I am writing this post for a number of reasons but mainly to say how I really feel as I have kept quiet which is unusual for me. Just to be clear from the start, this is from me, my opinions, my post. Not anyone else so attack me.
I can't sit back and let Amy get thrown to the wolves any longer!
To me it really doesn't matter what type of runner you are how good, how bad or if you have a famous dad which is now being thrown at me!
Firstly I don't know what planet some of you are on. What makes you think that because you have run a few ultras that you have a divine right to become judge, jury, and executioner ?
Demanding or asking politely that we send you our evidence? Who does that? Do you ask the police for their case noted in a murder? Of course you don't. You see us as easy targets.
The people that will see our evidence are the appropriate official people i.e. GWR not some lonely little man of a running group.
The reason for the campaign so we are clear is we know GWR have awarded records recently to people who have missed the rules far more than we may have, yet they paid and they got the record. As much as it is for Amy, if we can draw GWR to holes in their system to help others then great.
I will stand by and swear on my life for the rest of time that Amy completed the record. Not because I am her boyfriend but because she did it. A respected member who a few of you called upon to back you up even said he only did one ultra previous to his attempt yet you all ignored that because it wasn't the answer you wanted or expected!
To hear people saying she wasn't even tired because she held her hands up at the end, she didn't look like she lost 2 stone is laughable and insulting. The pain and mental strength that girl went through is something you people can only dream of having. The aftermath was shocking and I hated watching her go through that.
I understand other people have been caught in last 12 months, ( one I called out way before you geniuses but I am not an ultra runner so don't get listened too!! But to compare Amy to them takes some sort of person.
What you have done is totally alienate yourself as ultra runners and show the world a small percentage of you are awful human beings and perhaps your the reason people don't take part!
You belittle people for not having done a 6 day event! Maybe they don't want too! You say she is making a laughing stock of athletes?? Best in mind with your in depth research who Amy works for?? Surrounded by professional athletes, she knows what they sacrifice and knows them personally so why would she then go and try to lie over a challenge? Incidentally they are backing her, says a lot.
I could belittle you by saying 6 days is nothing! Try 26 days doing 30 miles a day with 120lbs on your back in the Pakistan mountains, which insistently are fvcking steep!! whilst also being shot at... there we go my d1ck is bigger than yours!
And then one maybe two individuals start questioning what we do with our charity and the money! Basically calling us criminals! That was the final straw! We help people with disabilities, to try and discredit us is low. You are not the charity commission you are not official in anyway shape or form the sooner you realise it the better. However if you feel we are doing wrong then please report us we will happily assist the charity commission with anything. If you look at our charity it's not just myself and Amy as trustees. Luckily for the charity and the people we help neither of us will close the charity because it's something we are immensely proud of. For this that have read the letter someone has comically drafted addressed to Amy yet put on social for the world to see, they have decided they can question the charity. But if you want to be taken seriously..... At least get the name right and the length of time it's been running!!
And then there is the look statements.... not looking like an ultra runner etc, think the group or majority have already made there feelings aware. What a spiteful, gross thing to say.
While I am on weight talk. The person that questioned Amy losing 2 stone!! I must have missed you at the Trafford centre weighing Amy! How the hell can you tell if she lost weight or not! She was recorded morning and night by a professional for all her vitals!
I know that whatever I say or Amy says people will disagree you will argue black is white, but comments about her weight and her look have no place in society let alone a running group.
If some of you spent as much time looking at the good Amy has done in the last few years rather than trying to make her look bad you will see the money she has raised for other people, the charity she set up, the young adults she has helped get back on track, the inspiration she has provided for people to get up and do something, I hope some of you on here can say the same thing, but to try and destroy a young woman who only tries to help is a poor poor show.
The caveat to this is certain people have been honest and supporting. We never asked for support as we know what the truth is, someone decided to post as he was getting no luck on Amy's personal page with his judgemental comments knowing how shallow some people in this group are. It shows what sort of people are in the group. So many comments are arguing amongst yourself because heaven forbid someone didn't agree with your opinion!
I have deliberately left names out of this post but I am more than happy to name anyone if you so wish. I know some of the ultra worlds elite script writers will reply and that's fine say your worse to me I don't give a shit, some of you will continue to be confused and kept changing sides depending on the wind, I don't need people to take sides, and who knows maybe it will inspire me to take up my first ultra so I can have the pleasure of running amongst you.
What does make me smile is the direct messages from within the group of support, and these have come from people the 3 or 4 main influencers of this group would not expect. They are the people who's opinions matter they are in the real world they are genuine.
For everyone of your negative comments Amy received a hundred positive comments, You don't get that kind of support by being a fraud! that is what I feel the group should be about but I know you will argue about watches, poles or someone else as it's a sad reality that some of you have to have something to moan about or belittle!
To call either of our integrity into question is laughable. People who have met us both and thousands who have not have spoken highly which speaks volumes, what do you have a handful of cynical jealous people from social media!
People go on about the petition.... I know the core group are all more intelligent that Einstein but not one of you picked up the author of that. A guy we don't know, a guy who decided to do it off his own back because he himself wanted too! Yet again it's us that did it in your eyes.
One thing I will hold my hands up is I created #justiceforamy it was done tongue in cheek but hey do I regret it? Hell no! Is it cringe maybe but that's social media now. I have seen that hashtag for people with a hangover it's not really that big a deal.
The campaign on SM was set up because GWR don't have appeals so the best way to get them to talk is this way, what it did was get GWR to put a statement out which certain people take as gospel and don't think there could possibly be two sides to a story! God help us if any of you are an official judge!! Well outside of the group anyway.
For those that have either wives/gf or husbands/bf I honestly hope you never have to witness what I have had to do these last few days, but then again most of you are probably living in your mums basement still. I have no idea what drives you to be like you are... it's not for justice that's for sure! Maybe it's because you feel bad you backed others in the past sang their praises, hell even gave them free entry into races, but you can't take your own personal issues out on others.
By all means get your little minions to investigate the charity we are 100% legit and when you find that out we will be getting an apology.
As I have said in email to the said person, go to the charity commission they regulate us but do not try fishing for info from us we don't have to give.
Investigate the challenge, please do it, you might just be able to provide the link we need. Why do I say all this??? Because unlike others you have claimed to have outed we are 100% genuine and have nothing to hide so don't fear your school boy google investigations.
I will quickly touch on 53:53 as you seem fascinated by this too. During the challenge GWR put a block on applications for that record while they looked at their rules. They were upfront about it with us (timing was poor)! But hey that's what happens. So even though all gps date was recorded for each run it was not handed in because when they reopened the record we didn't have what they were asking for. Simple.
The word cheat has been used a lot by members of this group, but what evidence have you got to back your claim up?? You are happy to demand we provide you with evidence but have we ever asked you for evidence of cheating??? It seems one rule for you and one for everyone else, what you don't realise inside your ivory towers is that apart from a handful of you everyone else is thinking... " OH MY GOD SHUT UP ALREADY, GIVE IT A REST"
Unlike others in the past and probably upsetting for you keyboard warriors out there, neither one of us will leave social media as we have nothing to leave for but we will not just take abuse so you want to abuse Amy you will get deleted and blocked from her account nothing sinister just simple case of you have nothing to offer.
Peace and love. And not forgetting 400 pointless replies that will target me personally and I will lose so much sleep over....... Andddddd GO
One thing I will add at the end. The admins seem very fair, honest and sensible I have respect for them. So if this post is inappropriate I respect that I will happily take it down.