Her IG posts are brutal to read. Cheesy, cliche, overly dramatic.

I would say media whore but I'll get in trouble for that so let's just go with drama queen.

I would say media whore but I'll get in trouble for that so let's just go with drama queen.

I wonder if like almost every charity less than about 5% of money donated actually gets to the intended recipients...

Charities are a scam.

Kinda like most triathletes, especially those pushing their brands and sponsors?

Pictures of them doing workouts, sometimes shirtless, or wearing minimal clothing. Insert some motivational or "this was so challenging" statement/quote. This is the workout or how much training I did today, etc. And then all the tags.

I don't really see the difference.

If no one made snarky comments about those you'd have a point. However, for one example, even the NFL commentati have lots of jokes about the cliché IG/ FB/ whatever posts and PCs by athletes and coaches.

And, of those triathletes you're bringing up, how many of them have claimed they're going to do something that is bordering on impossible, if not impossible, and for which they're incredibly unprepared? Let's keep this apples to apples.

I was just commenting to the quotes on the IG posts in general. I don't see the relation of her expressing she wants to go for something impossible to her cheesy, cliche, overlay dramatic posts. She JUST started mentioning this on her social media, and her social media history seems extensive, so the cheesy, cliche, overly dramatic posts probably run past just this little "stunt"

I think we all agree that what she is doing is impossible, but she is giving it a go and seeing how far she can take it.

However it seems everyone on this thread has gone beyond the "she won't complete it" to lets find every single thing about Ashley Horner, put it under a microscope and criticize everything she does every single day. And lets all do it hiding behind our computer screens with anonymous names. Nevermind the 50/50, now we are debating her tattoos, social media, debating her finances, etc.

So what happens at the end of this?

She won't complete it (we can all agree on that), money will be raised, she will move onto a new challenge, and ST will go on forever about how she is "false" etc.

What is the ST intention? To out her is a fraud? To get public recognition that what she is claiming in impossible? To shame her away from the sport?

Remember, she's doing this for the children.

This.

I always wondered what "all proceeds go to charity" meant ... Apparently it can legally mean 'net donations after expenses' or 'total gross donations' are given to the cause

So "charity event" could mean "gofundme event"

That doesn't mean that this event is a scam but it would be good to know about any charity before donating.

If no one made snarky comments about those you'd have a point. However, for one example, even the NFL commentati have lots of jokes about the cliché IG/ FB/ whatever posts and PCs by athletes and coaches.

And, of those triathletes you're bringing up, how many of them have claimed they're going to do something that is bordering on impossible, if not impossible, and for which they're incredibly unprepared? Let's keep this apples to apples.

This.

I always wondered what "all proceeds go to charity" meant ... Apparently it can legally mean 'net donations after expenses' or 'total gross donations' are given to the cause

So "charity event" could mean "gofundme event"

That doesn't mean that this event is a scam but it would be good to know about any charity before donating.

On another subject, here is a video of a 100 mile ride she did in India to raise money for kids. It appears at one point she just fell for no apparent reason...
https://www.instagram.com/...rce=ig_web_copy_link