Final month, a few of the path group was outraged when Ironman and UTMB introduced their first Canadian race in Whistler, solely months after Canada’s Gary Robbins pulled his Alpine Meadows occasion out of city. If there wasn’t sufficient beef earlier than, it’s formally Grade-Eh! Beef, as Arizona-based path runner and content material creator Ruairi Moynihan, dropped a viral diss monitor in opposition to UTMB and Ironman on Instagram.
Moynihan’s diss monitor, posted on the satiric path working account Path Gangst AZ, sides with Robbins and takes photographs at Ironman’s calf tattoos, huge races that cost excessive registration charges, and even Taylor Swift.
UTMB informed Canadian Operating that they didn’t got down to compete with Robbins or upset the North American path working group. Nonetheless, Robbins got here out and stated the announcement of the brand new race blindsided him.
Exterior of the Drake of path working (Moynihan), Robbins has acquired loads of assist from many huge names within the path working group, with even 2023 UTMB champion Jim Walmsley commenting on the scenario, saying, “So what can we race subsequent 12 months then?” and Barkley Marathons finisher John Kelly saying, “I understand how a lot Gary put into WAM. I need to expertise UTMB, however I’ll by no means run a UTMB race.”
Moynihan’s diss monitor additionally pays homage to some different races that Robbins holds within the B.C. space, together with his well-known Squamish 50, held yearly in mid-August.
In addition to Moynihan’s potential to freestyle, he’s a former NCAA monitor and area runner and 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier. He at present works as an internet coach for Runners Join and can be a substitute trainer in Arizona, however who is aware of, he may have a rapping profession forward of him after dropping this hearth.
