His delorme tracking sight seems weird today.
There now is also a Petimus Kostelnick listed as well, and it isn't showing the tracks for each day. I miss the blue dots.
Looks to be cruising into the outskirts of Nappanee, IN.
His delorme tracking sight seems weird today.
There now is also a Petimus Kostelnick listed as well, and it isn't showing the tracks for each day. I miss the blue dots.
Looks to be cruising into the outskirts of Nappanee, IN.
ruppandroll wrote:
His delorme tracking sight seems weird today.
There now is also a Petimus Kostelnick listed as well, and it isn't showing the tracks for each day. I miss the blue dots.
Looks to be cruising into the outskirts of Nappanee, IN.
Tap the + sign in the circle to the right of his name and the dots and prior routes will appear. The + will turn into a - sign.
Yay...I see dots again. Thanks!!!
Mr. Dependable turned in another 72 miles today. Looks strong from the Facebook posts.
Unless some jealous Brit runs him down with an RV I don't see anything stopping Pete.
By my google mapping, Pete's distance from the finish after this Day 34 is miles of 656 = 9 * 72.9.
He started this transcon at 8am PST (11am EST) Sept 12.
If he just keeps doing what he's doing plus a smidgen more, he'll finish at the end of 9 more days on Day 43, Oct 24, about 4 pm EST.
The new record would then be 42 days, 5 hours.
(Check my math.)
That's over 4 days reduced from Frank Giannino Jr.'s listed 1980 record of 46 days, 8 hours, 36 minutes. Pete has over 4 days of buffer now! He would break the record if he dropped down to 50.5 miles/day (13 days * 50.5 miles = 656.5 miles)
But anything can happen in ultra ultra running. Bad weather. Illness. Injury. Bonk/Fatigue.
What should Pete do? Given the huge buffer to break the record, I would suggest backing off 1 day from the current finishing goal: drop the daily mileage to 656/10 = 65.6 miles/day. That's dropping an hour a day of running; adding an hour more recovery. That greatly reduces the risk of compounding fatigue.
What would you advise?
mogisdogis wrote:
What would you advise?
Don't change a thing -- 70-72 / day.
Why mess with success? Stay in the groove with 70 +/- 2 mile days.
ruppandroll wrote:
Why mess with success? Stay in the groove with 70 +/- 2 mile days.
Exactly. Ohio!!
ruppandroll wrote:
Why mess with success? Stay in the groove with 70 +/- 2 mile days.
He started out running 78 and 79. He should run 71-72 the next 7 days. He can do 78-80 the last two days to get it done. Sleeping to end on the next day well before noon adds 11 hours to the record.
He may slow a bit getting across Pennsylvania, due to the endless hills. TransAm bikers always say the PA. hills are as tough or even tougher than the Rockies. Still a great crossing. YMMV
Seems there was a traffic accident with a truck running into the back of the RV. The RV had been replaced and Pete is continuing.
From Facebook:
"Day 35 morning: Pete started running at 3:57am with Matt. At approximately 4:20am the Mav was parked on the side of the road. Chuck and Dean were staging to support Pete and a truck came from behind and hit the Mav. We are very happy to report that Chuck and Dean are safe and did not suffer any physical injuries. On the other hand, The Mav is totaled. Shortly after Pete and Matt came on the scene of the accident, they were able to continue with support from Cinder and a local fan, Greg, who was out on his motorcycle to show his support. We are picking up another vehicle and continuing our efforts as planned, relying on your prayers and the generosity of others to help keep us all safe. #runrestrepete"
Yiannis wrote:
...At approximately 4:20am the Mav was parked on the side of the road. Chuck and Dean were staging to support Pete and a truck came from behind and hit the Mav....
There are an amazing number of accidents caused by people plowing into stopped cars on the road, and even going onto a shoulder to hit them. I cannot explain what those people are thinking. When smash into something that isn't moving, and often has emergency lights flashing. The driver rear ending the vehicle is entirely at fault. There is no explanation they can give that could clear them of fault.
Yiannis wrote:
Seems there was a traffic accident with a truck running into the back of the RV. The RV had been replaced and Pete is continuing.
From Facebook:
"Day 35 morning: Pete started running at 3:57am with Matt. At approximately 4:20am the Mav was parked on the side of the road. Chuck and Dean were staging to support Pete and a truck came from behind and hit the Mav. We are very happy to report that Chuck and Dean are safe and did not suffer any physical injuries. On the other hand, The Mav is totaled. Shortly after Pete and Matt came on the scene of the accident, they were able to continue with support from Cinder and a local fan, Greg, who was out on his motorcycle to show his support. We are picking up another vehicle and continuing our efforts as planned, relying on your prayers and the generosity of others to help keep us all safe. #runrestrepete"
Yet another transcon RV is abandoned in the vicinity of Indiana. Will this become the bermuda triangle of transcon RVs?
It wasn't the RV, but rather the car that stops every 1-3 miles for him. The RV goes to the mid day point and then the end of the day stop. I'd guess the RV was used today for all day support until they get a replacement vehicle.
Looks like he took a short wrong turn this morning, and now is stopped? Early lunch?
He's back on the move now; headed through Sandusky.
I have him finishing Oct 25th @ 72mp 9 days left. Still a new record. The guy is amazing.
MarathonMind wrote:
I have him finishing Oct 25th @ 72mp 9 days left. Still a new record. The guy is amazing.
I have him finishing Oct 24th. After today's Day 36, Oct 17th mileage of 72.x, remaining distance is 516.x miles.
That's about
517 miles =
73.8 miles/day * 7 days OR
72.0 miles/day * 6 days + 85 miles/day * 1 day.
Either of those plans or similar will lead to a finish in 7 more days, on October 24th.
Blind Drivers wrote:
There are an amazing number of accidents caused by people plowing into stopped cars on the road, and even going onto a shoulder to hit them. I cannot explain what those people are thinking. When smash into something that isn't moving, and often has emergency lights flashing. The driver rear ending the vehicle is entirely at fault. There is no explanation they can give that could clear them of fault.
Target fixation: you steer towards what your eyes see - often the cause of single vehicle motorcycle crashes (looking at be tree or the roadkill and not round the bend in the road). If you move your head to look at your main target instead of just your eyes, your shoulders (or hands on the steering wheel) will follow.
I am really hoping Pete gets this record smashed: fantastic :)
Motorcycle
Target fixation: you steer towards what your eyes see ....
The vast majority of people do not drive themselves into a wall. The person who rear-ended the run support car is entirely at fault. A target fixation claim will not erase their fault. The wreck was ugly (see link below).
Meanwhile, Pete is on track to finish ahead of schedule in 44 days, as someone above claimed. The prior record is a tough one of 46 days by Frank Giannino, and it took him a second attempt to get that. His first attempt took 60 days.