What’s the deal with Mike Shattuck - currently running 275 mpw

He is a hero in the ultra community. Ultra running: if you aren’t fast enough, just run further.

His goal in life was to get a thread about him on LetsRun. So, thanks to you all for helping his dream become reality. The only downside to this is that he no longer has any goals for his life. Oh well.

There was a Japanese dude who ran a marathon / day for a month or maybe 100 days. Felt like he was a lot more impressive.

Found him:

https://www.strava.com/athletes/33176261

That 'block' is insane. But you sure that dude is running 275 mpw and not kmpw? The Japanese guy ran like 296kmpw.

japanese dude wrote:

But you sure that dude is running 275 mpw and not kmpw? The Japanese guy ran like 296kmpw.

I take it back, did some googling and indeed your guy is now running mpw. But its silly like a run her a run there. Japanese guy went out and ran 42.2 straight each day and at a pretty decent 6:00/k pace.

Years ago I would log my runs on dailymile. You may remember it mainly as a pre-strava uber-positive safe space for slower runners. Anyway, there were people that would log more than 100 miles a week at insanely slow paces, like 12 mim pace. It was crazy to see someone have that kind of consistency and mileage and remain that slow. And they'd never improve, partly because they weren't naturally fast runners but also because they didn't add much variation to their training. Anyway, the site would have these challenges and this woman would join and run her 120 miles a week and other slow people would demand she admit she was faking it, and you'd witness this hysterical drama between hobbyjoggers. Funny as hell.

BTW there was this guy martin parnell who ran 5 marathons a week for a year at age like 65 a few years ago. i think his goal was 250 marathons in one year and he got it.

[quote]mypredictor wrote:

Anyway, there were people that would log more than 100 miles a week at insanely slow paces, like 12 mim pace. It was crazy to see someone have that kind of consistency and mileage and remain that slow.[/quote ]

I've done that and I'm not slow in races when I race. I wouldn't argue that it's good training, but there are lots of reasons for slow paces. For me, I'm on trails, often in the mountains, often with poor footing. I always have a dog, sometimes really a really old one like my first dog in her later years, or my current do who isn't a great runner and has been limping on/off due to an injury last summer. I value the being outside in nature part of running all the time, but only rarely am I "training" for anything. I have nothing to prove by keeping my average weekly training pace impressive looking, so even if I was actually training for something, the average pace would be slow.

Stupid. Death by running!

Sorry,

But I am just not impressed with people who just run further because they are not fast enough to be elite. Many are just attention seekers who get a thrill when some couch potato co worker says " what...you ran how far? I wouldn't even want to drive that far" if you get your kicks from this then you are pathetic. Way more impressive would be if you would challenge yourself to get the absolute most out of your ability at some reasonable distance. I have a friend who ran a 2:42 marathon, and was looking for praise from me because I was a good 10 minutes slower. He looked at me a bit perplexed when I told him his result was pathetic because anyone who can run 1:10 in the half, and 30:30 for 10k, should in my opinion be running well under 2:30. A 2:42 for him was just a fast training run. When I ran my PR in the marathon I couldn't walk 40 feet afterwards without having to stop. I think I got the most out of myself. That is what I expect of everyone who wants to call themselves a true runner and race, regardless of your ability. Longer is better is a cop out. You guys are just weaklings.

Long time runner but never have used let’s run. Heard a lot about the toxicity. First thread I read and whoop, there it is. She runs a 2:52 marathon and in the same post manages to put down people both slower and 10 mins faster than her. You’re trying too hard, sweetie.

Since when is walking (15 min pace) considered running?

You have no idea what this person is going through.

Most people on LR have tunnel vision and think running revolves around getting faster. That's the whole rat race mentality.

Some people run for entirely different reasons. I have no idea and it's none of my business. He may be going through some rough patch in life. He may be dealing with loss. He may be pushing himself through some pain he couldn't deal with any other way. Who knows.

Rocket2 wrote:

a bunch of self-important crap

Ok.

I read that he’s aiming to / “training” for a 20,000 mile year in 2020. That’s 54.8 miles per day. I won’t claim to 100% understand the motivation, but that will be kind of amazing if he can pull it off. Walking, running, jogging, whatever... a human moving himself over 20,000 miles in a year is insane.

Proust wrote:

You have no idea what this person is going through.

Most people on LR have tunnel vision and think running revolves around getting faster. That's the whole rat race mentality.

Some people run for entirely different reasons. I have no idea and it's none of my business. He may be going through some rough patch in life. He may be dealing with loss. He may be pushing himself through some pain he couldn't deal with any other way. Who knows.

lol

This guy is the GOAT for this type of activity:

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a24893633/pete-kostelnick-alaska-florida-run/

55 miles a day average for 97 straight days.

That is all.

agree.

but I think you’ll agree that 365 is more than 97.

You sure treated your "friend" like crap.

I don't know. I tried to contact him but he was out on a run.

Although Pete Kostelnick has obviously done great things and journeyed far, I don't think he is (yet) the GOAT of this type of activity (which he, a young fellow, very well may become eventually).

There are two french guys who deserve a mention in this regard.

Serge Girard holds the record for longest distance in a calendar year with 27,011 km ~ 16 787 miles.

Patrick Malandain –a then 56 year old man– ran 10 000 km ~ 6215 miles in 99 days 4 hours and 12 minutes back in 2016.