Ian, any chance we could get a list of the things you've done (like this, the 200 mile week etc) and how you feel they've affected your training, be it positively or negatively? And how you train normally, and the results of that? Didn't you permanently injure your leg doing one of them? I'd love to see a list of all these things and the results of them.
I'm kicking myself because I've been off the boards for a few days and just came back today and found this gem. Ian, you are a badass, and I rank this thread (and your endeavor in general) right up there with epic threads like: 100 miles, 100 beers, Death before Dishonor, and the Sub-4 mile downhill thread. I would love to do something like this one day.
man, this thread was awesome! i felt like i was at mission control, and when success wass finally achieved, it was as if applause rang out and i was shaking hands and smoking cigars, and then my cat jumped in my lap and awoke me from my day-dream.
anywho - this thread is a testament to the awesomeness of letsrun. LRC for life!
ian edwards wrote:
I think I can do it. I'm going to start at midnight. Every hour on the hour, I'm going to head out the door for 2 miles. All slow easy pace. I'll end up with 48 miles if I do it right.
I don't know if I'll get any sleep or not but I'm going to try. I don't have anything important to do tomorrow so that won't be a problem.
Today marks one year since Ian Edward's epic run. I randomly thought about Ian's run today and decided to look it up again, finding that it happened exactly one year ago! Funny. So I decided this deserves to be brought to the front page again. Ian you are still a beast and a legend, and also crazy, but that's good. It would be awesome to see more posts like this on Letsrun! I am inspired to do something crazy with running! Hope all is well my friend.
I remembered it as one mile every hour. Saw the 2 miles every hour and thought he was trumping himself with a new challenge. My memory is fading.
Good on ya, ian edwards.
This was a classic. Right up there with the Big Mac 10k.
Reminds me of how he never met his goal of 25:00 for 8k...
i just read this whole thread thinking it was happening right now... didn't realize it was 2012 until his last run. haha
check out this race which is currently ongoing until 2014
6 DAY RACE HAS BIG YANOS IN IT
LEADERS AT 300MILE IN 72 HOURS
Bruce Denton. wrote:
Today marks one year since Ian Edward's epic run. I randomly thought about Ian's run today and decided to look it up again, finding that it happened exactly one year ago! Funny. So I decided this deserves to be brought to the front page again. Ian you are still a beast and a legend, and also crazy, but that's good. It would be awesome to see more posts like this on Letsrun! I am inspired to do something crazy with running! Hope all is well my friend.
Tempted to try this starting at midnight. Good idea for 2014.
Bump because this was epic as hell and deserves more attention.
@wejo here was the post you were looking for in the triple century post.
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Did this Ian Edwards guy improve his times or was this just a challenge?
fortworthrunner wrote:
Bump because this was epic as hell and deserves more attention.
Seems like a great way to get in a lot of time at a specific pace really quickly.
I'd guess that one could run 3 miles at marathon pace every hour. No need to do 24 hrs, just 18-20 will suffice if you get an early start and can sleep in the next day.
3*18 = 54 miles at marathon pace in a normal length day.
I've never done more than ~5 runs for a total of ~20 miles in a day, but I wasn't too sore afterward and that was at a time when running 20 miles continuously would have crushed me. The sleep deprivation of starting 24 hrs at midnight probably quadruples the difficulty.
I don't think that doing a 54 mile day like this would be all that stressful for a fit high mileage runner. And you'd get a couple week's worth of pace work in a single day. The real benefit is likely neuromuscular.
Things start to get insane once you take it down to around 5K pace though. At that point it would be 1 mile @ 5K every hour. I have no idea how hard the 5th or 6th mile would be. The downside is you might want to warmup/cooldown with at least a couple laps. I'd say you can get in at least 15 miles @ 5K pace in a single day without being sore/tired the next day, if 15 miles is already a regular medium day's running for you.
Here's my training plan: Weekend of Letsrun. "Weekend of Edwards"?
Day 1: 15x 1 mile @ 5K pace. + ~10 miles warmup/cooldown
Day 2: 18x 3 mile @ Marathon pace.
Makes for a ~80 mile weekend with 70 miles at race pace. No need to run during the week, maybe just some speedwork.
Just to be clear, here's the plan one more time
Here's my training plan: Weekend of Letsrun. "Weekend of Edwards"?
Saturday: 15x 1 mile @ 5K pace every hour. + ~10 miles warmup/cooldown
Sunday: 18x 3 mile @ Marathon pace. every hour
Makes for a ~80 mile weekend with 70 miles at race pace. No need to run during the week, maybe just some speedwork and lifting.
Read more:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4974186&page=14#ixzz4QoJr6XtE
Just read this entire thread while dropping a duece. I cannot feel my legs now, so I empathize with the OP.
Does Ian still post here? How did he turn out?
Cool thread.
I just told my brother about this and he said he's gonna try it and went out the door for his first run. No way this ends well for him.
fortworthrunner wrote:
Bump because this was epic as hell and deserves more attention.
Welcome back to the boards, Ian!