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'''Robert Young''' is an English endurance runner. |
'''Robert Young''' is an English endurance runner. |
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Young grew up in Yorkshire, England. |
Young grew up in Yorkshire, England. In interviews, he has claimed he suffered abuse from his father, and later said his attempts to cope with this gave him his resilient attitude.<ref name=statesman/> He was moved to an orphanage aged eight and spent four years with foster parents.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/12166515/Marathon-man-Robert-Young-eyes-the-long-road-ahead.html|title=Marathon man Robert Young eyes the long road ahead|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref> In 2014, on a 20p wager from his girlfriend, he reported to have run two marathons around [[Richmond Park]] in 24 hours, even though he had completed no training for distance running. He went on to become an endurance runner, while still working in a car parts store,<ref name=statesman>{{cite journal|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/sport/2016/03/man-who-could-not-stop-running|title=The man who could not stop running|work=New Statesman|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref> and logged 370 marathons and ultras in a year, covering over 11,000 miles.<ref name=telegraph/> |
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In 2016 he attempted to break the record for the fastest run across the United States, but was accused of cheating, and there were reports of him hitchhiking parts of the way. A team of volunteers followed him to observe whether he was cheating or not, but this group disbanded, according to one of its members, "because I do not want to be a party to putting Robert Young in the hospital". He started the attempt on May 14, but had to abandon the project on June 20 in [[Indianapolis]], suffering a fractured toe and [[cellulitis]].<ref name=runnerslie>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/22/robert-young-marathon-record-attempt-cheating-rumors|title=Runner's lie? Cheating rumors didn’t stop Robert Young – but something else did|first=Jill|last=Homer|date=22 June 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref> Young's sponsor, [[Skins (sportswear)|Skins]], asked two independent experts from the [[University of Colorado, Boulder]] and [[University of the Free State]] to track telemetry data and determine if cheating had categorically taken place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/oct/02/robert-young-marathon-sponsor-stands-tall|title=Runner’s cheating is exposed but for once a sponsor stands tall|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Sean|last=Ingle|date=3 October 2016|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref> |
In 2016 he attempted to break the record for the fastest run across the United States, but was accused of cheating, and there were reports of him hitchhiking parts of the way. A team of volunteers followed him to observe whether he was cheating or not, but this group disbanded, according to one of its members, "because I do not want to be a party to putting Robert Young in the hospital". He started the attempt on May 14, but had to abandon the project on June 20 in [[Indianapolis]], suffering a fractured toe and [[cellulitis]].<ref name=runnerslie>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/22/robert-young-marathon-record-attempt-cheating-rumors|title=Runner's lie? Cheating rumors didn’t stop Robert Young – but something else did|first=Jill|last=Homer|date=22 June 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref> Young's sponsor, [[Skins (sportswear)|Skins]], asked two independent experts from the [[University of Colorado, Boulder]] and [[University of the Free State]] to track telemetry data and determine if cheating had categorically taken place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/oct/02/robert-young-marathon-sponsor-stands-tall|title=Runner’s cheating is exposed but for once a sponsor stands tall|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Sean|last=Ingle|date=3 October 2016|accessdate=10 May 2017}}</ref> |
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Robert Young is an English endurance runner.
Young grew up in Yorkshire, England. In interviews, he has claimed he suffered abuse from his father, and later said his attempts to cope with this gave him his resilient attitude.[1] He was moved to an orphanage aged eight and spent four years with foster parents.[2] In 2014, on a 20p wager from his girlfriend, he reported to have run two marathons around Richmond Park in 24 hours, even though he had completed no training for distance running. He went on to become an endurance runner, while still working in a car parts store,[1] and logged 370 marathons and ultras in a year, covering over 11,000 miles.[2]
In 2016 he attempted to break the record for the fastest run across the United States, but was accused of cheating, and there were reports of him hitchhiking parts of the way. A team of volunteers followed him to observe whether he was cheating or not, but this group disbanded, according to one of its members, "because I do not want to be a party to putting Robert Young in the hospital". He started the attempt on May 14, but had to abandon the project on June 20 in Indianapolis, suffering a fractured toe and cellulitis.[3] Young's sponsor, Skins, asked two independent experts from the University of Colorado, Boulder and University of the Free State to track telemetry data and determine if cheating had categorically taken place.[4]
References
- ^ a b "The man who could not stop running". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Marathon man Robert Young eyes the long road ahead". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ Homer, Jill (22 June 2016). "Runner's lie? Cheating rumors didn't stop Robert Young – but something else did". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ Ingle, Sean (3 October 2016). "Runner's cheating is exposed but for once a sponsor stands tall". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2017.