I’m wondering if anybody is following Darren Kavinoky’s bizzare run across America going on right now. He was all over the news and on the Dr. Phil Show a month back saying he was doing this and had done like 7 Ironman and many other triathlons in the past.
But from what I see on his YouTube, he bizzarely claims to have injured himself just 22 miles into the run on the very first day and has been riding a mountain bike instead of running. He looks to be regularly covering 80-120 miles per day on his mountain bike riding on the shoulder of the road through the desert. But I can’t find a single picture of him sweating.
And why would he be using a mountain bike instead of a tri bike or road bike? I just find the whole thing totally bizzare. He also has a big RV following him everywhere with images of him and his sponsors plastered all over it.
I’m wondering if anybody is following Darren Kavinoky’s bizzare run across America going on right now. He was all over the news and on the Dr. Phil Show a month back saying he was doing this and had done like 7 Ironman and many other triathlons in the past.
But from what I see on his YouTube, he bizzarely claims to have injured himself just 22 miles into the run on the very first day and has been riding a mountain bike instead of running. He looks to be regularly covering 80-120 miles per day on his mountain bike riding on the shoulder of the road through the desert. But I can’t find a single picture of him sweating.
And why would he be using a mountain bike instead of a tri bike or road bike? I just find the whole thing totally bizzare. He also has a big RV following him everywhere with images of him and his sponsors plastered all over it.
On Kavinoky’s own website he claims to have COMPLETED seven Ironman triathlons and he is a TV celebrity on several shows. Do we have a liar about his triathlon background?
Darren Kavinoky is the co-creator and host of the hit TV show Deadly Sins on Investigation Discovery. He is also the co-host of Did He Do It? and the featured “criminal interventionist†on Breaking Point, also on the ID network. Darren is also a certified interventionist, attorney and legal analyst, and “misbehavior†expert who appears constantly on the Today show, The View, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, CNN, HLN, Fox News, and countless other TV and radio shows…
Since then, the kid who wore “husky†sized Toughskins has completed seven Ironman triathlons…
On Kavinoky’s own website he claims to have COMPLETED seven Ironman triathlons and he is a TV celebrity on several shows. Do we have a liar about his triathlon background?
Darren Kavinoky is the co-creator and host of the hit TV show Deadly Sins on Investigation Discovery. He is also the co-host of Did He Do It? and the featured “criminal interventionist†on Breaking Point, also on the ID network. Darren is also a certified interventionist, attorney and legal analyst, and “misbehavior†expert who appears constantly on the Today show, The View, Entertainment Tonight, The Insider, Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, CNN, HLN, Fox News, and countless other TV and radio shows…
Since then, the kid who wore “husky†sized Toughskins has completed seven Ironman triathlons…
Let’s just say there is a huge discrepancy between his claim and what the Obsessed Triathlete site has captured on him…a pretty accurate website for all IMs and IM70.3s. Mr Kavinoky is a obviously a huge self-promoter. Really, how do you advertise Run Across America and substitute a bike? Is a taxi OK as well. I’ve already made my own judgment about his truthfulness; feel free to draw your own conclusions.
Edit - I looked up his Athlinks profile and he’s done 3 Ironman races and 2 independent fulls. So give him credit for 5. Maybe there are 2 more in his mind. Regardless his last one was in 2011. He has a 12:52 from IMFL, 14:46 from IMAZ and 3 15hr+ completions. He is no one’s hero.
I shouldn’t really care about crap like this, but I think this strikes a nerve because of the sacrifces this guy made. I was 9 when he started his run across Canada, and I still remember following it.
dunno how to link to specific posts on letsrun, but on page 16 there is a video where they claim to be newbie cyclists.
and yet, he’s done 7 ironmans.
Hmm…
As slow as he is, yeah, he might as well be a newbie cyclist. But one thing he is really good at is bullshitting. He is a self promoter. He reminds me of Robert Young’s phony Trans American run last summer.
Yeah, there’s a lot of similarities with Rob Young. I wonder if Kavinoky also did all his Ironmans on a mountain bike with baggy clothing like all his tweets show him doing now. I just can’t get my head around how he can expect people to believe he is doing these huge distances on a slow mountain bike and in full sleeve and full length white tights with baggy clothing over top. And all this through hot desert terrain without any sweat or fatigue in his pictures. The only logical conclusion I can come to is that he is riding in his air-conditioned RV and just popping out for photo opportunities.
If he is in El Paso filming this video he seems to be showing no wear or tear for the the distance he has traveled
Yeah, that video was filmed in El Paso. What makes it even more bizzare is that Kavinoky claims that he is filming episodes of his Deadly Sins show at the same time he is doing this “run”. He just flew back to LA from El Paso this weekend for filming and then flying back out tonight I believe. I find this incredulous.
