I added 'Phil Turner' on Facebook (alleged fake fan profile) and immediately received a message saying "who are you?".
If it was really fake, I doubt someone would be signed into the account and reply that quickly.
I added 'Phil Turner' on Facebook (alleged fake fan profile) and immediately received a message saying "who are you?".
If it was really fake, I doubt someone would be signed into the account and reply that quickly.
I have no problem sharing stuff. I’ve always been very transparent about things. Do I have to do it? No I don’t, because the record hasn’t been broken. Do I have to even prove it to every single runner, by sharing data? I don’t have to in theory, because the people who need to see it is Guinness. But then again, if I was a normal person watching in on this – not one of these fanatics who are constantly trying to dive into all my data and speculate – then yes, I would want to see it myself as well. I don’t think it’s going to make a difference to some people. The way I’m going to prove it is, I’m going to run a decent six-day race and turn around and say, “I’m going to have a go at the transcon record again, come and watch me, come and run with meâ€.
*** Who will pay for his next transcon?
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OF: People will continue asking more questions about your backstory. Do you accept that?
RY: When people start getting into my backstory with my (abusive) father and that, that gets a bit petty I think. But in terms of everything else, why not? But being so aggressive about my backstory is quite harsh I think.
*** I wonder why he doesn't like questions about his backstory...
OF: If we can rewind a little, how did you prepare for your attempt?
RY: I already had a lot of miles in my legs from the (2015) Transcontinental Race and all the ultras and marathons I do anyway. I would do training runs that would be 40 or 50 miles, followed by a gym session in the afternoon, then I would go to the running club in the evening. I would change it up… do multiple runsper day of quite large numbers to get the experience of what it might be like. I know I can run a marathon or two a day for quite a while. The problem was, was I able to run larger numbers such as 70 miles a day for a period of time? So, I would run 70 or 80 miles, then drop it back down to 30 or 40 miles the next day, then the next run a marathon, and the next 60 miles. Coming into the run I spent about three weeks tapering, but I’d still throw out a marathon here and there, until the last week or so when I did pretty much nothing.
50 miles in the morning then the gym in the afternoon then running club in evening. Every day. WOW
Doggie styles wrote:
OF: If we can rewind a little, how did you prepare for your attempt?
RY: I already had a lot of miles in my legs from the (2015) Transcontinental Race and all the ultras and marathons I do anyway. I would do training runs that would be 40 or 50 miles, followed by a gym session in the afternoon, then I would go to the running club in the evening. I would change it up… do multiple runsper day of quite large numbers to get the experience of what it might be like. I know I can run a marathon or two a day for quite a while. The problem was, was I able to run larger numbers such as 70 miles a day for a period of time? So, I would run 70 or 80 miles, then drop it back down to 30 or 40 miles the next day, then the next run a marathon, and the next 60 miles. Coming into the run I spent about three weeks tapering, but I’d still throw out a marathon here and there, until the last week or so when I did pretty much nothing.
50 miles in the morning then the gym in the afternoon then running club in evening. Every day. WOW
Pretty sure he claimed before that he didn't train at all for this transcon.
Doggie styles wrote:
OF: If we can rewind a little, how did you prepare for your attempt?
RY: I already had a lot of miles in my legs from the (2015) Transcontinental Race and all the ultras and marathons I do anyway. I would do training runs that would be 40 or 50 miles, followed by a gym session in the afternoon, then I would go to the running club in the evening. I would change it up… do multiple runsper day of quite large numbers to get the experience of what it might be like. I know I can run a marathon or two a day for quite a while. The problem was, was I able to run larger numbers such as 70 miles a day for a period of time? So, I would run 70 or 80 miles, then drop it back down to 30 or 40 miles the next day, then the next run a marathon, and the next 60 miles. Coming into the run I spent about three weeks tapering, but I’d still throw out a marathon here and there, until the last week or so when I did pretty much nothing.
50 miles in the morning then the gym in the afternoon then running club in evening. Every day. WOW
Very impressive indeed!
So where is this film crew's film? PPV? Netflix? Community channel 10?
Samuel Goldwyn wrote:
So where is this film crew's film? PPV? Netflix? Community channel 10?
I'd like to see the "20 minute interview" he did during the 2015 London Marathon
Doggie styles wrote:
OF: If we can rewind a little, how did you prepare for your attempt?
RY: I already had a lot of miles in my legs from the (2015) Transcontinental Race and all the ultras and marathons I do anyway. I would do training runs that would be 40 or 50 miles, followed by a gym session in the afternoon, then I would go to the running club in the evening. I would change it up… do multiple runsper day of quite large numbers to get the experience of what it might be like. I know I can run a marathon or two a day for quite a while. The problem was, was I able to run larger numbers such as 70 miles a day for a period of time? So, I would run 70 or 80 miles, then drop it back down to 30 or 40 miles the next day, then the next run a marathon, and the next 60 miles. Coming into the run I spent about three weeks tapering, but I’d still throw out a marathon here and there, until the last week or so when I did pretty much nothing.
50 miles in the morning then the gym in the afternoon then running club in evening. Every day. WOW
This guy doesn't think before he speaks, was it purely coincidental that when the Geezers showed up he could barely crack 40 miles a day (other than the final death march) for 6 days, but day in and day when he's not being watched we're supposed to believe he's running 'quite large numbers', even as much as 80 miles a day then backing up the next day with a marathon... delusional, pathological, megalomaniac.
I also struggle to believe his London marathon time, even though logic says it was genuine I just can't get my head around the possibility that he actually ran a legitimate time.
None of the interviews ask him how he took such massive steps or how he ran such blistering times. He reckons he will show everyone they're wrong by running in a 6 day event, unless he blows the field away with giant leaps and bounds I will remain a skeptic.
His FB has just ben updated with a new pic of him running in the kilt
Surprised he's not unfriended me after calling him out on his pb's
His fanboys/girls all leapt to his defence 'I can't even remember my 1/2 marathon pb' etc - I checked it was around 2 hours
There are all sorts of nutter on his FB one girl claimed to have been groped on an ultra run and somehow here story ended up in all the newspapers. Guy was probably trying to give here a helping hand as I would hate to see her ultra pace
One guy I know met him about 3 years ago adn said he was obviosly a beginner at that time. (who had somehow run 31 mins for 10km 3 years later plus sub 16 5km during a marathon! Then he's killing himself to run sub 18 at parkrun
Had a listen back to Marathon Talk episode 249 today. Once you have heard all the reports it does sound very odd.
A great revaluation at 1hr 23 mins into the show.
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
I'd like to see the "20 minute interview" he did during the 2015 London Marathon
Well, you're not going to see a 20 minute interview, as it wasn't that long. This was was along the Embankment at 39km. The splits show he ran 23:54 for km 30-35 and then 31:52 for km 35-40. If he wasn't slowing down ( which he was ), the interview would be no more than 8 minutes.
Part of the interview is included in the video here:
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015-04-26/the-marathon-man/Also staring the wonderful Dr Courtney Kipps.
coincidental wrote:
I also struggle to believe his London marathon time, even though logic says it was genuine I just can't get my head around the possibility that he actually ran a legitimate time.
Just because Rob's a lying cheater, it doesn't make him a 'bad' runner. He does have some ability. During 2013, he brought his 5km ParkRun times down from 27:19 to 18:55. McMillan claims that equates to a 3:04 marathon time ( with the right training )
I don't believe he actually ran a marathon each day for that first year, but it's quite likely that he did run every day, including plenty of long distances. The chances are, his official UK marathons were legit. The same with his UK ultras - the times all look quite reasonable, presuming he hadn't ran 26 miles on the day before and afterwards. Even the Race across USA results look believable with plenty of 4-5 hour marathons. Sure, he sprinted off out of sight each morning, so could have cheated somehow, but with a 5hr finish time, why would he need to? Those big runs, followed by a short taper could set him up for his 3:07PR
triathleteguru wrote:
Dirk Diggler.. wrote:However, I doubt you could come within 12 minutes of your marathon PR after running two other marathons within about 24 hrs. You would have to train substantially and get a lot faster and be able to tolerate a lot of pounding on your legs. IMHO.
You are right in that I would have to train substantially and get faster. But, I wouldn't advise anyone to wager $100,000 on me not being able to! With Rossi, it was too big an improvement, the $100k was safe. With Rob, there's no telling what he is actually able to do. I agree with Elephino, I don't think there is a need for the challenge, he is a cheater!
And it's not just about the money. If by some miracle RY accomplishes a challenge that RoJo puts in front of him, RY's cult will take that as proof that all of RY's claims are true.
The challenge is a no-win proposal. If he fails, it just confirms what we already know. If he succeeds, it gives people reason to believe RY. It's like granting a second trial to a guilty criminal just because you want the satisfaction of proving them guilty a second time. There's no potential reward, so the small risk is not worth it.
http://www.marathontalk.com/podcast/episode_249_rob_young_marathon_man_uk.php26.poo wrote:
Had a listen back to Marathon Talk episode 249 today. Once you have heard all the reports it does sound very odd.
A great revaluation at 1hr 23 mins into the show.
"It's all fake".
This interview is quite interesting as well:
http://www.itv.com/news/london/2015-04-26/the-marathon-man/His fiancé Joanna has no idea how many marathons he has run: "thirty... uh oops three hundred".
I know a guy at 60 Minutes. I sent a synopsis to him and he's going to take a look at it.
This could be EPIC!
Doggie styles wrote:
OF: If we can rewind a little, how did you prepare for your attempt?
RY: I already had a lot of miles in my legs from the (2015) Transcontinental Race and all the ultras and marathons I do anyway. I would do training runs that would be 40 or 50 miles, followed by a gym session in the afternoon, then I would go to the running club in the evening. I would change it up… do multiple runsper day of quite large numbers to get the experience of what it might be like. I know I can run a marathon or two a day for quite a while. The problem was, was I able to run larger numbers such as 70 miles a day for a period of time? So, I would run 70 or 80 miles, then drop it back down to 30 or 40 miles the next day, then the next run a marathon, and the next 60 miles. Coming into the run I spent about three weeks tapering, but I’d still throw out a marathon here and there, until the last week or so when I did pretty much nothing.
50 miles in the morning then the gym in the afternoon then running club in evening. Every day. WOW
More inconsistencies. He said the following on the SKINS Blog:
"Secondly, Rob believes they’ve gone in too fit. “When you start a challenge like this in professional race shape, you deteriorate in fitness and body weight, and when you’re already in ideal shape you can’t afford to lose any weight. But if you go in slightly overweight by 6 or 7 kilograms, you’ll have enough weight to carry you through. That way, when your food does burn out, your body can burn that extra weight rather than eating into your muscles.†But how does a super-fit marathon-a-day runner lose fitness and gain weight? Rob’s secret is in his diet." (https://www.skins.net/usa/marathon-man-goes-usa)
So which is it Rob? Were you running 70-80 miles per day to get fit, or were you letting your body get 6-7kg overweight and not train too much so that you don't burn out fast?
UK runners: is this guy legit? Ben Smith:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-37553060
He is basically doing the same thing as Rob's 370 marathons.
His Strava profile is private and he has turned off Flyby's:
The guy has told so many lies he doesn't remember which one is supposed to be true anymore! He's just not used to people looking into his lies...
If his marathon pr is 3:00 and he was running 50 miles at that pace then it basically would take him 6 hours at best to do 50 miles.
So he does that in the morning, then goes to the gym - probably a couple hours
Then the running club in evening.
So he was training by running 8 hours and up for 70 miles a day???? Then never achieved that during the run across a Winnebago.
Claims he only slept an average of 3 hours a day on his website from April 2014 on tona point.
Must have left a lot of time to spend with his family as a parent and to work a job to support them and himself.
Or not
All sound like ravings of a fantasist, narcissist. ?Delusions of grandeur (a routine 50 miler in the am, some weights, then some more running, then a recovery 30 miler the next day). But apparently some people do and always will believe it.