But the 29-year-old's painstaking efforts were ruled null and void by Guinness World Records who said her partner Dave Keighley, who kept a record of her distance, was not an independent witness.
Miss Hughes, from West Felton, Shropshire, said administrators had ignored other witness statements from her physiotherapist, publicist and a friend.
Scam_Watcheroo wrote:
This is just getting more and more comical. Looks like those other "independent" witnesses of the log keeping Amy Hughes claims as evidence were her physio, publicist, and a friend. No joking. Hardly what anyone would call "independent", let alone her boyfriend recording all the miles. I think this is a clear cut case of yet another "charity" runner scam. All the history and background I can find for this duo doesn't look good, especially if you also look back at what she actually did in her "53 marathons in 53 days" that she claims is a world record.
And take a read through the comments section of the Daily Mail article. Looks like there are some people that know this Amy & Dave and don't have a very good impression of them personally.
But the 29-year-old's painstaking efforts were ruled null and void by Guinness World Records who said her partner Dave Keighley, who kept a record of her distance, was not an independent witness.
Miss Hughes, from West Felton, Shropshire, said administrators had ignored other witness statements from her physiotherapist, publicist and a friend.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4737356/Athlete-ran-521-miles-shop-told-record-invalid.html
., wrote:
https://www.change.org/p/guiness-world-recoward-amy-hughes-53marathons-her-rightful-place-in-the-guiness-world-recordsrds-a
Comedy or tragedy? wrote:
There is absolutely no way this woman can run 520 miles in seven days. In that video her form is terrible, she's bouncing up and down and wasting a huge amount of energy. She claims to have lost 2 stone (28 pounds) during the attempt but does not have the gaunt and haggard look of a multi day runner at the limit of their potential.
Having said that, she is a human being and we cannot know what has motivated her to make these claims. Lots of parallels with Rob Young. Should we be sympathetic or scornful?
'When we applied to do the record and wrote to Guinness, they gave us the option of paying for an adjudicator but it cost too much.
'The alternative was they would send us guidelines telling us exactly what to do so we took that option and put everything in place.
'We streamed the whole thing on a webcam 24/7, we were live on TV at one point, took pictures of all the key milestones. There were shoppers around all the time. It couldn't have been more public.
open all hours? wrote:
trafford centre doesn't open until 10am so doubtful there were shoppers there 'all the time'
SJW me wrote:
This is so sexist.
Really wrote:
Is it possible that her treadmill was reading in KM and they read it as miles?
No Way Jose wrote:
Really wrote:
Is it possible that her treadmill was reading in KM and they read it as miles?
No, that would mean she ran 300+ miles which she is also not capable of.
No Way Jose wrote:
Really wrote:
Is it possible that her treadmill was reading in KM and they read it as miles?
No, that would mean she ran 300+ miles which she is also not capable of.
Robert Young II wrote:
[quote]She doesn't need to be capable of it because she's doing it for charity using mental strength. People who use mental strength don't need exceptional physical ability.
RY did it on mental strength alone so why can't Amy?
