Investigating Andy Sloan of Walking With the Wounded at London Marathon 2017

stephen snell wrote:

This whole thread, and the David Reading thread, and the Mike Rossi thread, and the Robert Young thread yada yada is why I prefer track & field over 'thonning.

Thank god charities are non-existent in T&F. Anyone else tired of that charity crap?

No, not when it's real. It's admirable when it's done honestly.

Ever tried trail ultras? Not much of it there, compared with road marathons.

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

Andy is the odd one out and just seem to have inserted himself as a Bliss runner without actually being sanctioned by Bliss. This lends support that Andy is using Stuart's ballot / qualification bib. Who wants to have the pleasure of contacting Andy Sloan and Ed Parker?

Or he wanted to run in a t-shirt rather than a vest...

So the real question in all of this is who set up the investigation.

Someone called this out on another thread and then waited for the investigation to run its course. The only place that Andy has advertised his run is on just giving and it appears that he has only received sponsorship from friends and family (all of whom presumably know that he has broken the rules). Therefore the person who called this out initially already knew that Andy had broken the rules and, for whatever reason, wanted him to get found out.

So, sleuths, who called this out and why?

This is a spin off from the 365 marathon page, no conspiracy.

Loop me in wrote:

This is a spin off from the 365 marathon page, no conspiracy.

We will decide that when we are done with this investigation you turnip. Let's drain the swamp of these pondweed low lives.

I'm done here.

Just remember that when harassing Andy he may be slow to respond (or may not respond at all) as he has too very poorly premature babies to look after along side his charity work.

You are all truly foul individuals.

Loop me in wrote:

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

Andy is the odd one out and just seem to have inserted himself as a Bliss runner without actually being sanctioned by Bliss. This lends support that Andy is using Stuart's ballot / qualification bib. Who wants to have the pleasure of contacting Andy Sloan and Ed Parker?

Or he wanted to run in a t-shirt rather than a vest...

Or you can wake up and smell the coffee. You had to eat your humble pie in the Ben Rogers thread because I was totally right and you were totally wrong. You better tell the Baker to make you another pie for this thread and take off your belt. You are going to get fat.

Loop me in wrote:

I'm done here.

Just remember that when harassing Andy he may be slow to respond (or may not respond at all) as he has too very poorly premature babies to look after along side his charity work.

You are all truly foul individuals.

What are you talking about? His kids are toddlers now. He's not in the hospital, Moran.

Loop me in wrote:

I'm done here.

Just remember that when harassing Andy he may be slow to respond (or may not respond at all) as he has too very poorly premature babies to look after along side his charity work.

You are all truly foul individuals.

His kids are toddlers now and are healthy, so what are you talking about. See you at the swamp sometime.

Dave Reading has Andy Sloan beat. 8 kids total versus 3 kids. And Dave was doing charity work, too.

You've been played wrote:

So the real question in all of this is who set up the investigation.

Someone called this out on another thread and then waited for the investigation to run its course. The only place that Andy has advertised his run is on just giving and it appears that he has only received sponsorship from friends and family (all of whom presumably know that he has broken the rules). Therefore the person who called this out initially already knew that Andy had broken the rules and, for whatever reason, wanted him to get found out.

So, sleuths, who called this out and why?

Probably just a good sleuth with a sharp eye.

I can't help but wonder if there is more to this story if we poke it. Like why did Ed Parker take one of the WWTW London charity bibs when they are in such high demand. Surely one of the other WWTW fundraisers would have wanted it instead of the head boss taking it.

In addition to Andy's non-Bliss issue t-shirt, more evidence that he doesn't have a charity bib is that Bliss requires you raise a minimum of £2500 whereas on Andy's Just Giving page, he initially only targeted only a few hundred pounds on April 9th. Everything about this just smells suspicious.

We just ask you to pledge to raise a minimum of £2,500, and you could take part in the most iconic run of the race calendar.

Andy Sloan

10 days ago

Crikey, thank you. Target upped to £500 and bowled over by the generosity. Might have to reign in the Easter eating given the double or quits going on around Malc's time...

Well, I guess that clears everything up. Hopefully the mods remove your phone number from the post - no need for that on here. That being said, I am doubtful that any of our yankee friends will contact you anyway.

Well done on the fundraising.

There is still the question of who instigated this investigation and why. Nobody trawls through just giving cross referencing against race results so I repeat my suggestion that somebody who knows Andy has deliberately tried to get him found out.

I want to run fast wrote:

Well, I guess that clears everything up. Hopefully the mods remove your phone number from the post - no need for that on here. That being said, I am doubtful that any of our yankee friends will contact you anyway.

Well done on the fundraising.

You're underestimating the psycho/s. This won't be enough for them.

LRC psyc wrote:

I want to run fast wrote:

Well, I guess that clears everything up. Hopefully the mods remove your phone number from the post - no need for that on here. That being said, I am doubtful that any of our yankee friends will contact you anyway.

Well done on the fundraising.

You're underestimating the psycho/s. This won't be enough for them.

I'm a sleuth, not a psycho. I don't pursue an investigation unless there is suspicion. Since Andy has apologized and confirmed what we have deduced, I see no reason to troll him or call for more. But I do have one or two questions.

Tinfoil Hat wrote:

LRC psyc wrote:

You're underestimating the psycho/s. This won't be enough for them.

I'm a sleuth, not a psycho. I don't pursue an investigation unless there is suspicion. Since Andy has apologized and confirmed what we have deduced, I see no reason to troll him or call for more. But I do have one or two questions.

Of course you do, psycho.

Andy, thank you for the explanation and coming clean. You are actually the first runner we've investigated that have apologized instead of having us keep chasing with excuses. I will let this thread die but I would like you to answer a couple of questions:

-When is WWTW going to make a statement about it's support of the frauds that are Dave and Terrie Reading and their LEJOG2017 scam since WWTW is the primary beneficiary of the fraudulent funds?

-As the events manager for WWTW that must have registered bibs for other people before, did you not know that swapping bibs gets people life time bans?

There was much to and fro about how London Marathon places are allocated, I knew the basics but not the numbers, here are the numbers for 2016

"Elite entry (less than 100 places): only those of you with legendary race records need apply.

Celebrity entry (less than 100 places): if you think you’re famous and have a cause or story that is newsworthy then get in touch with the organisers.

Championship entry (approx 1000 places): running a sub 2:45 marathon (for men) or sub 3:15 (for women) – or an equally rapid half marathon time.

Good For Age entry (approx 5000 places): a sub 3:05 marathon (for men aged under 40) or sub 3:45 (for women aged under 40) – times get more lenient as you get older.

https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/how-to-enter/good-age-entry/

British Athletics Club entry (less than 1000 places): British Athletic affiliated clubs can apply for places based on the number of adult members – but don’t expect many, it’s a place for every 100 members.

Charity entry (approx 15000 places): promise to raise money for a huge variety of good causes but don’t be surprised to have to go through a selection process, such is the demand for places."

The other method is the public ballot, I gather for 2017 there were 250000 people vying for 17000 entries.