Joust wrote:
Never never land. wrote:Agree, and to think Yorkie and Scam are even suggesting that maybe she could have done 400 miles or more is getting out there with Amy and the fairies and skipping the light fantastic in never never land.
I've never done anything like this, but as an experienced runner I expect that cumulative fatigue is a huge factor.
So you could hit a decent number on day 1 if you just kept moving for 19 / 20hrs, but after that it's going to be very difficult.
You also have to factor in that 6mph is about marathon pace for Amy. As slow as it sounds, anything between 4 to 5 mph is not super-easy for her. It's equivalent to a decent runner (say 2h 30 marathon) grinding out 7 minute miles. Ok for a while but not for 10 hours plus daily and then repeating day after day.
And the ridiculousness of the claim to have thrown in some fast 10k segments (near the end no less) to get back on schedule.
Even if we hypothesize a 50 minute 10K (which I doubt she could do fresh, say nothing about doing it on day 6 or 7 after running/walking for 18-20 hours per day), that nets her an extra 53 minutes compared to her generously estimated 3.61 mile/hour average. She would have had to do 4.17 of them just to make up for the distance lost on Day 1, where she only managed 61 miles.
Amy ... you seem to have gotten away with your 53/53 claim. And you might even come out of this one relatively unscathed. But I'm guessing if you keep pushing the envelope with the truth, it's going to come back to bite you one day.