Very serious question....... Over the last couple of years there have some of the most ridiculous announcements of speed records of various long trails. Who can forget the grand daddy of them all - The Initiative. But there was also the Navy Seal, Matt Huffman who remains MIA, Sam Fox (who may have the horsepower but lacked the experience) and others. There have been a couple recently that I can't really determine if they are a joke to see the reaction or whether they are so delusional that they believe they can get off their couch and break a record held by world class athletes. Normally, I am the first to defend those that want to push the envelop AND are willing to do the preparations to have a fighting chance to deliver on the announcement but few of these fall into the category of serious. (Natureboy, JPD and Scott Williamson were the exceptions.) Now the question...
Are these seeming delusional announcements:
a) A chance to get 30 seconds of fame with no real expectation of success.
b) A complete and innocent misunderstanding of what is involved in a record thru hike.
c) Your opportunity to explain this bizarre behavior.