Official 1,000 mile WR attempt by Nedd Brockman live discussion thread. Can he break the 10 day, 10 hours record?

Love how this thread brought out all the resentful little rats. Keep pretending that this is about "respecting the old days" and not about you miserable fcks being jealous that some young guy is getting more eyes on him than you ever did. Pathetic.

Hilarious to see that absolute flea Will Cockerall is quiet in the chat now after saying Ned would give up the last few days. Yet he’s still going. People like him give Ultra Runners a seriously bad name and I for one am extremely embarrassed by that negative loser. I hope he goes and hangs out with his kids today instead of bringing his negativity to a tik tok live stream

Not quite.

Nedd's 23km behind Sandra's 6 Day PB and then world record of 883km from Campbelltown 6 Day 1990.

He's 56km ahead of Sandra's 6 day split of 804km from the Sri Chinmoy 1300 Mile 1991. This was the race in which Sandra went through the 1000 mile mark in 12 days 14 hours, before continuing on to finish the race about 5 days later.

I'd more embarrassed about being a brain dead groupie. He looks great, just starting to really pick up the pace now. Will you be supporting him doing laps in the car park for the last 3 to 5 days?

Hey William,

23 weeks of vitriol into applause is incredibly brave of you.

Still thinking that 750 miles is the max Nedd will achieve in the required time?

What's the distance he can run that will seal your approval?

Thanks xx

You've posted more comments in this thread in the last six days than any of his zoomer tiktok viewers. Who's the real groupie here?

How does that relate to being a groupie?

I'm fascinated, I hoped he'd train properly and do well. Obviously the 'record' goal was a complete joke, but i still thought he could do 15 days. Maybe he still can.

hobbling badly now. If he had just done a sensible pace, he was a 750 man... but tough to see him continuing for much longer. Just did a 7 minute lap

What's the distance that would seal your approval?

anything over 700 is good, and over 800 outstanding - in the 10 days he stated. That was the really obnoxious part. Kouros wasn't enough for him - he needed to crow about being nearly half a day better. Sheer madness.

It's a similar comparison when comparing Nedd's 6 Day split of 860km to Bryan Smith's Australian records for 6 Day and 1000 Miles.

Sure, Nedd is well behind Bryan's record of 1002km from Colac 6 Day. However, when Bryan set the 1000 Mile Aust record at Nanango of 11 days 23 hours, he had a 6 day split of 859km, remarkably similar to Nedd!

It will be interesting to see how closely their performances compare at 10 days, when Bryan had accumulated 1377km.

Nedd will have more favourable running conditions in the coming days, compared to heat in which Bryan ran. Despite Bryan leading the race at Nanango after six days, he faded in the closing days to eventually finish 10 hours behind Lithuanian Petras Silkinas.

Of course, it's not only dependent on Nedd's body and performance holding together, but also the track availability for the additional day/s.

Unfortunately for Nedd, if he does better Bryan's 1000 mile time, it won't be admissible as an Australian record.

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You were very into specifics & semantics earlier Will, when others were commenting - not so much now obviously. 10 hours compared to the clearly stated below?

The post which (I assume) caught your attention earlier this year read;

"October 3rd 2024, I’ll be attempting to break the world record for the fastest time to cover 1000 miles (1610km) on foot, while aiming to raise 10 million dollars to help Aussies experiencing homelessness in the process. The current record stands at 10 days, 10 hours, 30 minutes and 36 seconds.
This record has stood since 1988, and for good reason. To break it down, that’s roughly 160 kilometres a day for 10 days in order to break the record. It would be ridiculous of me not to honour the people who have gone before me as (I think) I understand the depths one must go to achieve such a thing. Held by one of, if not the greatest ultra runner of all time, Yiannis kouros’s feat of endurance is simply mind blowing. However, if you’re going to do something, don’t go in half assed, throw everything at it. Everything.
I must state just how excited and grateful I am at the opportunity to put myself out there and lay it all on the line again in order to make a change in the world (no matter how small). All in the hope to leave a lasting impact well after I’m gone. We only get one chance at this life and I’d hate to die wondering. There’s no turning back now, the fun is just about to start 🚀 time to get to work.''

Never said he was going to break it (which he still may very well), nor went the early crow about doing it earlier as you mentioned - your vitriol is quite disconcerting, let me know if you need someone to talk to x

all the videos and such are "10 days, 100m a day". You know this darn well. Ludicrous stuff. And now you're still saying he may well do it. He's screaming in agony, hobbling 7 minute laps and close to 100 miles off the pace.

With all due respect (no more than that) you're not very bright. This thread contains a lot of interesting, informed, fair and balanced discussion. It doesn't need the likes of you and your pathetic attempts at one-upmanship getting in the way.

I apologise, William - I assumed being an 'Author and Historian' that you could understanding rounding.

Anyway, enjoy being miserable & cosplaying as Piers Morgan xxxx

Bashing up on someone no where near a computer isn't very fair, balanced or interesting is it though Muz?

mighty convenient rounding to rip almost half a day from the best of all time! 4% in athletics is absolutely massive. Like reducing the 800m down from 1.40 to 1.36.

it's precisely why I'm an author and historian that I understand how and why rounding in athletics is unacceptable. Just be accurate. Johnson rounded too with the whole 75 miles a day for 40 days rubbish. Sounded nice and neat. He was out of it after 3 days.

William he set a target that's all. How is this a big deal.

From the moment Nedd publicised this, he stood a 0% chance of breaking of Kouros' record. He's simply not the same calibre of athlete as Kouros.

Running isn't a sport where you can fluke a world record performance. No matter how determined one may be to "throw everything at it", an athlete has to be genetically and physically capable. This goal was always totally beyond Nedd's capabilities.

Anyone who understands ultra running and its history, and has a perspective and appreciation of Kouros' achievements knows that.

Either Nedd didn't understand nearly as well as he either claimed or should have, or he used Kouros' achievements as a marketing tool for his (albeit very worthy) fundraising.

If it's the former, it's a peculiar mix of ignorance and self-delusion. If the latter, it's hardly honouring Kouros as he claims.

He's done pretty well reaching the total he has in 6 days. Credit to the young man for that and certainly so for his fundraising initiatives. However, let's be realistic this never was a credible attempt at Yiannis' world record.