Potentially Suspicious Runner To Run 836 Miles in 9 Days for "Charity"

We know Nicky at Mattressman was an avid supporter of Dave and we know he is following this thread because as soon he was outed and somebody posted his LinkedIn page he killed it.

So Nicky, can you please come on here and tell us if you were duped like the others and have you enquired about what happened to the £5000 'Shite Hawk' (who seems to be in the know about what's going on) says you donated.

Also, how do feel about the cheated sub 3:30 London marathon he used to get the money out of you?

Shite Hawk wrote:

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In other news, WWTW apparently gave wifey permission to open a bank account, relating to the challenge (uhuh...); Mattressman paid him £5k: one of the bikes loaned for the challenge was a £4.5k baby; he got Torq gels etc foc; blagged a Dryrobe; 10 pairs of Hokas (even at trade, these couldn't be brought in for under £600); originally, he was having a campervan (can't remember name of company, unfortunately), who seemingly pulled out late in the day, with our hero saying it was "too comfortable", hence switching to a van; oh and just before the Harleston to Taverham run - which apparently he did actually run - his original driver dropped out, reason unknown, with Joe stepping in to fill the breech.

More to follow....ditdit dit...

"More to follow....ditdit dit..." - Understatement of the year so far.

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If you guys haven't already done so, I think it is about time this story went mainstream so we don't keep getting blamed. Send an e-mail to the outlet of your choosing.

We should probably write a summary of what has happened.

Oh boy.

Dave wearing his Sealskinz looked exactly like the seal on the beach in that video.

And then Dave says "The one I can do is keep going!"

Hey Dave.

You did not keep going.

There are more pages on this thread about you than the pathetic 49 miles you walked…and then you quit and used a BIKE.

Why is Dave blaming internet trolls for his FAKE ULTRA Cheater-Liar-Fraud?

No one is forcing Dave and Terrie to read comments on the internet about Dave.

Dave could just turn the internet off, not visit facebook and twitter (or this thread) during his UltraRun WR, and just do the 837 Mile UltraRun…WITHOUT USING A BIKE ON DAY 2…AND THEN QUITTING.

Dave blamed bullies for his problems when he was a kid.

Dave blamed bullies for his problems when he was in military service.

Dave is now blaming internet troll bullies for his problems in being unable to walk more than 49 miles on Day 1 in an 837 mile Ultra run WR attempt for the Walking Wounded Charity.

Did the internet trolls cause Dave to RIDE A BIKE DURING HIS ULTRARUN on Day 2…and then cause Dave to QUIT?

Kaiha:PostUltra.PTSD.listener. wrote:

Dave is now blaming internet troll bullies for his problems in being unable to walk more than 49 miles on Day 1 in an 837 mile Ultra run WR attempt for the Walking Wounded Charity.

Did the internet trolls cause Dave to RIDE A BIKE DURING HIS ULTRARUN on Day 2…and then cause Dave to QUIT?

Yes the trolls did. Terrie posted on the now closed LEJOG FB Dave had "shredded feet". How, after walking day one, riding van and bike the second, can a highly trained endurance runner like Dave have "shredded feet" I hear you ask?, well, they can't. But those LR run trolls have mystical powers and they caused the "shredded feet". Ever heard of juju "JuJu means magic, witchcraft, or sorcery"

Kaiha:PostUltra.PTSD.listener. wrote:

And then Dave says "The one I can do is keep going!"

He's wife Terrie on her FB agrees with him:

Terrie Reading

February 16 •

Right this man here my husband is a human machine .... he WILL keep going no matter what and I have never been prouder!! In less than 8 weeks time he will attempt to Break the men's world Record running 836 miles from Lands End to John O'Groats, the current record has been held for 14 years and is 9 days 2 hours and 26 minutes. Whether he breaks the record or not (he will) he WILL make it to John O'Groats! He deserves every ounce of support he gets! And more, in my opinion he does not get any where near enough acknowledgement for what he does and is doing! So please show Dave Reading some love and donate to our wonderful charity Walking With The Wounded. Like and share our Facebook page and just show you support what he is doing.

Terrie has deleted her donation page for the BBQ that only raised £50:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Terrie-Reading-hockering-playarea

Gob Shite wrote:

We know Nicky at Mattressman was an avid supporter of Dave and we know he is following this thread because as soon he was outed and somebody posted his LinkedIn page he killed it.

So Nicky, can you please come on here and tell us if you were duped like the others and have you enquired about what happened to the £5000 'Shite Hawk' (who seems to be in the know about what's going on) says you donated.

Also, how do feel about the cheated sub 3:30 London marathon he used to get the money out of you?

Yes, come on Nicky. Don't feel bad if you were duped. If you WERE in on the scam, we WILL find out eventually.

Martin Rendle of Dunerunner races who was a sponsor is good friends with Mark Hewlett, the photographer for the fake LEJOG.

This from Mark's page -

Martin Rendle - Mark - you are truly a fantastic artist and bloody good bloke to call a friend - thank you for your involvement with Dunerunner, and who'd have thought that chance meeting - you on the riverbank and me on the river doing weird stand up paddling shizzle would amount to such a great time..!

Cheers Mark & Merry Christmas..!

Like · Reply · 1 · 16 December 2016 at 21:58

Mark Hewlett Photography

Mark Hewlett Photography Ah mate, that's one of the nicest things anyone has ever said to me! Thanks so much for a fun year and here's to many more. You're a bloody good bloke yourself! :-)

You are late, Mark and Dunesrunner were not part of the scam. See the past 5 pages. We need to keep their names out of this.

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

Terrie has deleted her donation page for the BBQ that only raised £50:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Terrie-Reading-hockering-playarea

Terrie can run (well she can't neither can Dave) and she can delete but she can't hide.

It's all here on LR. wrote:

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

Terrie has deleted her donation page for the BBQ that only raised £50:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Terrie-Reading-hockering-playarea

Terrie can run (well she can't neither can Dave) and she can delete but she can't hide.

and theres more to come from shite hawk

bring it on wrote:

It's all here on LR. wrote:

Terrie can run (well she can't neither can Dave) and she can delete but she can't hide.

and theres more to come from shite hawk

so shes deleting everything she can about lejog herself dave etc which proves to me one thing

these are the actions of an innocent person

RAF Reservist Involved in Charity Scams and Fraud with Wife

What follows is the true story of the fraud committed by Dave Reading and Terrie Reading. There are so many layers to their scamming over many years that I can only touch on the surface about how this came to the attention of the heroic super sleuths at LetsRun.com.

On April 2nd, 2017 a thread was started on the LetsRun forums about a potentially suspicious runner who was posting all over social media and his website that he would beat the world record for the 836 mile LEJOG run from one end of Britain to the other, starting on April 6th. This runner was 49 year old Dave Reading, a mechanic in the RAF Reserves.

Dave was prominently proclaiming that he would beat the current record of 9 days and 2 hours and was doing it for charity in the name of Walking With the Wounded. This piqued the interest of the sleuths on LetsRun because they saw obvious signs of another charity runner scam. What they saw was an average runner with a belly and bad running form proclaiming to be able to beat a world record that many prominent elite runners have failed at. They also saw that Dave had somehow amassed a large number of sponsors for his run that defied all logic for someone that obviously is a fraud.

An investigation was undertaken to look at the past running history of this fraud. What was found was indicative of a slow hobby jogger that cheated in multiple runs including the London Marathon 2016.

On the RAFA blog and in YouTube videos, Dave lied about finishing the marathon in a time of 3 h 12 min when official results showed he finished 4 h 19 min 38 sec. But wait, there's more. Dave cheated by not actually running most of the marathon. Timing mats show he crossed the start line and finish line but did not cross any of the intermediate checkpoints. He also did not show up in photos along the course except at the finish line.

When the LetsRun sleuths confronted Dave Reading and his wife, Terrie Reading, on Facebook to get an explanation and GPS data to back up Dave's numerous dodgy claims, they were promptly blocked. It was later revealed by close sources that Dave had lied about his finishing time to scam £5000 from a sponsor for himself that was suppose to go to charity.

This prompted the LetsRun sleuths to closely monitor the GPS tracker online that Dave would be using for his LEJOG2017 record attempt. They also committed to having boots on the ground where possible to secretly record Dave to catch him red-handed if he tried cheating, such as by riding in the van that is following him.

What followed was completely farcical. Dave had proclaimed he would run 100 miles for each of the first four days to be on record pace. He miserably failed to even run and just walked. It took all of the first day to just do 49 miles even though Dave had claimed to have done much harder runs in training.

Then on day 2, Dave claimed that he couldn't even walk anymore due to "shredded" feet. What a crock. He eventually resorted to riding in his van for 11 miles and riding a bicycle for the an hour while LetsRun tracked him. It was pathetic.

Then on Day 3, the record attempt was abruptly over before it even really began. Posting on Facebook, Terrie Reading claimed that her husband's run had to end early due to a family emergency of the van driver. The LetsRun sleuths knew this was a lie. It was later revealed that the driver and photographer riding in the van refused to aid in the scam due to their integrity and honesty.

Dave and Terrie soon made a hasty retreat deleting their website and entire social media existence in the hopes of erasing incriminating evidence. They had shamelessly used their 8 kids to promote their scam on the TV, newspapers, and the internet to get as much attention and money as possible. Now they wanted none of the attention because of the scrutiny of the sleuths. Their scam was quickly unraveling.

Attention was focused on the missing money for this LEJOG. The amount of collected donations declared by the Readings was much too small for the number of sponsors they had and having solicited donations in schools, stores, and sponsors for a year for Walking With the Wounded. Most prominently, the £5000 collected from one of the sponsors during the London Marathon was missing on their donation page.

Then, an old Walking With the Wounded donation page set up by Terrie in 2013 was found. It was for a big "military style fete" fundraiser complete with sponsors providing a 30ft bouncy assault course, live music, BBQ, fully equipped bar, ice cream, cakes, fire engine, soldiers/tanks/equipment, stalls, and a big prize raffle. Terrie declared that a measly £50.00 was raised. It was obvious there was fraud going on. This donation page was the promptly deleted by Terrie Reading as she watched the sleuths working openly for everyone to see.

The clincher was that a source revealed that Terry and Dave had set up a large number of dissolved shell companies over the years including Supreme Valeting Service Ltd, Supreme Valeting (East Anglia) Ltd, Supreme Automotive Logistics Ltd, and D.S Protection & Security. Each of these only existed for a few years and some had outstanding debts. None had any financial filings.

Due to good detective work, it was then revealed that Dave Reading and Terrie Reading had previously changed their name from David Shingler with Terry Shingler. More shell companies were then found that listed them as directors. The investigation of what exactly happened at these all these shell companies is still ongoing.

There is a lot more to be revealed and said about this intriguing story of fraud and the betrayal of trust by close friends and family. In all of this are 8 children trapped in an endless loop of scams perpetrated by their parents. Perhaps one day all will be revealed when there is closure.

Thank you to all the super sleuths at LetsRun.

10/10

and to think you had to leave some things out for the sake of brevity

and

there's more to come

amazing

Dave and Terrie, as you awake from your slumbers I suggest you cogitate on these posts and act accordingly.Repeat: Dave and Terrie, as you awake from your slumbers I suggest you cogitate on these posts and act accordingly.

Shakespeare in Spring wrote:

There are so many layers...I can only touch on the surface

You're right, the letter to Prince Harry deserves a mention though, he's the patron of Walking With the Wounded. He told him he was going for the LEJOG world record, this was DR being very disrespectful of the Prince and the charity, he even received a reply back wishing him all the best. DR knew all the time he had no chance and had cheated previously in other events, perhaps Terrie was the one behind it, after all to quote her "Who the feck cares it's a marathon...", kinda sums up their attitude.

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

Terrie has deleted her donation page for the BBQ that only raised £50:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Terrie-Reading-hockering-playarea

It is nice to see that Terrie finally read the posts here about the BBQ…and DELETED another site.

Unfortunately for Terrie, it is a little late…but better late than never.

Hey Dave Shingler/Reading and Terrie Shingler/Reading.

You were REALLY SLOW to get to that BBQ site DELETION to try to keep the lid on your Cheater-Liar-Fraud from boiling all over your SOCIAL MEDIA. The pressure is starting to increase.

Shut everything down. Delete everything about yourself. Change your last name.

You need to PICK UP THE PACE.

Please try to keep up.

Just a small correction. He never crossed the start line at London. His apparent start time is 10:00:02 which is the official gun time and there was no way he was right at the start with his red number. Not that this makes any real difference.

Excellent summary by Shakespeare in Spring, this should be brought to the attention of the Brojos before the first they hear is the media ringing them.