Official William Goodge TransAus World Record Thread, Perth to Sydney, 35 days, 68.5 miles a day

IF he is cheating, and I don't see how hes not, this has to go down as one of the biggest frauds in ultra running.

His arrogance then would be at Lance Armstrong levels, where he is openly mocking those who call him out, calling them MFers, calling out Cockrell, giving them the finger, smoking a cigarette after his runs etc.

All while looking fresh as a daisy!

Lol they probably drove the entire way.

It's quite amusing in WG strava comments. Cockerell is explaining ultra running math to a dozen or more 25 mile a week fan boys

The most compelling argument Goodge has for actually doing the thing is that he's rotated a lot of his crew since transcon, it's harder to keep a lie going as you expand your network right?

So let's assume he's running, somehow he's fresh as hell (although instagram is a liar) and keeping abnormally low HR. He's probably on a concoction of PEDs that would make Mo Katir blush

I don't know about the old "crew" but this crew gives off very strong underemployed grifter vibes. I don't think it would be hard at all to find a few people of similar disposition to go along with this. Think of what he's offering: paid travel to AUS and a month hanging out, doing nothing, and drinking beer. What's in it for any of these guys to start having ethical qualms? If this one works, there will no doubt be others, probably in equally cool places (Antarctica!?).

But I do hope at least one of them blackmails him at some point.

With Big Coc’s only argument being the heart rate data, why doesn’t WG just put on a more accurate HRM (even the arm straps are fairly good these days) and prove him wrong? Also, has anyone checked out his cadence data etc? Does this provide some legitimacy or is this easy to mule too?

Heart rate is not Will C's only argument. Goodge has a crap ultra CV.

Decent article in the Daily Mail. This is a follow up to yesterday's report that Goodge was on course to break the record.

dailymail.co.uk

Male model hit by cheating allegations on 4000km run across Australia

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=James+Cooney+For+Daily+Mail+Australia

Ultrarunner and male model William Goodge's audacious attempt to become the fastest person to run 4000km across Australia has been overshadowed by ongoing cheating allegations.

Link:www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/...

Goodge has lost zero upper body condition. He doesn't have enough time for recovery but recovers. The typical pattern of ultra heart rate drift is to rise slowly then settle, with pace being harder to maintain if HR is kept same. This isn't happening. He can't perform in races. If I was Chris Turnbull, I'd go out and run 7 days with him. No-one would be taking my record on a heist. Shame PK wasn't out there right now. 7 days at WG pace would be a nice warm up. This is a staged, half million dollar cash grab and if they get away with the record being recognised, then that's a bonus. They're enjoying the ride and making a ton of cash while they're at it.

I kinda admire it.

Goodge has raised approx £3k so far across the UK, US and Aus donation platforms. It's interesting that he isn't promoting the donation links on his social media posts. Every day there is a tagged post for the Cadence drink but nothing for the charities.

I don't support Goodge but I don't think it's correct to say he's diverting sponsorship money from quality ultra runners. The companies sponsoring this run e.g. Represent, Cadence, Vuori, Headstrong weren't involved in ultrarunning before he came along. He's managed to bring money in to his stylised version of the sport for his own benefit.

You're right. This whole thing is largely a commercial for the brands he's attracted. The charity angle is designed simply to bring the emotional side into play (very cynically, as he touts support for cancer research while also posting shots of himself smoking and drinking to troll his detractors). That said, there is at least the theoretical possibility that an ACTUAL ultra athlete could do legitimately what he's claiming to do, now that we know it's possible.

So in this sense he IS taking away opportunities from legitimate athletes-- people who might have both a story to sell and the ability to actually do the running. And, really, it would be an interesting spectacle with today's tech to watch someone try to run 100km+/day through some of the most remote parts of AUS, ravaged by the effort and the elements as they'd be-- much more compelling than watching some gym fit fraud prancing around, then trolling people in his feeds. (And, yeah, I suppose there's grudging respect for this guy's sheer chutzpah, but that's as far as it goes).

We now have another contender for the trans-Australia run

perthnow.com.au

Former footballer to run across Australia in support for DV

https://www.perthnow.com.au/profile/harriet-flinn

Fourteen-hour days, 12 pairs of shoes and 3800 kilometres — that’s what it takes to run across Australia. But as Fran Hurndall sets off on her cross-country run, she has another set of numbers in mind.

Link:www.perthnow.com.au/local-news/perthno...

Granted, it's for a good cause, but her only credentials are a previous run in 2023 when she dribbled a soccer ball for 1,000km from Gold Coast to Sydney over the course of 34 days. That's less than 30km a day. Her goal for this run is 110km a day which is a vastly different beast.

A Trans Australia crossing with an average of 100km per day has been done already by French runner Patrick Malandain in 2013 in 38 days. He also ran 10,000k in 100 days a couple years later.

patrickmalandain-ultrarun.com

1,2,3 Australie !

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1, 2, 3 Australie ! 19.95€ + frais de port Voici presque exactement 4 an que Patrick (et son équipe) ont pris le départ pour l’Australie avec une idée en tête, battre un record du monde : celui de la traversée, à pied et en c...

Link:http://patrickmalandain-ultrarun.com/l...

redbull.com

Running 10,000km in 100 days? Challenge complete

Running 100km is a challenge on its own. How did Patrick Malandain do it for 100 consecutive days?

Link:www.redbull.com/int-en/patrick-malanda...

en.wikipedia.org

List of people who have run across Australia

People who choose to run across Australia can choose to run from either of the geographical extremes of the continent, or from directly opposed cities on opposite shores. The westernmost geographical extreme of Australia is S...

Link:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_w...

Don’t get me wrong I’m highly suspicious of Will Gooch too. But I guess I’d just like to see a more well thought out explanation for how he is cheating (if he is). The fitness argument is valid given the lack of race performance and far from impressive training leading up. But something data backed would put all the doubters minds at ease. I get it, his HR is usually much higher in training, and should show some cardiac drift throughout this attempt. But we all know how bad wrist HR monitors are. It’s a big red flag that he’s not taking the public data element of it seriously. Large Coc should go out there again, but keep about 500m away and use binoculars to avoid detection.

There are 4 ways to catch a stunt running cheat 1) cheater admits it 2) some inside member of the team "flips" 3) irrefutable data analysis and 4) direct observation from boots on the ground.

He's also running for two cancer charities and glorifying smoking. They should ditch him for that and he claims to be running for his mom who died of cancer. He is dumping on that lie from a great height unless she told him to exploit her memory every which way but loose, which of course she didn't. He's a complete douchebag and his dad is dumb being involved in that side of things. I'm not saying he can't do what he likes but it's worse than chugging that beer in an AA meeting. Guy has no class. Of course he'll say he doesn't care, but I'm still allowed to laugh at him for that and smell the burning in his peanut sized brain as he wonders why... Money and a pretty face ain't everything Billy boy!

Would not be the first time WG and crew got a record wrong. They painted the wrong record on the side of the van during the US crossing