The first nine days, Will Goodge says, felt like a “revolving nightmare,” an unending cycle of running and eating, running and eating until it was eventually time to sleep.
For those of you who haven't read it, the article talks about how the first few days were hard but then he hit his stride. How after each day he'd have a beer or two. And how he kept reminding himself, running isn't nearly as his hard as his mom fighting cancer.
CNN wrote:
“Seeing her fight cancer the way she did – and obviously I was with her through the end-of-life care – I have an ignorance to my own suffering,” says Goodge. “I’ve seen someone go through worse, and the fact that I choose to do this kind of thing means that when it does get tough, I can think back to that or think about my mom.
“I have no reason to complain or whine or moan, just keep pushing forward. And I feel like she’s with me there every step of the way.”
Near the end, they talk about cheating:
CNN wrote:
Specifically, some members of the ultrarunning community think that Goodge’s endurance runs, his pace and the accompanying heart-rate data he posts online, are too good to be true.
The most vocal skeptic, runner and athletics writer Will Cockerell, even flew from the United Kingdom to the US during Goodge’s run across America to check that the 31-year-old was completing the runs himself, not sharing the watch tracking his progress between members of his team.
The encounter and allegation from Cockerell, described as “watch muling,” is captured on video, though Cockerell found no direct evidence of cheating.
Goodge has strenuously denied the claims, hitting out against “self-proclaimed experts” who “say they know everything about heart rate.” He also points to the reason that he’s running in the first place.
“It’s so intertwined with the passing of my mom and trying to make that more than just a sad story,” says Goodge. “It kind of disgusts me that people would think I would cheat and use my mom’s death as a reason to either build my profile, say I’m getting a record, or profit from it. I find that extremely disgusting and probably not everyone knows that.
“But also, I can appreciate the fact that people probably don’t like me, which is totally fine. I definitely don’t fit in the ultrarunner box. I don’t kind of look like one, and I certainly don’t act like one. So it’s going to come with the territory, and that’s fine.”
The article also talks about how he's not good in races:
CNN wrote:
Another criticism Goodge often faces is that his performances in solo challenges seem superior compared to where he has placed at races – though that’s something he says he hopes to address. To date, his best race result is an 11th-place finish at last year’s Moab 240, a notorious 240-mile ultramarathon in Utah.
“I’m a better athlete now than I was then,” says Goodge. “So maybe at some of these races … I could be looking for podiums, not just be that guy that’s run across some countries and has one record. Be like: no, I’m a serious player in one of the real race formats as well. I think that would make me a more well-rounded athlete and taken maybe more seriously again.”
And then talks about how he's trying to get it ratfied by Guinness and has signed witness statements/
LRC visitors, it seems most of you think he is a fraud. How confident are you that he is a fraud?
I mean it seems quite brazen for him to have his father as part of the team and say he's inspired by your dead mother. How would you get everyone else on board? I can only imagine what my own father would say to me if my mom was dead and I said, "Hey let's fake a run in honor."
Grifters have all gotten very brazen in the era of unchecked social media. The consequences are almost never realized - even when evidence is against them. You can now invent your own truth and people will buy it.
This guy is absolutely a cheat. Without question. Yet people want to believe him, so they will - no matter what.
LRC visitors, it seems most of you think he is a fraud. How confident are you that he is a fraud?
Very confident. Every aspect of this guy's persona is that of a grifter.
The guy absolutely will not release his data files (watch & whoop, etc) for analysis. If his claims are legitimate, the data would effectively be the best possible evidence to substantiate his records. Moreover, the guy claims to be running to raise money for cancer, and yet he's posting pictures drinking beers and smoking cigarettes, which seriously undermines his credibility (both alcohol and smoking are cited as presenting significant risk factors for various cancers -- why post those pictures on your quest to raise money for cancer research?).
Grifters have all gotten very brazen in the era of unchecked social media. The consequences are almost never realized - even when evidence is against them. You can now invent your own truth and people will buy it.
This guy is absolutely a cheat. Without question. Yet people want to believe him, so they will - no matter what.
not true as no one would ever say to dad "hey let's fake a run in honor"
LRC visitors, it seems most of you think he is a fraud. How confident are you that he is a fraud?
Very confident. Every aspect of this guy's persona is that of a grifter.
The guy absolutely will not release his data files (watch & whoop, etc) for analysis. If his claims are legitimate, the data would effectively be the best possible evidence to substantiate his records. Moreover, the guy claims to be running to raise money for cancer, and yet he's posting pictures drinking beers and smoking cigarettes, which seriously undermines his credibility (both alcohol and smoking are cited as presenting significant risk factors for various cancers -- why post those pictures on your quest to raise money for cancer research?).
Very confident. Every aspect of this guy's persona is that of a grifter.
The guy absolutely will not release his data files (watch & whoop, etc) for analysis. If his claims are legitimate, the data would effectively be the best possible evidence to substantiate his records. Moreover, the guy claims to be running to raise money for cancer, and yet he's posting pictures drinking beers and smoking cigarettes, which seriously undermines his credibility (both alcohol and smoking are cited as presenting significant risk factors for various cancers -- why post those pictures on your quest to raise money for cancer research?).
Do you think NASA faked the moon landings too?
wow I never said that as I said I agreed that no one would say to dad "het lets fake a run in honor"
👎 performs at a level in unmonitored transcons that he can’t replicate in sanctioned races
👎 insufficient proof that he did what he claims to have done
👎 impossible heart rate data
👎 doesn’t show the bodily wear & tear of having done a transcon
👎 obviously doing these stunts for money and attention
Despite suspicions on previous transcon runs, he has done nothing to mitigate the suspicions, e.g. providing live video feeds, access to all of his running data, lack of open invitation for visitors to stop by and run with him at any point along the way, etc.
