CoachKev wrote:
Some of us have to work and my job is not to continually post on this forum, I apologise for my lack of urgency in addressing the many issues.
here are some responses for many of you
Tracker is on the RV as explained earlier for people to find Rob, I'm not there so cannot comment if he could put it on his body or if there is even a tracker that could do this.
Hr watch is fine but batteries run out and chafing from a strap would drive you crazy after a few days. This will sound like an excuse to many of you but it's a reality. Anyone who has done a 100 miler will testify how even the smallest irritant can ruin your race and HR straps chafe like hell after a while with sweat etc getting worse on the body.
Watches are fine but you have the same issues with charging, accuracy and as far as I am aware there is no GPS watch that will continuously record for more than 12 hours with accuracy. Therefore Rob would have to have loads of watches and keep charging and swopping them. He may well be doing this and it is a question I will ask.
No matter what any of you say there are internet and wifi issues across the country like there are in many countries. Again this is a reality and not an excuse.
Rob won the race across America last year and I would have thought that would have been good enough for most of you to see his pedigree as it was in your back yard and not some tinpot race like we have in the UK.
Complete video coverage is practically impossible in my opinion as you would need a separate crew for this alone. I do know the majority of the run has been recorded on film, and I believe all of it on GPS but I will get full clarification on this later today. You also have the footage from your TV channels mentioned earlier.
I have no idea who Kev McE is and it's not me before you get that impression.
Rob is both an abused child and a gifted athlete.
My website which has some old articles on my run with Rob and other success and my DNF's are covered here but I haven't written for a while so please don't go mad at me for that as I have been busy coaching other runners to achieve their goals.
http://ultrakev.blogspot.co.uk/I will upload some videos of one of the run's I did with Rob when he ran 373 miles without sleep and it has some of the footage of my watch recording him doing sub 7 min pace. I will post here when I have worked out how to get this from my phone to youtube.
I have run numerous ultras in the UK and abroad up to 100 miles. I have two DNF's as well the TP100 which I dropped at mile 94 and the TDS where I dropped at the 90k point. The TDS is the rough mountain ultra that is part of UTMB in Chamonix. I returned and finished the CCC the year after. My fastest 100 mile is 24.08 and my fastest 5k is 21.09.
I am a former IM triathlete who got fed up with being ripped off and have 4 IM finished to my name. I started running in 2006 after 20 years of no exercise and was fat. I now teach others to not make the same mistakes as I did when it comes to running. I'm still fat as I drink too much wine.
This is not about me though and I am only giving you this information to satisfy those who have asked.
I am waiting for clarification from British Triathlon and will post when I have answers.
In the meantime I encourage you to run with Rob or get others to run with him once again.
I have no affiliation with him or his sponsors, I am just a runner who doesn't like to see awful things being written about someone who in my experience is genuine. I have run long distances with this man and I for one know that he is the real deal.
Maybe if you ran with him you would experience that too