Another run across America underway - is it legit? Boots currently on the ground

Insulting other posters here is not necessary, and resorting to insults only shows that you have been defeated in the debate.

I have much respect and appreciation for Will C for his knowledge, passion, and dedication to integrity in sport.

Hi Will. You should see if this passage above can be pinned to top of the thread, below the LR admin note on renaming the thread.

Maybe we can get the Brojos to buy a tracker. Then a couple of Letsrun goons can tackle Goodge and lock it on him like an ankle bracelet for a parolee. Force him to wear it all the way to Times square.

Help me out people! Im just brainstorming but our days are running short to crack this case one way or the other. If none of of want to waste our valuable time watching a guy run 12 minute miles for 12 hours per day, then what about flying a drone up above him? What are the ranges of those things?

He is claiming a remarkable feat, but was just too dumb to do his research. Unfortunately (fortunately for him, obviously) so many of his super fans are dumber.

Hi Robbie!

Thank you BR, most kind.

I have had a look at WG's Marathon des Sables just to confirm that his HR would be fine for every single K of the 7 days and 250k in the desert. It is. Just another example of how perfectly his heart works, for thousands and thousands of K, outside of his MDFR [Multiday Fundraisers].

The performance itself is dire. How does someone go from placing 174/801 to 10/350 here? A vast majority of the runners at MDS are tourists. WG was the 51st Brit, so it's lucky he didn't paint on the side of his tent he would be the best. He was obliterated by the likes of Amelia Culshaw, a W45 from Brighton Phoenix, in 3:58 marathon shape, who ran 30 hours to his 35.

If I am doing something that has past history filled with frauds, I would document everything and be transparent as possible.

Hey Recruiter. Since you have developed a friendship with Goodge, maybe you can ask him to wear his live tracker to the finish. Tell him you will by a two year new palm membership if he does. I will throw in a flip belt to hold it.

It's not an insult, it's fact and I can prove it with a report I will release in a few days.

😁. Do you really think at this point in the journey any single person on this thread is going to change their mind with him wearing a tracker for the final 8 or 9 days?
My belief is they feel their tracking methodology is sufficient. Never asked him/crew this, but if they felt wearing a tracker would have quieted the noise, they may have have done so if they cared what the LR community thought. But, their run=their rules.

Exactly: if they felt wearing a track would have quieted the noise, they would have done so. That fact that they chose not to is why, if I had to take my best guess on whether they're cheating or not, I'd say they're cheating.

Why would wearing a tracker quieten the noise? If you are passing a watch to someone, surely you just pass the tracker as well.

Does anyone have any insight about how they've gone up to 50 miles off course and are heading into Pittsburgh? As we know, WG has written on his Strava: "Pretty sure that was the Appalachian Mountain…." Well, it either was or it wasn't old son.

I wonder if this was planned. A day of climbing 1276m on trails with ski poles. Splits were barely affected. Just a load of 6 and 7 ks, as ever. One doyen has said it'll cost them half a day if they try to snake back to the course, but maybe they've abandoned it and have a fresh course in mind.

As ever we get zero comms from them about any of this, except the big trailer today that there's a week to go. Sounds a bit feisty with over 10 red dots to find, but that's a 55 day crossing. Maybe a final huge lunge at Lees' 53 yet? I wonder if they've looked up what it is exactly. 53.83... right, so if they're true about a week, they'll miss him by 1.17 days.

Heckuva' thing to aim for 64, get corrected midrace to 53, and nearly nail the sucker. Scenes.

The tracker is heading 50 miles off course to Pittsburgh. But who knows where the watch is. Could be a head fake to keep runners and eyeballs away from Will without plenty of advanced notice.

I have another theory rattling around my head today. As you look at the change in heart rates they start at mile 21 yesterday. Then you see the distinct difference.

We assume that Will starts the run then gets help from a watch mule as needed. What if the opposite is true? One of his fellow ultra guys starts at 6:30am when traffic is light, the world is sleeping and the chance of eyeballs on them is very low. Then Will steps in to wear the watch at mile 21? Easier to cheat bright and early in the morning. Then he welcomes any preannounce running guests later in the day.

My suggestion: If you are going to watch him as a Pittsburgh runner check early.

We can start giving you insight into the runners Goodge is taking out. For instance, Stu Mittleman's 57 looks certain to fall to him:

Stu Mittleman is an ultradistance running champion, as well as a fitness/running coach and author.

Mittleman set three consecutive American 100-Mile Road Race records in the US National Championships 1980–1982. His fastest 100-Mile Run was 12 hours 56 min [1]. In 1986, he won the 1,000 Mile World Championship and set a new world record by running the distance (1 609.344 kilometers) in 11 days, 20 hours, 36 min. 50 sec.[1] Mittleman set three consecutive American Records in the 6 Day Race, the final one being set in 1985 at the University of Colorado Field House. One record, which still stands: 577.75 miles in 6 days.

In December 2008, Mittleman became the sixth American – the third American male – to be inducted into the American Ultrarunning Hall of Fame.

A tidy scalp for WG.

He's doing a live Q and A tomorrow. Might be a good time to get on and ask some questions. I'd be interested to know if he is aware of the Lees tun. They haven't mentioned it but my guess is he is, tried to up mileage to beat it but found it unsustainable, and will conveniently ignore it while crowning himself fastest Englishman.