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Moo Goo wrote:
Don't post it until Rob confirms what he is wearing. It can be a tranny working down the street at that hour and he will confirm that it was him.

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Moo Goo wrote:
Don't post it until Rob confirms what he is wearing. It can be a tranny working down the street at that hour and he will confirm that it was him.

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Anderson Cooper CNN wrote:

MightyUlist wrote:

Scrambled Brains wrote:

I think some of you ultra people have been out on the road in the sun too long.

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On the flip side, while the Ulisters do the heavy lifting on the road outing this fraudster, the run of the mill LRCer kid is safely hunkered down in his mom's air conditioned basement frantically refreshing his LRC browser session, only taking breaks when his mom calls him up for meals.

Good times.

Not really an endorsement for the wisdom of a ulister there. Think about it for a moment.

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Bob Hearn wrote:

Tornado the Little wrote:
Wiki states his PR is 139 miles in 24 hours, but I could not find evidence of this in any database. When or where he supposedly ran it is anyone's guess.

That is, again, a respectable tally for 24h, but even elite women are running further during the world championship, for example. Connie Gardner ran 150+ at the age of 50. Rob's total, if it were verified on an official certified course, wouldn't raise many eyebrows.

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I can find no 24-hour results for him listed either on ultrasignup or on statistik.d-u-v.org, the two places results should be.

You are right, 139 is respectable, but not spectacular. It would not be good enough to make the US National Team most years (yes, LRers, we may not have ultras in the Olympics, but there are actually World Championships). It could, however, well be consistent for someone whose true strength is at multiday races.

FWIW Connie has not quite hit 150. Her PR is 149.37, at age 49 (4th-best ever American performance, and an age-group American Record).

http://statistik.d-u-v.org/get...ubmit.y=11

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Asher Delmott wrote:

arealpersson wrote:
I originally came on here because somebody posted up some legitimate questions about whether this was happening at all. I still do not understand how that footage was taken without being able to keep up wth the van and ask the occupants where Rob is. Responses to this question have been flimsy to say the least.

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Your post containing this except was well thought out. I believe you are sincere about this, so I will try to explain my experience specifically as it relates to this question.

I drove down the highway to find Rob so I could run with him. I looked at the tracker while I was still home, so I didn't know how far he would be from me once I reached the highway. I figured the easiest way to find him at that point would be to dice down the highway, then stop at the intersection ahead and wait until he got there, then start running with him. I drove down the highway, and saw the RV but not Rob. After a few more miles of driving. I checked the tracker, and it said he was behind me. I turned around, and started driving back toward the rv. No matter what, I had to drive back past the rv, so I decided to film as I drove by (the 1:45 video). Again I didn't see any runner. I parked ahead a little ways off the highway. I ran back to the highway, and toward the rv. At this point, I had a choice. Let the rv come up to me while I am blinded by the headlights, or get off to the side and see if I missed Rob running on the side of the RV (although unlikely because there is no good shoulder there). Right it wrong, I opted to get off to the side and take another video (the 1:53 video). Like I said before, 2 night videos are better than 1 if something fishy is going on.

After that video I ran out behind the rv, and was catching up. If I would have caught up, I would have talked to them. Unfortunately, I saw someone get OUT of the rv, but they got back in and drove away to quickly to catch up since I was still on foot. Why I didn't say something when the person got out, I honestly can't say. Maybe I was to dumbfounded that someone got out, maybe they got back in too quick, maybe it's because I'm generally a quite person, and didn't want to yell.

Anyway, their driving away was the icing on the cheating cake to me. After this, there was no way i was going to try to talk to them.

I find it quite possible they were scared when I was coming up behind them, as they said in their in their recent video response. However, I maintain there was no runner beside the rv which they have said he was. I don't think it has been addressed why we don't see a flashlight in the video since they say he had one.

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curiously interested wrote:
So which narrative is the real Rob Young?
(1) The champion triathlete who was also going to climb the three highest peaks in the UK and bike between them and finish with a long run of undetermined distance (as this 2004 article claims)? (Did he actually do this?)
(2) The 5K recreational runner who became an instant marathoner on a whim with no training after watching the London Marathon in 2014 and then ran his first 10 marathons in 7 days, including his first 3 progressively faster in the first 30 hours of that stretch? (as his book claims)

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Nobody special wrote:
He already has done one transcontinental run. If you believe that one was legit there is no reason to believe he doesn't finish this one with this newfound scrutiny.

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Podund Town wrote:

Anderson Cooper CNN wrote:
Who else is walking down the street in Podunk besides him at 2:00am?

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Obviously not that axe wielding murderer they were worried about half an hour earlier when puny little non-threatening Asher tried to talk to them on the open road.

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LRC- no boots on the ground wrote:

Boots on the ground? wrote:
Illinois sucks! No runners, nor decent sized towns, nor car wash cams. We need the Indiana runners to head over and get some video of this traveling clown show and real time eyewitness reporting!

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Still very surprised that nobody from LRC has followed Rob other than Asher. College kids are out of school, teachers are home for the summer, some folks are on vacation and plenty are unemployed living in Mommy's basement. Are there any brave souls who will get into their cars or bikes and start following this guy? Is everybody afraid of Rob and his crew on the RV? I'm afraid this fraud is going to break the record and boots on the ground is the sure way to keep him honest.

What about that school teacher from Terre Haute? Rob's heading your way. Are you going to follow him or did you back out?

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Asher Delmott wrote:

SloughRunner wrote:
Am I right that judging from the Car Wash footage, we can safely say that the stretch form Emporia to Lebo was covered in the RV?

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I am told Rob asked for an additional 15 minutes of footage from the car wash after the rv passed. I have obtained that video, and there are two people that pass by (independently). One is clearly not Rob. It is possible the other is Rob. I have messaged him directly through Facebook to see if he would like to provide any details about his trip through Emporia before I post it. Right now, believers would believe and doubters would doubt, but any details he gives could help one way or the other. Although, the Lebo incident has not been sufficiently explained, it is slightly possible he ran through emporia. I'll let you all know what response I get from Rob (and/or crew) when I post the video(s).

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big Al wrote:

LRC- no boots on the ground wrote:

Boots on the ground? wrote:
Illinois sucks! No runners, nor decent sized towns, nor car wash cams. We need the Indiana runners to head over and get some video of this traveling clown show and real time eyewitness reporting!

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Still very surprised that nobody from LRC has followed Rob other than Asher. College kids are out of school, teachers are home for the summer, some folks are on vacation and plenty are unemployed living in Mommy's basement. Are there any brave souls who will get into their cars or bikes and start following this guy? Is everybody afraid of Rob and his crew on the RV? I'm afraid this fraud is going to break the record and boots on the ground is the sure way to keep him honest.

What about that school teacher from Terre Haute? Rob's heading your way. Are you going to follow him or did you back out?

I'm astonished people weren't following him as soon as the first video got posted and the thread started.. I'd LOVE to get there, but i'm in the uk. I hadn't really thought about the route and how many towns it went through. I just assumed lots of you could trail him.

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Phoobic Placer wrote:
Do we have the denouement of the troll or have we jumped the shark with this one?

Asher Delmott wrote:

SloughRunner wrote:
Am I right that judging from the Car Wash footage, we can safely say that the stretch form Emporia to Lebo was covered in the RV?

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I am told Rob asked for an additional 15 minutes of footage from the car wash after the rv passed. I have obtained that video, and there are two people that pass by (independently). One is clearly not Rob. It is possible the other is Rob. I have messaged him directly through Facebook to see if he would like to provide any details about his trip through Emporia before I post it. Right now, believers would believe and doubters would doubt, but any details he gives could help one way or the other. Although, the Lebo incident has not been sufficiently explained, it is slightly possible he ran through emporia. I'll let you all know what response I get from Rob (and/or crew) when I post the video(s).

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Father Knows Best wrote:
It's quite simple really. He has a treadmill in the RV. When it becomes dark or the road has no safe shoulder he merely runs on the treadmill at the appropriate speed. Pure Genius.

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TroLLminator wrote:
The US is just a bit bigger than the UK and we don't have any social network and thus have to work 24/7.

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Phoobic Placer wrote:


2300 post troll?

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