113 wrote:
Or.... wrote:"Why is no one yet following him?" That is a great question.
There are a lot of torches and pitchforks out and one of the easiest ways to get to the bottom of everything would be to go out, meet the team and Rob. It's hard to believe that there's nobody on this forum that lives or knows somebody in the St. Louis area. Call a local run store there and ask them to go out and verify.
Here's the thing: I encourage people to follow him. Ultimately, though, it isn't going to prove anything. The question is not whether the guy is capable of running 25-45 mile days at 12-20 minutes/mile. (That is what we are seeing via the tracker now, and that is what people who follow him will see.) there are thousands of people who are capable of the same thing, and whether he keeps up that pace to do a trans-con crossing in what they will claim is 55 or 60 days, or whether he quits in Ohio or sooner is really not the question.
The question is: has he already cheated? The answer is clearly yes.
Reason #1 I know he has cheated: This morning, along with tens of thousands of runners around the world, I uploaded my morning run to Strava. It shows where I ran, my heart rate, my cadence, distance covered, and time. It took me about 30 seconds. They have a mobile app that works on your wireless signal-- if you can post on Facebook, you can upload to Strava or a similar site.
Adam Kimble-- a much more accomplished runner than RY will ever be-- tried a transcontinental record attempt this spring and logged it all on Strava. See here:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/11620352#interval?interval=201603&interval_type=month&chart_type=miles&year_offset=0We know RY has the technology to do this. He hasn't. There is no logical reason why he wouldn't, other than cheating. It's much easier to upload to Strava then it is to take photos of a computer screen and upload those to Facebook.
Reason #2 I know he has cheated is everything posted here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NBkfw48Jv6JlP0gBLP5JbPt6qz5Qfyf105fIXYa_hAk/mobilebasic?pli=1