote:

My God with NCAAs, I can't keep up with this thread.

Where did the video below come from? Truly amazing. Who thought to get that? What page did it first show up on??

RobRossi wrote:

The video is available on Youtube as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39KOzjPw7gs

That seems pretty convincing right there.

This didn't take long: This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated.

TroLLminator wrote:

After following these past few days I am now ready to shove all this evidence aside and know he's not running the whole thing purely based on how much fitter others who have failed were. He doesn't stack up one bit, no effing way he did the first half that fast. The ultra crew will only need a few days with him and he's finished. I'm giving $3,000 right now, enough is enough.

Think positively. Rob's chances for that record match Jill's for hers, or Mike's for the grand $200,000 prize.

TroLLminator wrote:

BUT WE SHOULD REALLY STOP ASKING QUESTIONS, OR HE'LL HAVE TO STOP RUNNING FOR THE KIDS. ALL OUR FAULT

Now you are talking!

I'm waiting for SOMEBODY who lives within 20-25 miles of Rob's location to follow or join in for a bit. We need some first person accounts with video evidence. Who's going to do this? The weekend has already started.

Seriously, only 20-25 miles? If someone pays for my expenses and my time off from work, I'll drive out there from San Diego right now and follow this guy.

They're heavily deleting negative comments off of facebook it seems.

Ashland wrote:

Who expects someone to come running with them at 2am in the morning? I'd driven away too.

One problem there, you don't get to just "drive away".... if they're admitting to getting in the van and driving away (at just a maximum of 10mph the entire time I might add - they must have been SO scared) from that location then that was kind of the end of the transcon.

Fair enough. But what type of loon would pick 2am to run up behind someone in the dark?

Because 2am happened to be when Rob was running through his hometown. If it had been 2pm when Rob happened through there, then this whole bit of evidence would not have been discovered so early.

Ashland wrote:

Who expects someone to come running with them at 2am in the morning?

They do, they've asked to be joined.

Moo Goo wrote:

This guy in the video claims they were going 20mph. Can Asher verify this? I believe they were going at "running" speed.

20mph claims would be bogus, unless what they did was go 20mph for about 6 minutes then stop and wait 6 minutes so that the average came out to 10mph.

I notice they took the historical view off their website before posting their explanations - wonder why?

Too bad for them, we already have a copy of that old data though. I have posted it multiple times to this thread, the exact speeds and times of each split that correspond to the video in the original post. They never topped 11mph for any given 2 mile stretch of road that whole time.