Pete Kostelnick began his transcontinental record attempt today (September 12)

3:07 is slow af

GTFOH

Markus Mueller Busted wrote:

LOL ... Markus is busted.

Markus wrote:

We will never know if Frank Gianninos record was real. It is very difficult to believe that since according to his website he never did any ultras besides his 2 Trans America runs. Very hard to believe.

Markus Mueller • 6 months ago

Frank Giannino's record claim from 1980 is very questionable for a runner who never did a ultrarace according to his website. 67 miles per day would put you in the category of the worlds best multiday runners. It is very hard to believe that Giannino just pulled that off in 1980 without any multi day running knowledge. What probably happened was that Stan Cottrell had just finished his "record run" across the country and Giannino had to be faster than that. There are reports that Cottrell didn't run the whole distance each day.

https://gearjunkie.com/adam-kimble-runs-across-usa-gearjunkie-mobile-office

Busted for what? Chill out everyone, Markus pointed out that we don't know if what happened in NINETEEN-EIGHTY was legit or not. That is of course correct. Markus is THE person who pointed out Robert Young's fraud. I hope Pete crushes this with 1s-interval GPS/HR/cadence data for the whole way and really set the modern standard.

Hi, Markus Mueller!!!

Crawl back in your hole.

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Markus Mueller Busted wrote:

Hi, Markus Mueller!!!

Crawl back in your hole.

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So what are your arguments exactly?

Running 70 miles per day for weeks is not a thing you can pick up in a supermarket. Nobody had done anything like that in the 70ies or 80.

Al Howie was the first ultrarunner who ran more than 60+ miles through Canada in 1991 and he has other races to confirm his running excellence.

Giannino "improved his daily mileage from 48.067 to 66.935 miles in one year. That's almost a 40% increase.

I stand to my opinion that Frank Giannino's run in 1980 didn't happen in the way it was told. Can I prove it? No, but Frank Giannino can't prove it either. Claims like this are only believable with a race background similar to that feat.

Pete Kostelnick for example had the 2nd best 24 h performance world wide last year, he ran and won lots of other races and a did a 7 day run across Iowa.

You just don't wake up one day and run 70 miles per day for weeks that's not possible.

I know, I know that is all difficult to comprehend if you never done a multiday race yourself. And don't believe me. Over the years I asked a lot of older US ultrarunners regarding Frank Giannino and nobody could say anything about him.

As I mentioned before, I asked David Horton specifically about this, and he said Giannino's run was legit. I forget how how worded it, but there was no waffling. Of course that is just his opinion, but it's a pretty highly regarded one.

Pete must think it's legit too, since he is starting and finishing in the same place, and doing it at the same time of year. I didn't ask him specifically, but I never heard any kind of comment that something over 46d8hr would probably still be the fastest.

Anyway, back to Pete's run. Looks like it could be a rainy week to the finish, but not too bad. It seems like the record is all his, but their support car getting hit just shows how easily the run could still go off the rails. They still need to focus on this health and safety and just continuing to do everything they've done for another week.

Pete is using the process figured out by Giannino as already stated. That process is working extremely well for Pete. Giannino was a trail blazer. Pete is proving that Giannino knew what he was doing. Giannino's record is legit based on what Pete has done so far.

Pete could go faster on a second attempt. If he could run 77-79 per day he could knock a several days off what will soon be his record. I don't see him stopping at this point.

Onward, Pete wrote:

Giannino was a trail blazer. Pete is proving that Giannino knew what he was doing. Giannino's record is legit based on what Pete has done so far.

How can Pete's run now approve Giannino's run 36 years ago?

Pete is using the process figured out by Giannino as already stated. That process is working extremely well for Pete.

Weirdddd wrote:

Conneaut lake blue streak?

Killer technology...... wrote:

[quote]Racergirl wrote:

[quote]Blind Drivers wrote:

If Pete was a month earlier, he could have taken the last ride on the Blue Streak!

oops, it was the Mean streak Cedar Point shut down. The Blue streak still going strong despite a lot of ups and downs.

Pete will be out of Ohio in the early morning. Another state left in his dust.

MAGA wrote:

Markus is THE person who pointed out Robert Young's fraud.

That was Asher Delmott.

Markus is a slow quitter that is derailing this thread. Be gone.

MMGA wrote:

MAGA wrote:

Markus is THE person who pointed out Robert Young's fraud.

That was Asher Delmott.

Markus is a slow quitter that is derailing this thread. Be gone.

I think Markus pointed out the Mojave incident first. But Asher Delmott was the first to have a look at RY's "running".

Looks like mere minutes left in Ohio unless he stops to chill in West Hill, OH.

Wow. Pennsylvania. Enjoy the non-stop rollers.

Right about 400 miles left at his mid day break just inside PA. Another 32 today + 72 Thurs-Sun leaves him 80 for Monday, or 33 +73*4 leaves him 75. I can't see him stopping in NJ Monday afternoon and coming into NY pre-dawn or burning even more time to come in the morning where I assume there will be some kind of press coverage, so I'd think he'd finish up late afternoon on a big Monday. That'd be 42 days and double digit hours.

Agreed . . . Pete will add a few more miles the last few days. Maybe get a super early start the last day. Or, to maximize PR value, he might time it to finish near the end of the work day to give more supporters a chance to see him finish.

Kind of LOL at myself for doing these calculations. Pete says he's obsessed with numbers and doing math while he's running to figure out pace and finish time and stuff like that during races. I can guarantee he's not going to run these next 3-4 days by just feel and then figure out on the last day when it'd be best to finish. He's already decided whether he's going to stretch these next few days or go for a big final day or a little of both.

Pete will finish as fast as he can. After all he is going for a new record.

Another 72+ mile day. Monday finish is on target.