This thread was originally titled, "Incredible development in the $612,000 Transcon Goodge run, currently ongoing" but the new title is more descriptive. The description of the run is here.
Yep, there's the recalibration. Up to 50 day target now, which is still very bullish, and no joke. So, that's seven people who all have to conjure at least 70 more days of their lives combined that they didn't count on. That's why mad and crazy goals can have a tough blowback. Some serious logistics now and all for what is merely an adventure and no longer a particularly big deal. You don't need 7 people for an adventure of someone "out there having fun in a Hawaiian shirt" - a couple of you in the van can do it easy.
But after the nightmare of last year, this has been so refreshing to see what the wonderful and absorbing sport of multidaying is all about. It has so much drama and intrigue. In the coming days just watch how Goodge absolutely destroys Paul, in all aspects. And all off an HR of 105. Note: Paul has 12 minutes on WG for the marathon, and trains around 7-8 times as hard with 130m weekly loads to WGs 20.
Thanks all, been a fascinating few days. We got our Transcon back! And good for Pete to finally get some lip service from Paul, who never mentionned or paid tribute to him in the 3 month build up, at least as far as I could tell, which was a poor show.
Will can you provide a short very brief summary of the PK record run? When did it happen? How do you know that one was real? keep it brief and slang-free o please.
Beaten to the punch above, but in a nutshell, a granite like, immaculate run, Fall 2016. So consistent, gnarly and hard-bitten. Nothing outlandish, and littered with problematic sessions, but no real disasters.
Heart rate is fine, usually 130-160 of a day. Spasmodic at times, but two watches, and being tracked by satellite. Observed a lot, including by Giannino [1980 incumbent], who was most impressed by his pace.
Balenger and Goodge's heart rates are never spasmodic. They are rock steady, consistently, clearly way out, 90% of the time, far, far too low. Pete's biggest problems were that his pulse would sometimes shoot too high, like "his heart trying to come out of his body in Alien," as one commenter observed. There are many documented reasons for this, especially when the effort is great. He would write little essays about it on his Strava. Also, the tech has tightened a bit since then.
But the most important thing of all for efforts like this is does the subject show FORM? Are they capable of what they say? PK had battered himself through 5 years of fine Ultra racing going into it, with countless wins and an electrifying triumph at Badwater that summer. Goodge all but never races Ultra, and when he does he's absolutely dire; Johnson similar, with some horror results, that in no way suggested he could do anything of note here.
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Fascinating post, thank you. If I found my guide had me doing 13 mile detours that were not obligatory I'd be furious. A classic case of how really forensic prep can save loads. It's all connected to why the Transcon veers between 2,800 and 3,300 - stuff like this.
Speaking of Goodge…did he bandit the Paris Half marathon? He ran it and posted pics, but I didn’t see a bib and he’s not in the results.
Looks like it. Some may say a trivial misdemeanor, but it's 75 euro entry, a free pace-made run on traffic free roads, all the refreshments and facilities during it, the Strava brag and 1,500 kudos, and he's even posted footage of him accepting the large, impressive medal.
Well, he's admitted it's not happening. Folded on day 4 despite being pretty aggressive with anyone questioning the plan. He claims he will have fun now, wear Hawaiian shirts, and finish in 50 days. I say we see the adjusted plan collapse in another 5 days tops.
Tough to see him basically accelerating from here for the 50 finish. Can he beat Goodge's 55? Surely little chance.
Their head to head stats are interesting and WGs ruse is well and truly on already. His heart would now lock on to 107-110 for the next 6 days, before I threatened to report them to the authorities for wire fraud. That did the trick and on day 13 he showed a 138. But the ceasefire didn't last long.
Tough to see him basically accelerating from here for the 50 finish. Can he beat Goodge's 55? Surely little chance.
Their head to head stats are interesting and WGs ruse is well and truly on already. His heart would now lock on to 107-110 for the next 6 days, before I threatened to report them to the authorities for wire fraud. That did the trick and on day 13 he showed a 138. But the ceasefire didn't last long.
Here they are after 5:
WG 51.8 6:19 132 PJ 63.2 6:12 147
WG 52.2 7:48 120 PJ 75 6:16 145
WG 52 7:45 115 PJ 63 6:57 135
WG 52.1 7:09 115 PJ 80.7 7:20 133
WG 52 8:10 107 PJ 18 7:00 133
WG 51 7:37 108 PJ ??
But Will, you're overlooking the all important difference maker: NuCalm!
Tough to see him basically accelerating from here for the 50 finish. Can he beat Goodge's 55? Surely little chance.
Their head to head stats are interesting and WGs ruse is well and truly on already. His heart would now lock on to 107-110 for the next 6 days, before I threatened to report them to the authorities for wire fraud. That did the trick and on day 13 he showed a 138. But the ceasefire didn't last long.
Here they are after 5:
WG 51.8 6:19 132 PJ 63.2 6:12 147
WG 52.2 7:48 120 PJ 75 6:16 145
WG 52 7:45 115 PJ 63 6:57 135
WG 52.1 7:09 115 PJ 80.7 7:20 133
WG 52 8:10 107 PJ 18 7:00 133
WG 51 7:37 108 PJ ??
But Will, you're overlooking the all important difference maker: NuCalm!
Well... possibly... [in his best Blackadder voice]
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Meanwhile, we have more outlandish runfluencing to savour today, thru to the 11th. Lululemon are putting on a private women only 6 day race to promote their brand of women's only apparel.
The field of 10 appears to be remarkably ill-suited to multidaying, and horribly inexperienced. Two appear to be in line for some sort of death-march. Even the marathon would be rather provocative. Yes, I get they're trying to open up the sport to all types, but it's like saying to new surfers, "here, come to Portugal and try this wave in a lovely place Nazare! It's got the world record for the world's most beautiful, elegant, curvaceous wave..." [They leave out the word 'biggest']
Of all the places in the world they could have put it on, they've gone for a loop that's 60% dirt, 20% gravel. And 2.5 miles is too long as it will take some nearly an hour to get back to base each time round.
Herron is after Kouros's male world record. Feisty. S'all kicking off...
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Paul off at sparrow's chirp today [0230 hrs], and something very odd has happened. At 0320 he was on 3.4 miles for the day - spot on what you'd expect; but at 0340 he was on 8.4.
But Will, you're overlooking the all important difference maker: NuCalm!
Well... possibly... [in his best Blackadder voice]
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Meanwhile, we have more outlandish runfluencing to savour today, thru to the 11th. Lululemon are putting on a private women only 6 day race to promote their brand of women's only apparel.
The field of 10 appears to be remarkably ill-suited to multidaying, and horribly inexperienced. Two appear to be in line for some sort of death-march. Even the marathon would be rather provocative. Yes, I get they're trying to open up the sport to all types, but it's like saying to new surfers, "here, come to Portugal and try this wave in a lovely place Nazare! It's got the world record for the world's most beautiful, elegant, curvaceous wave..." [They leave out the word 'biggest']
Of all the places in the world they could have put it on, they've gone for a loop that's 60% dirt, 20% gravel. And 2.5 miles is too long as it will take some nearly an hour to get back to base each time round.
Herron is after Kouros's male world record. Feisty. S'all kicking off...
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Paul off at sparrow's chirp today [0230 hrs], and something very odd has happened. At 0320 he was on 3.4 miles for the day - spot on what you'd expect; but at 0340 he was on 8.4.
Do I not like that!!
*First time change, hence going off at 0230, but the missing 3 miles still stands. Most strange.
So... 3 hours done for the day and it's all inexplicable stuff. 15:46 miles and every single split nailed on to what you would expect, except for one, which is impossible. He's swarming all over WR pace like a tramp on chips, and his projection in a couple of hours has gone from 47.9 days to 46.9.
He hasn't travelled at this pace since Saturday. Their media work has gone through the roof and his long 'Live' no way had a guy gobbling up 15.4 miles in 2:50.
Rob and I have had a good chat. It must have been a glitch and an absolutely outstanding 2nd hour of the day where he pushed 7 miles. Wild. I'll dismiss the 5 miles in 30 mins as an oddity.
But Will, you're overlooking the all important difference maker: NuCalm!
Well... possibly... [in his best Blackadder voice]
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Meanwhile, we have more outlandish runfluencing to savour today, thru to the 11th. Lululemon are putting on a private women only 6 day race to promote their brand of women's only apparel.
The field of 10 appears to be remarkably ill-suited to multidaying, and horribly inexperienced. Two appear to be in line for some sort of death-march. Even the marathon would be rather provocative. Yes, I get they're trying to open up the sport to all types, but it's like saying to new surfers, "here, come to Portugal and try this wave in a lovely place Nazare! It's got the world record for the world's most beautiful, elegant, curvaceous wave..." [They leave out the word 'biggest']
Of all the places in the world they could have put it on, they've gone for a loop that's 60% dirt, 20% gravel. And 2.5 miles is too long as it will take some nearly an hour to get back to base each time round.
Herron is after Kouros's male world record. Feisty. S'all kicking off...
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Paul off at sparrow's chirp today [0230 hrs], and something very odd has happened. At 0320 he was on 3.4 miles for the day - spot on what you'd expect; but at 0340 he was on 8.4.
Do I not like that!!
The lululemon women are off. Tracking is supposed to be here
I have finally settled on his 40 minute splits today. I am not calling sharp practice, only a huge anomaly. But good to have this on record, so that if it happens again we have every right to cry foul.
2.5 5.9 2.45 3.6 1.65 3.7
The 3.6 and 3.7 are really outstanding world class marks, and the 5.9 is over 2 miles up on them. No chance it happened, but let's put it down as a glitch. This time!
Well... possibly... [in his best Blackadder voice]
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Meanwhile, we have more outlandish runfluencing to savour today, thru to the 11th. Lululemon are putting on a private women only 6 day race to promote their brand of women's only apparel.
The field of 10 appears to be remarkably ill-suited to multidaying, and horribly inexperienced. Two appear to be in line for some sort of death-march. Even the marathon would be rather provocative. Yes, I get they're trying to open up the sport to all types, but it's like saying to new surfers, "here, come to Portugal and try this wave in a lovely place Nazare! It's got the world record for the world's most beautiful, elegant, curvaceous wave..." [They leave out the word 'biggest']
Of all the places in the world they could have put it on, they've gone for a loop that's 60% dirt, 20% gravel. And 2.5 miles is too long as it will take some nearly an hour to get back to base each time round.
Herron is after Kouros's male world record. Feisty. S'all kicking off...
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Paul off at sparrow's chirp today [0230 hrs], and something very odd has happened. At 0320 he was on 3.4 miles for the day - spot on what you'd expect; but at 0340 he was on 8.4.
The pandemonium begins. Absurd they can't even figure out the starting clock. It is a wonderful set of starting names, straight out of a Tarantino movie. No Beatrix Kiddo or Pai Mei, but we have:
Montana Farrah-Seaton
Stefanie Flippin
Camille Herron
Kayla Jeter
Xiaomeng Jia
Yoon Young Kang
Vriko Kwok
Mirna Valerio
Devon Yanko
Leah Yingling
A creative writer - or John Lennon - could not have come up with a set of more colourful and atmospheric names. Not a Laura Muir in sight!
I am trying to find the name in there that's going to go out steady and demure, keep their head down and cruise through to the end and not get into big trouble. But they all sound like they've been taken straight out of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.