Cross-Canada record attempt, 7200K - 66 days. Current record by Al Howie 72 days

Yeah, Al was doing 7-8 minutes/km in these early parts, maybe a short sprint to the ferry at Port-aux-Basques.

I don't think so, probably 10-20 miles 16-28K west of boarder I am thinking.....

jesseriley wrote:

Yeah, Al was doing 7-8 minutes/km in these early parts, maybe a short sprint to the ferry at Port-aux-Basques.

Isn't all we really know is his average pace for the day based on start and stop time and distance? In 1991 he wasn't wearing a GPS watch and uploading GPS data. How often did he stop for breaks? How long did he stop for? How was his time even recorded?

I did it myself. David Blaikie of Ultramarathon Canada instructed me. All on paper, including hundreds of witnesses roadside. Plus, famous runners met us. UltraRunning magazine still has my articles online.

Will be interested to see the Strava from today's run. 9:30 average going into

Medicine Hat - drops to doing much less and taking breaks every three miles.

Mile 47 - 11:50, 48 -11:19, mile 49 - 15:25, mile 50 - 10:57, mile 51 - 10:33, mile 52 - 26:59,

mile 53 - 10:56, mile 54 - 12:35, mile 55 - 16:40, mile 56 - 15:10, mile 57 - 17:17,

Then, Popeye eats his spinach:

Mile 58 - 8:35 - fastest of day, mile 59 - 8:15, even faster, mile 60 - 8:48,

Getting close to boarder, I may be wrongo.

jesseriley wrote:

I did it myself. David Blaikie of Ultramarathon Canada instructed me. All on paper, including hundreds of witnesses roadside. Plus, famous runners met us. UltraRunning magazine still has my articles online.

I believe you were with him - although I will note that all of what you just said would not be enough to prove anything today - but how specifically did you record distance, time, pace etc.

1.) What were you using recording running distance per day? A vehicles odometer?

2.) How were you recording time?

3.) How were you keeping track of pace on a mile to mile basis, or were you?

dbjared wrote:

Will be interested to see the Strava from today's run. 9:30 average going into

Medicine Hat - drops to doing much less and taking breaks every three miles.

...

Then, Popeye eats his spinach:

I take it you have adopted the role on this thread (and the other one you started) of being the person to question the validity of the run?

Any specific reason you have chosen this role for yourself or is it just in your nature?

the guy who disbelieves? wrote:

dbjared wrote:

Will be interested to see the Strava from today's run. 9:30 average going into

Medicine Hat - drops to doing much less and taking breaks every three miles.

...

Then, Popeye eats his spinach:

I take it you have adopted the role on this thread (and the other one you started) of being the person to question the validity of the run?

Any specific reason you have chosen this role for yourself or is it just in your nature?

yeah, I don't see anything suspicious about his run. He almost always has someone running with him (and their data on strava corresponds to his or at least would witness any wrongdoing). He is on the major highway so I'm sure if he was catching rides it would be seen by someone. His team is has a good supply of pictures of where he is on social media and who he is running with.

the guy who disbelieves? wrote:

dbjared wrote:

Will be interested to see the Strava from today's run. 9:30 average going into

Medicine Hat - drops to doing much less and taking breaks every three miles.

...

Then, Popeye eats his spinach:

I take it you have adopted the role on this thread (and the other one you started) of being the person to question the validity of the run?

Any specific reason you have chosen this role for yourself or is it just in your nature?

Scrutiny is what it's called and it's the patron to all great records!!

Tron wrote:

the guy who disbelieves? wrote:

I take it you have adopted the role on this thread (and the other one you started) of being the person to question the validity of the run?

Any specific reason you have chosen this role for yourself or is it just in your nature?

yeah, I don't see anything suspicious about his run. He almost always has someone running with him (and their data on strava corresponds to his or at least would witness any wrongdoing). He is on the major highway so I'm sure if he was catching rides it would be seen by someone. His team is has a good supply of pictures of where he is on social media and who he is running with.

Tron,

I can't say that there's anything suspicious about it. What you said is quite true. Just wondering what the

thinking is? I think he wanted to make it to Maple Creek to stay just one day behind, but I don't understand the late push.

Hot day. He was rocking steady, then seemed to take it on the chin for several hours. Wondering if he is running himself into exhaustion, every day. Ten week challenge and eight more to go.

I guess it’s loyalty to Al (who died 2 years ago), and the record that was his signature legacy. I benefited more than Al in many ways, as a medium-ability runner who tagged along & got in great shape & met a lot of big names. No one else who was there is young enough or involved in the sport enough to speak for Al.

My concern specifically is the faster pace, when Al was such a strong runner (he already held the competitive 1300-mile record then, and bettered it after). I wouldn’t have thought such an improvement was possible.

What's happening to posts in this thread? I haven't read anything controversial, but the post count went down from 176 to 173 since I last checked.

Fair enough. I guess answer for today was extreme winds with last part of his run a huge tailwind. From his Instagram post today:

I'm not sure about 100km sustained winds, but the weather report shows 40-50km/h mid-afternoon from the west. Would have been a nice ride!

Up and at 'em, 10 miles in and crossed the border into Saskatchewan. Not the most picturesque days ahead but they should at least be fairly flat.

Er... wrote:

I'm not sure about 100km sustained winds, but the weather report shows 40-50km/h mid-afternoon from the west. Would have been a nice ride!

Up and at 'em, 10 miles in and crossed the border into Saskatchewan. Not the most picturesque days ahead but they should at least be fairly flat.

Yeah, maybe a bit of exaggeration but if there were tornado warnings, I'm sure he had a few good gusts of wind yesterday

Yeah, he’s having the longest best run of his life. But it’s always a problem if he’s never liked such distances in an actual race.

jesseriley wrote:

Yeah, he’s having the longest best run of his life. But it’s always a problem if he’s never liked such distances in an actual race.

sorry, what post were you replying to? I don't get your last sentence

As Dave posted today: “ another excellent day. Welcome to Saskatchewan. Things are starting to come together “

Good pace for today’s run. He thought he’d get into his groove on these prairie runs

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