Navy vet runs 22+ miles a day for 11 weeks straight.

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6 years ago 12/29/2017 2:51pm EST

re: harry wales

harry wales wrote:
Shoebacca wrote:
Glad we crushed the guy's AMA, but his main post has too many upvotes to ever really get downvoted into oblivion.
This phony IMHO - his name is Ivan Raiklin. Now say his name, dammit....Ivan Raiklin. He was a typical insecure IMHO Green Beret. Always having to prove what a tough guy he is IMHO. Another giveaway = incredibly short, but muscled. IMHO suffers from Napolean complex. We already have enough of those in the US Senate. How about someone secure (and tall) like James Comey or Robert Schuller.

My bad.

https://www.runwithraiklin.com/new-meet-ivan

6 years ago 12/29/2017 3:27pm EST

re: harry wales

It really doesn't seem impossible. I assume he just devoted 8 hours a day to it for 11 weeks. That would only required him to average 3 miles an hour, which is a walking pace. If he did some jogging, this would give him time for meals, water breaks, and some chatting and photo opportunities along that way.

Assuming it is all just a publicity stunt, it doesn't seem completely unreasonable to believe him. It certainly wouldn't affect my vote, but I'm inclined to believe he might have done this.

6 years ago 12/29/2017 4:06pm EST

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so a senate hopeful walked around aimlessly for 8 hours a day for 11 weeks in an act of self promotion instead of doing something productive with his time.

you're right, that doesnt seem unreasonable.

6 years ago 12/29/2017 10:33pm EST

re: all miles are not equal

I'm sick of these stunts vets pull to support vets who commit suicide. You don't hear about "take the guns out of the hands" of the vets who suffer from PTSD, but instead it's more like "hey, let's do a few pushups (or run, in this case) to show our support."

6 years ago 12/30/2017 9:24pm EST

re: Huapango

Wow, this is the easiest fraud to refute. That whole period (August 23-November 11) is accessible on Strava under his name, and he clearly did not run 22mi a day. Some days he recorded 22mi or more, but they're marked as "activities" and often setting CYCLING KOMs by minutes at a time (which apparently have subsequently been flagged by cyclists). This guy didn't even try very hard to make it look legit. I hope his campaign succeeds for just long enough for this to turn into fun.

6 years ago 12/31/2017 7:37am EST

re: Huapango

Lots of this sh*t goes on, often by disabled and not just vets to garner emotional responses to promote themselves and shake out sympathy bucks. They may even do some "good" while making out like a bandit themselves. Sweet gig.

Note when they have no job except to stick their hand out for a money grab. It is difficult to impossible to criticize them without coming across as a heartless b@stard. That is sick.

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