I doubt he has the money to get to Chicago now that he's lost his primary enabler...I mean sponsor.
I doubt he has the money to get to Chicago now that he's lost his primary enabler...I mean sponsor.
The World Champion wrote:
IronLad wrote:Any chance Rob is going to show up at the Chicago Marathon? If so, I may have to change plans to head to Chicago on Sunday to witness the miracle man himself.
Yes, he's already arranged to have a cab drive him to the finish line
I wonder if he will. 1. Remember his watch and 2. Work out how to upload it to strava. Does Chicago have reliable internet yet?
Are you old? wrote:
Only geriatrics watch 60 minutes.
Watch it sonny.
Trinity1976 wrote:
I think it's unlikely, as he doesn't seem to have shown up to any of the recent races he has listed on his site.
Even though I'd like him to disappear off the scene completely, part of me wants him to attempt the Spine Race (which he has listed) as it will probably show him up for the bang average runner he is.
I wonder who paid his Spine entry - its expensive, plus he'll need a lot of expensive fancy gear.
I dont see any evidence he could cope with a hardcore winter ultra like that. He'd not last a day. The goon would probably rock up in his twatty kilt and freeze to death
What happened to the post about his Wikipedia page? I like the latest version!
RY still has the SKINS logo on the front page of his website. All this technology is so confusing to him...he's the running equivalent of Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Spine wrote:
I wonder who paid his Spine entry - its expensive, plus he'll need a lot of expensive fancy gear.
I dont see any evidence he could cope with a hardcore winter ultra like that. He'd not last a day. The goon would probably rock up in his twatty kilt and freeze to death
It is listed in his schedule but that's no guarantee he has entered it and, since the event is full, if he has not yet entered it is too late.
He's in for the Spine race!?!
Hahahaha, brilliant. I'm in again, its a brutal race. Be interesting to see if he does have a stronger mentality than other runners.
I reckon he'll be out injured by Jacobs Ladder.
Trinity1976 wrote:
It is listed in his schedule but that's no guarantee he has entered it and, since the event is full, if he has not yet entered it is too late.
The Spine Race roster is out, and to no one's real surprise, Rob isn't listed:
http://thespinerace.com/2017-race-rosters/Rob hasn't updated his run schedule since before the failed TransCon. Without a job or sponsor, it's unlikely he'll be running at any paid events in the near future. Maybe at his local ParkRun.
Wowzers wrote:
It is interesting to note that it is common for children who grew up in foster homes, orphanages, etc. to be very frequent liars. It is a survival mechanism to lie and manipulate. And often even when the circumstances change and the lies are unnecessary they continue to lie, even about the most irrelevant things. I have heard many stories from foster/adoptive parents that they can literally catch a child in the act of doing something and they will vehemently deny it. (sound familiar...)
Children in these situations often have difficulties in making true, personal relationships. However, they can sometimes be superficially very charming as they have learned to use it as a tool to manipulate and get what they want. (also sounds familiar...)
You can't analyze a guy over the Internet and I wouldn't be qualified to do so even in person, but I am struck by some of RY's behaviors and those that can be exhibited by children with very difficult upbringings. I doubt at least half of what he claims his childhood was like, but I do believe it was difficult. Which really does just make me sympathetic to him as a person.
This is 100% true and probably explains RYs behavioral ways. I know a guy and a girl who were in foster care, and they are exactly like this. In a way you feel sorry for these people, but also it's difficult to sympathize at the same time because they screw a lot of people over like this for their own benefit.
What real evidence is there that RY was abused? All I know of is a book written for personal monetary gain that has already been proven to be rife with lies.
I could be wrong, but I believe it was established that he was in a foster home at some point. Don't quote me on it.
I thought about buying the book and reading it. But then decided that I'd do what Rob Young would have done: not bother and just tell everyone I'd done it. This is a far more interesting read.
IronLad wrote:
Any chance Rob is going to show up at the Chicago Marathon? If so, I may have to change plans to head to Chicago on Sunday to witness the miracle man himself.
No sign of Robert Young of GB in the Chicago Marathon results, although there is a Roberto Young of Panama.
Looks like his marathon man Facebook page has completely gone now? Used to come up in a search previously, although I couldn't access it being not in the UK.
Can any of you chaps in the UK confirm?
Facebook gone wrote:
Looks like his marathon man Facebook page has completely gone now? Used to come up in a search previously, although I couldn't access it being not in the UK.
Can any of you chaps in the UK confirm?
I can still see it. Nothing has happened on it for a while, though, after the initial rush when the report was published. They haven't even bothered to block me, much to my dismay, and none of his crazed groupies have leapt to his defence when I was mean. Maybe an official memo went out saying 'ignore the trolls'.
His number of followers is now down to 59098. Although they are by no means deserting in droves, it has dropped by at least a couple of hundred since the report.
Most likely that is just the number he blocked, he was very active.
Facebook gone wrote:
Looks like his marathon man Facebook page has completely gone now? Used to come up in a search previously, although I couldn't access it being not in the UK.
Can any of you chaps in the UK confirm?
Page is still there, though he sets posts to "custom" now, and not public.
His post saying he didnt agree with the Skins investigation says it has 86 replies, yet only 24 are showing, and they are the fanboys gushing he's a hero - so he's been busy deleting posts yet again
Facebook gone wrote:
Looks like his marathon man Facebook page has completely gone now? Used to come up in a search previously, although I couldn't access it being not in the UK.
Can any of you chaps in the UK confirm?
And you cant write on his wall now as a visitor post! All past posts have gone too
Page still there wrote:
Page is still there, though he sets posts to "custom" now, and not public.
His post saying he didnt agree with the Skins investigation says it has 86 replies, yet only 24 are showing, and they are the fanboys gushing he's a hero - so he's been busy deleting posts yet again
Yes, it was saying well over 100 comments straight after the event but the number has gone right down now. What does it mean by setting posts to 'custom'?
I find it weird none of his gushing fanboys have responded to my comments. It's almost like I can see my comments but no-one else can, though I haven't been blocked.
Trinity1976 wrote:
Yes, it was saying well over 100 comments straight after the event but the number has gone right down now. What does it mean by setting posts to 'custom'?
'Custom' allows him to specify exactly who can or can't see each individual post. For example, he could create a list of all people that have liked his recent photo and only allow that list of people to see a new post. Or, he could create a list of anyone that's posted something negative, and not allow them to see certain posts. The visibility of the post can only be seen by the page owner, so he gets his own perfect positive feedback zone.