That's not even walking, that is hobbling.
noobrunner2 wrote:
17.2mi in about 11 hours from midnight central time last night til now.
That's not even walking, that is hobbling.
noobrunner2 wrote:
17.2mi in about 11 hours from midnight central time last night til now.
gdoc wrote:I don't believe he is doing this "for the children".
I don't either, but it's a pretty high bar to prove charity fraud and someone has to pursue the case. I work for a non-profit and have been kinda in the charity business for years.
I realize I'm not the thread police, but for the time being can't we focus on examining his running and maybe exposing other fabrications?
Can we save speculating about what a terrible father and ~husband he is until later? Can we please not turn this into the Rossi thread yet?
gdoc wrote:
elephino wrote:Come on man. That's as silly as his Facebook threats to take legal action against Asher and this board (see 2nd page of this thread, that was a couple days before they thought up the 'scared of knife-wielding madman' story).
I am not so sure.
"100% donations are going straight to charities.......
Needing funds to pay for my and my family expenses."
https://www.gofundme.com/mn1is8There is a lot of money involved in this record breaking attempt. I don't believe he is doing this "for the children".
My reading of that was "all the money I've raised so far has been for charity. This one now is to raise money for me".
CoachKev wrote:
It's the weekend now so where are your excuses?
I have to add that this is really affecting Rob , mentally and physically. If you really want to see what he is truly made of them let him continue to run
Rob is suffering in this run, of that there is no doubt,
Let the man run
Leave him alone, so he can say "I DID IT, I DID IT" & then try to prove the cheating afterward? Are. You. Insane.
Of course he's suffering, that's what happens when you actually have to run the trans CON.
Do yourself a favor, go rent Running America, so you'll get an idea of what this attempt should at the very least, resemble. Heck, Rob could stream it while cruising down the road.
Where are my excuses?
Loading their sh*t & getting ready to spend a week watching the Robster.
Sit tight.
I'm sure this has been posted already but just wanted to make sure:
http://www.outsideonline.com/2089906/robert-young-run-across-america
If you google "Rob Young runner," this LR thread comes up about halfway down p. 1.
The for the children line never gets old
Just keep repeating it's for the children and it should be fine
swimandbikeandrun wrote:
Weird that the only people supporting RY are also long-term grifters and cheats, (Lisa Smith-Batchen who 'ran a badwater four times' with no gps proof, 'for charity' with no proof money went to charity.) Narcissism. On her recent transcon, Lisa got caught, I mean medical emergency. She needed that payday, needs this one too. Same sketchy charity she was going to run for, lots of links among these grifters.
Charities,'inspirational' writings, motivational speaking. All trying to make a buck to support their lifestyle.
swimandbikeandrun wrote:
The for the children line never gets old
What about his own children? He should get a job and support his family.
KudzuRunner wrote:
I'm sure this has been posted already but just wanted to make sure:
http://www.outsideonline.com/2089906/robert-young-run-across-america
Yep, it is:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NBkfw48Jv6JlP0gBLP5JbPt6qz5Qfyf105fIXYa_hAk/edit#Data sources Young describes in this video: 2x GPS watches; Live tracking device (Open Tracking); Spot Gen3; GoPro attached in the van (front or rear); additional handheld GoPro; hand-written logbook.
Which of these have we actually seen data from?
It looks like the gofundme was set up over a year ago to fund the effort, not implied to be a charity input vehicle so I don't think there's anything there to cry fowl over. Is the plea regarding running low on funds newly added?
Yes, the trans-con attempt seems to be bogging down.
Having looked over some of the links and references to past efforts by people trying it, it's obviously difficult to do, and trying to set a record would be insanely so. The logistical side of it would be mind boggling. The whole point of the support crew is to support the runner. Have fluids, food, changes of socks, clothes, shoes. Have sunscreen, body glide, bandages, ointments, all ready on short notice. A rest location to recover in between sections. The crew should be aware of the runners location at all times. Attempting the whole thing primarily at night doesn't seem like a good plan at all.
Truly mesmerized by the comments on his FB: Has secularization led to middle-aged women looking for a Jesus-figure?
Why is anyone asking for some kind of solid proof immediately a 'hater'? Also good: Haters trying to inflate themselves. It's pretty obvious who are doing the inflating here.
65 pages and it doesn't look like we're any closer to people actually going to meet him. What's the latest?
I have a theory too wrote:
It looks like the gofundme was set up over a year ago to fund the effort, not implied to be a charity input vehicle so I don't think there's anything there to cry fowl over. Is the plea regarding running low on funds newly added?
Yes, the trans-con attempt seems to be bogging down.
Having looked over some of the links and references to past efforts by people trying it, it's obviously difficult to do, and trying to set a record would be insanely so. The logistical side of it would be mind boggling. The whole point of the support crew is to support the runner. Have fluids, food, changes of socks, clothes, shoes. Have sunscreen, body glide, bandages, ointments, all ready on short notice. A rest location to recover in between sections. The crew should be aware of the runners location at all times. Attempting the whole thing primarily at night doesn't seem like a good plan at all.
I read somewhere that it's OK for the support crew to get about 15 minutes ahead of the runner, as long as they drive slowly past car washes.
That may have been when Lisa Smith Batchen was running 50 miles in 50 states in 62 days with no gps proof of any of that (in 2010 when gps watches were already common for even weekend athletes so especially so for a self described world level endurance athlete), and she had to do that and had to call attention to herself in a grifter game because that's what people who have narcissism, I mean people who are so exceptional do.
Little people who don't have narcissism or aren't in on and profiting from a scam can't be expected to understand that exceptional people do run for charity with no gps with a minimum of cadence proof of the run, exceptional people do need a lot of attention for their charity projects until they are caught and then 'it's so rough', and exceptional people don't have any accounting of any money going to legitimate charity on any of their grifter games because they are exceptional like that and givers like that. If you don't understand that and don't just give money and deference and attention without asking legitimate questions which could be easily proved were it a legitimate project it might be because you are a hater or are negative or a bad person who is picking on a grifter cheating and stealing which is awful of you of course. Narcissism.
Phoobic Placer wrote:
I won the race to page 26
I have never read a forum until last night but I saw a guy on the bus reading a forum and was inspired. I read half of moby dick last night, then read 20 pages of this thread in 30 minutes. I went to work and then after work I read 20 more pages in 16 minutes. I slept for four hours and then read the final 23 pages in 7 minutes.
I am going to read 20 pages a day every day to inspire children.
Phillip_Hampton wrote:
Data sources Young describes in this video: 2x GPS watches; Live tracking device (Open Tracking); Spot Gen3; GoPro attached in the van (front or rear); additional handheld GoPro; hand-written logbook.
Which of these have we actually seen data from?
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1024055304345394
Interesting video ... lots of claims of gps and go pros, but funny that still very little in terms of releasing actual data.
The precipitous drop in his performance since he was questioned is rather telling. As is the scrubbing of previously claimed personal bests, etc.
It is hilarious to see how these guys operate .. just like Mike Rossi early on where he pretends to be open and honest and willing to answer questions, but never seems to answer ANY of the important ones.
But, I'm sorry ... I'm just a hater for wanting some actual proof.
There is no attention and no possibility to steal by taking care of his own children
CoachKev wrote:
Kevlar wrote:Where's Kev gone?
I am still here and have read all the threads. There is nothing new to add apart from none of you people have yet to turn up and run with Rob. It's the weekend now so where are your excuses?
I have to add that this is really affecting Rob , mentally and physically. If you really want to see what he is truly made of them let him continue to run without any more abuse or slander. Run with him as repeatedly requested and post up evidence of your time with him. I think repeatedly bashing him is cowardly and to call his past childhood into question is a dreadful thing to do to someone who has suffered so much.
Rob is suffering in this run, of that there is no doubt, making him suffer more with posts like many of you have done is terrible and you should be ashamed.
Let the man run
Hey Kev, apologies for any bashing but there are some of us asking legitimate questions. Rob can shut everyone up by uploading GPS data. It's that simple. Why isn't this happening? One question.