weimy froob wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2026 9:16 am
okay, I have to give "the Jerker" a chance to set the record after the latest reading. he's a quarter thru the trail and seemingly back on pace to get it. somehow he has written that he's worked through the runner's knee and quad pull muscle and is able to run the trail again. still 50 miles a day the rest of the way, so it's not a given that he gets it done.
Guy's a beast. 50 miles a day for multiple weeks is tough enough. Add in the rugged terrain and if my math is correct, about 10-11k feet of elevation gain per day, and you've gained some serious bragging rights. Remember a news feature a while back about a local guy running the amount of miles equal to the day of the month (run 23 miles on the 23rd day of the month then 24 miles on the 24th, etc). That I may be able to handle.
he's in Maine now. less than two hundred miles to go, but he's gone loco from the endeavor. the 50 mile days have gone by the wayside thru the White Mountains of New Hampshire. some days have been spent on the trail for 20 hours, he's severely sleep deprived and he's burning muscle too. he told his group that he "did the math" and the record isn't possible. but he's so brain addled that his brain hasn't calculated that he has another full day and 11 hours then what he was figuring. they're not buying it, and pushing him back onto the trail to continue his quest. it's going to be close.
this guy is really suffering, but he's so close right now i'm half-expecting him to get that proverbial second wind and get the job done. also can see him coming up short though. a couple of things that stand out is how famished he is. someone left a chocolate cake on the trail for him and he gobbled that down just using his hands. the other is the sleep. sometimes he'll conk out on the trail for a little cat nap. maybe 20 minutes. maybe 2 hours. and when he does sleep, he says it's instant. that's tired. add in the brain fog, the weather (he's doing this soaked on many of the days), and a body breaking down and you get the picture. it's misery right now for him.
oh yeah, the terrain is brutal too. he was going thru a trail of mud in Vermont, which brought the pace down to almost a crawl. now it's rugged. he's got a 100 mile stretch in front of him that is considered about the toughest go on the whole trail. in New Hampshire it was so difficult and he was so weak that he was only doing two miles an hour. that was about as fast as he's been able to go now for about a week. trying to make up for that by all those extra hours.
he's got a real good support team that come in for stretches from across the country to help keep him going. along with local enthusiasts who get out on the trail with him. earlier, he really enjoyed all the attention and the camaraderie of his fellow hikers. now he's just in a daze. they're basically pointing him in the right direction and helping him back up if he falls. it's all tortuous drudgery. he needs that second wind. like immediately.
weimy froob wrote: ↑Mon Aug 10, 2026 9:16 am
okay, I have to give "the Jerker" a chance to set the record after the latest reading. he's a quarter thru the trail and seemingly back on pace to get it. somehow he has written that he's worked through the runner's knee and quad pull muscle and is able to run the trail again. still 50 miles a day the rest of the way, so it's not a given that he gets it done.
Guy's a beast. 50 miles a day for multiple weeks is tough enough. Add in the rugged terrain and if my math is correct, about 10-11k feet of elevation gain per day, and you've gained some serious bragging rights. Remember a news feature a while back about a local guy running the amount of miles equal to the day of the month (run 23 miles on the 23rd day of the month then 24 miles on the 24th, etc). That I may be able to handle.
he's in Maine now. less than two hundred miles to go, but he's gone loco from the endeavor. the 50 mile days have gone by the wayside thru the White Mountains of New Hampshire. some days have been spent on the trail for 20 hours, he's severely sleep deprived and he's burning muscle too. he told his group that he "did the math" and the record isn't possible. but he's so brain addled that his brain hasn't calculated that he has another full day and 11 hours then what he was figuring. they're not buying it, and pushing him back onto the trail to continue his quest. it's going to be close.
this guy is really suffering, but he's so close right now i'm half-expecting him to get that proverbial second wind and get the job done. also can see him coming up short though. a couple of things that stand out is how famished he is. someone left a chocolate cake on the trail for him and he gobbled that down just using his hands. the other is the sleep. sometimes he'll conk out on the trail for a little cat nap. maybe 20 minutes. maybe 2 hours. and when he does sleep, he says it's instant. that's tired. add in the brain fog, the weather (he's doing this soaked on many of the days), and a body breaking down and you get the picture. it's misery right now for him.
Reminds me of a 50k I did in San Jose in December a few years back. Was in the Upper 40s with a steady rain and my attire wasn't as water resistant as I thought. Teeth were chattering after I finished, but a volunteer was nice enough to let me warm up in her car with the heat on full blast.
Guy's a beast. 50 miles a day for multiple weeks is tough enough. Add in the rugged terrain and if my math is correct, about 10-11k feet of elevation gain per day, and you've gained some serious bragging rights. Remember a news feature a while back about a local guy running the amount of miles equal to the day of the month (run 23 miles on the 23rd day of the month then 24 miles on the 24th, etc). That I may be able to handle.
he's in Maine now. less than two hundred miles to go, but he's gone loco from the endeavor. the 50 mile days have gone by the wayside thru the White Mountains of New Hampshire. some days have been spent on the trail for 20 hours, he's severely sleep deprived and he's burning muscle too. he told his group that he "did the math" and the record isn't possible. but he's so brain addled that his brain hasn't calculated that he has another full day and 11 hours then what he was figuring. they're not buying it, and pushing him back onto the trail to continue his quest. it's going to be close.
this guy is really suffering, but he's so close right now i'm half-expecting him to get that proverbial second wind and get the job done. also can see him coming up short though. a couple of things that stand out is how famished he is. someone left a chocolate cake on the trail for him and he gobbled that down just using his hands. the other is the sleep. sometimes he'll conk out on the trail for a little cat nap. maybe 20 minutes. maybe 2 hours. and when he does sleep, he says it's instant. that's tired. add in the brain fog, the weather (he's doing this soaked on many of the days), and a body breaking down and you get the picture. it's misery right now for him.
Reminds me of a 50k I did in San Jose in December a few years back. Was in the Upper 40s with a steady rain and my attire wasn't as water resistant as I thought. Teeth were chattering after I finished, but a volunteer was nice enough to let me warm up in her car with the heat on full blast.
sounds like a tough situation to me. that warm up had to feel great though. I forgot to mention that Scott now has a blister on one of his big toes and he gave away his size 12 shoes earlier on the trail to some fan. he had them for just that situation. a bigger shoe that wouldn't rub on the blister on every step. oh well. just add another component to the misery index.
he's in Maine now. less than two hundred miles to go, but he's gone loco from the endeavor. the 50 mile days have gone by the wayside thru the White Mountains of New Hampshire. some days have been spent on the trail for 20 hours, he's severely sleep deprived and he's burning muscle too. he told his group that he "did the math" and the record isn't possible. but he's so brain addled that his brain hasn't calculated that he has another full day and 11 hours then what he was figuring. they're not buying it, and pushing him back onto the trail to continue his quest. it's going to be close.
this guy is really suffering, but he's so close right now i'm half-expecting him to get that proverbial second wind and get the job done. also can see him coming up short though. a couple of things that stand out is how famished he is. someone left a chocolate cake on the trail for him and he gobbled that down just using his hands. the other is the sleep. sometimes he'll conk out on the trail for a little cat nap. maybe 20 minutes. maybe 2 hours. and when he does sleep, he says it's instant. that's tired. add in the brain fog, the weather (he's doing this soaked on many of the days), and a body breaking down and you get the picture. it's misery right now for him.
Reminds me of a 50k I did in San Jose in December a few years back. Was in the Upper 40s with a steady rain and my attire wasn't as water resistant as I thought. Teeth were chattering after I finished, but a volunteer was nice enough to let me warm up in her car with the heat on full blast.
sounds like a tough situation to me. that warm up had to feel great though. I forgot to mention that Scott now has a blister on one of his big toes and he gave away his size 12 shoes earlier on the trail to some fan. he had them for just that situation. a bigger shoe that wouldn't rub on the blister on every step. oh well. just add another component to the misery index.
One of the reasons I'm more wary of running long distances in the cold than the heat. Not feeling well in the heat? Slow down (stubbornness be damned) and refill your ice bandana/dump some cold water on yourself. Not feeling well in the cold? If your body's getting fatigued and you're not moving too quickly, you ain't gonna warm up anytime soon. Not to mention the fine line between under and overlaying. Too fast in too many layers and your clothes get soaked from the sweat in turn making you feel colder. All blisters suck, but I'd much rather have one on my toes than on the balls of the feet which is a nasty feeling everytime the foot hits the ground.
Reminds me of a 50k I did in San Jose in December a few years back. Was in the Upper 40s with a steady rain and my attire wasn't as water resistant as I thought. Teeth were chattering after I finished, but a volunteer was nice enough to let me warm up in her car with the heat on full blast.
sounds like a tough situation to me. that warm up had to feel great though. I forgot to mention that Scott now has a blister on one of his big toes and he gave away his size 12 shoes earlier on the trail to some fan. he had them for just that situation. a bigger shoe that wouldn't rub on the blister on every step. oh well. just add another component to the misery index.
One of the reasons I'm more wary of running long distances in the cold than the heat. Not feeling well in the heat? Slow down (stubbornness be damned) and refill your ice bandana/dump some cold water on yourself. Not feeling well in the cold? If your body's getting fatigued and you're not moving too quickly, you ain't gonna warm up anytime soon. Not to mention the fine line between under and overlaying. Too fast in too many layers and your clothes get soaked from the sweat in turn making you feel colder. All blisters suck, but I'd much rather have one on my toes than on the balls of the feet which is a nasty feeling everytime the foot hits the ground.
I finished the book last night. I think you'd like it. pretty intense ending. once you overdress in cold, you're kind of screwed. that's a difficult situation if you've got 50 plus miles in front of you.
31-year-old Tara Dower just became the fastest person to complete the 2168 mi/3489 km Appalachian Trail. Averaging 54 miles per day, Dower completed the trail in 40 days, 18 hours, and 5 minutes.
weimy froob wrote: ↑Mon Aug 17, 2026 5:14 pm
the record holder. set in 2024.
31-year-old Tara Dower just became the fastest person to complete the 2168 mi/3489 km Appalachian Trail. Averaging 54 miles per day, Dower completed the trail in 40 days, 18 hours, and 5 minutes.
Tara got that dog in her! I'll just be happy if I can get to 200 miles in a few months before the 60th hour hits.
Well, fellas, put in a good day's work at the office I guess as we are just 2 weeks away from trying to rack up as many miles as I can in 24 hours. Went up and down the same, long grassy hill probably close to 20 times and registered a total of 3,663 feet of vert over our standard 62 and a quarter miles, which works out to just under 59 ft. per mile. The upcoming course we'll tackle supposedly averages about 72 feet per mile, so if things go like they do today, I'll have about 11 hours and 48 minutes to log 38 miles with 3,537 feet of gain if I wanna break the century mark. Might be close as the fatigue increases as the minutes trickle by, but we're sure as hell gonna try. Also added an extra salt tablet with every water refill, and waddya know, the urine wasn't flowing anywhere near as often as it was 3 weekends ago. Granted it was also cooler today, but hoping this isn't a one off.
