Anybody following him in a car or bicycle? Boots on the ground?
Anybody following him in a car or bicycle? Boots on the ground?
He sure is using that 3:12 marathon ability to good use! I'm totally convinced he didn't lie about that or cheated on it!
Eye witness accounts wrote:
Anybody following him in a car or bicycle? Boots on the ground?
His son George is on a bike, Joe is driving the van and Mark the togger is on a bike as well
Must be really painful to ride a bike at 4 mph for hours on end. I bet they got in the van after the first few hours or are just walking. The bikes would just slow them down when all Dave is doing is walking pace.
Before Terrie deletes this Facebook post:
Yorkie Bloke wrote:
He's currently at 37 miles in 10h:40m. I suspect he'll struggle to go much beyond 50 miles today. In the UK the sun sets around 8PM this time of year and I can't imagine him running for too long in the dark.
Would be great to see some video and / or photographic evidence of todays 'run'...if he want's to borrow a GPS / Cadence enabled Garmin I'll happily donate my Fenix 3 to him for the journey.
TODAY +/-39 Mi in 11 h 9 m
That would make 78 miles in 22 hours and 18 minutes. Looks like he is on the right track. :-) LOL
Is anyone familiar with how his Follow My Challenge GPS works? When I zoom in on the map it looks like he's taking straight lines from point to point rather than following the road. It's particularly obvious at the beginning of his route. My Garmin route data shows where I actually run. So this seems strange.
It doesn't sample at a high rate. In the first hour they turned off the GPS for 30 minutes of the "walk' for God knows what reason and hence when you see that big jump.
https://www.followmychallenge.com/featuresNothing To See Here wrote:
It doesn't sample at a high rate. In the first hour they turned off the GPS for 30 minutes of the "walk' for God knows what reason and hence when you see that big jump.
Thanks, here's the link to the site. So, do you think it's just estimating mileage in a straight line from point to point each time it "Updates every 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes."?
Fishy GPS wrote:
Thanks, here's the link to the site. So, do you think it's just estimating mileage in a straight line from point to point each time it "Updates every 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes."?
Yep, that looks to be what it's doing. All GPS trackers work like that but this tracker samples and transmits at low rates to extend battery life.
I don't think Walking With The Wounded has any integrity or honesty about this whole scam either. They are still fully backing Dave with messages like:
https://mobile.twitter.com/undefined/status/849947616087613441WWTW†@supportthewalk
Are you following @2017Lejog progress? (link:
http://ow.ly/wPib30aCz8j) ow.ly/wPib30aCz8j #LEJOG #SupportTheWalk
And remember, this is the "charity" that spent donations funding luxury Everest and South Pole expeditions.
Nothing To See Here wrote:
Fishy GPS wrote:Thanks, here's the link to the site. So, do you think it's just estimating mileage in a straight line from point to point each time it "Updates every 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes."?
Yep, that looks to be what it's doing. All GPS trackers work like that but this tracker samples and transmits at low rates to extend battery life.
Comical, it actually shows what he didn't do for the last 30 min since the last transmission. His GPS and "Live" tracker is just dandy for someone, like Dave, with low credibility...
This is bogus. I'm following something that is bogus.
I actually just went out there to meet up with them. When I got there he was on a break talking to his crew about putting the hammer down and running the next 52 miles at sub 6 pace.
Get ready to be amazed!!!
This is so weird. What to compare it to? The low speed O.J. chase?
Boots onthe ground. wrote:
I actually just went out there to meet up with them. When I got there he was on a break talking to his crew about putting the hammer down and running the next 52 miles at sub 6 pace.
Get ready to be amazed!!!
I will be surprised if we actually get any video of him running. Every time it seems like he is just standing around. What is that pro photog Mark even doing?
Almost 13 hours in and only 42 miles. This dude is delusional and is coo coo for cocoa puffs.
Omnivore wrote:
This is so weird. What to compare it to? The low speed O.J. chase?
This^
Only that was real, and better documented.
Well put my friend and don't forget the training session he did in the afternoon after a "30 mile hike in combat gear that morning as part of his military training", many people think that's just special forces type stuff, but no, the Royal Air Force Reserve do a lot of that sort of thing, especially with their 49 year old members.
There are other 'anomalies', but hey, Dave's a good bloke, and it is for charity.
Commercial Break...
https://twitter.com/mattressmanuk/status/849878611402383362
Mattressman is having a sale and Dave appears to be very, uhmm, let's just say..."excited" about it. This keeps getting better.
Markus wrote:
Yorkie Bloke wrote:He's currently at 37 miles in 10h:40m. I suspect he'll struggle to go much beyond 50 miles today. In the UK the sun sets around 8PM this time of year and I can't imagine him running for too long in the dark.
Would be great to see some video and / or photographic evidence of todays 'run'...if he want's to borrow a GPS / Cadence enabled Garmin I'll happily donate my Fenix 3 to him for the journey.
TODAY +/-39 Mi in 11 h 9 m
That would make 78 miles in 22 hours and 18 minutes. Looks like he is on the right track. :-) LOL
Dave has gone out WAY TOO FAST for day 1 on this epic journey.
Dave is still at 17:09 average mile pace.
I would easily DESTROY DAVE.
I don't need to sleep at all and I can hike faster than any MAN in the world.
Has Dave ever done anything past 3 days???
The delayed-onset-muscle-soreness (DOMS) which is going to really hit hard on day 3…is going to HURT REALLY BAD!
I know that DAVE IS MILITARY TOUGH…AND HAS PHOTOS WITH PRINCE HARRY…AND EVEN SIR MO FARAH (= MOBOT):
https://www.facebook.com/hypo2/photos/a.181731141864880.32731.154386924599302/999936883377631/?type=3&theaterhttps://mobile.twitter.com/2017Lejog/status/845622743760560128/photo/1Look at Dave telling the children about his WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT DURING HIS INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH TO THE CHILDREN.
LOOK AT THE PHOTO OF DAVE FORCING ALL THE CHILDREN TO DO THE MOBOT!!!
Please stop it Dave. You are making me really mad.
I also know that Prince Harry goes on the WW Charity Luxury Expeditions to the South Pole and other exciting places.
Does Prince Harry pay his own way on the WW Charity Luxury Expeditions???
… OR...
Does the WW Charity pay for Prince Harry…since he is Royalty???
I was also in the military. I am also military tough…but I am more than just military tough.
I AM KAIHA TOUGH.
http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Georgia/DeKalb-County-GA/Kaiha-Bertollini.41620606.htmlHey Dave.
This is going to HURT REALLY BAD!!!
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