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

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.

This is not the only communication center on the internet... Asher Delmott was the first here. Markus was before him on the ultralist.

This was not his first email on the topic, but its the first I have saved. Asher heeded Markus' call that very night!

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> Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2016 9:15 PM

> To: ultra

> Subject: Robert Young's Transcon record attempt Midway report.

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> Robert Young announced today that he is midway through the country.

> He is in Emporia, KS right now

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> He posted 1355 miles for 20 days I believe, which would make it around 67.8

> miles/day right on schedule.

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> The thing is, that he looks very fresh in his videos, his camper is super

> tidy and he interacts with people he meets along the way. He attaches flags

> on the roof of the camper and does handstands. Things I haven't really seen

> in other multiday races. His videos while running don't look like a

> ultrarunner would run.

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> Everything looks more like a vacation to me than running 65 to 80 mile

> days.It just does not look right. But that is just my opinion.

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> With just started running in spring of 2014 and doing 60+ mile days through

> the night without any issues, he must be the next Yiannis Kouros.

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> Markus

> who whiches somebody would check out his running in the middle of the

> night. (He starts around 9pm and is on the road until 3-4pm).

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80's runner wrote:

Remember 1979/80 was a different time. Just because it happened before your time didn't mean it didn't happen. Frank ran across the country because he thought he could do it. There was no awards, few people cared. It was his own personal challenge. Frank had some long runs in the log book, as we all did back then. It was for us, and not shared. No social media. You have to admire a guy who could tough it out everyday, with terrible shoes, no GPS, cell phones ect. So despite the fact that he wasnt on the ultra circuit, really wasn't his thing, he slogged his way across the county in a time that stood a long time.

Yeah, yeah, it was a different time when men where men.

MAGA wrote:

> The thing is, that he looks very fresh in his videos, his camper is super

> tidy and he interacts with people he meets along the way. He attaches flags

> on the roof of the camper and does handstands. Things I haven't really seen

> in other multiday races. His videos while running don't look like a

> ultrarunner would run.

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Why is Pete not doing handstands and going to the Grand Canyon?

Just wondering.

73.5 total from his Garmin logs uploaded today. On one of the interviews I read today it said he tells the RV to find a finish spot for the day 71-75 miles ahead...never more. He may have found from those 80 mile days in the first week where his breaking point is. If we're starting a pool on the finishing hour, I'll take 4-5pm on Monday the 24th. But mogisdogis already called 4pm on Monday, so I'll take whichever of 3-4 or 4-5pm that he doesn't claim. Any other bets?

At this year's Badwater awards ceremony the day after the race, Pete mentioned he runs 200 miles a week in training, a huge number. To then take that up to 500 miles a week is massive. Amazing watching this.

The question is- what a typical pace is for those 200 miles.

MarathonMind wrote:

The question is- what a typical pace is for those 200 miles.

He didn't join Strava until this summer. For his 230-250 mile prep weeks between Badwater and this run, his runs were mostly in the 7s and 8s. My impression from a friend of his that his 200 mile weeks before then were in that range too.

They've branched off well south of the originally planned route. Maybe they'll reunite with the planned route in Shippenville, PA?

He branched off on what looks like a safe road, and it looks like it reconnect in Shippenville as you noted.

Geez, Markus, can't a bloke laugh all the way to the bleedin bank without someone like you stickin your nose in?

the real Peter Pan wrote:

MAGA wrote:

> The thing is, that he looks very fresh in his videos, his camper is super

> tidy and he interacts with people he meets along the way. He attaches flags

> on the roof of the camper and does handstands. Things I haven't really seen

> in other multiday races. His videos while running don't look like a

> ultrarunner would run.

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Why is Pete not doing handstands and going to the Grand Canyon?

Just wondering.

Such tough miles ahead. I know he can break the record but hard to imagine banking extra miles in western PA.

On the other hand, I never imagined someone could do 70-plus mile days through Utah and Colorado, and he did.

Daily bump. Closing in on 350 to go.

PA slowing him down a bit? "Only" 46.4 miles so far averaging 4.86 MPH. Keep on grinding, Pete!

googlemapsftw wrote:

PA slowing him down a bit? "Only" 46.4 miles so far averaging 4.86 MPH. Keep on grinding, Pete!

Yep, Pete is getting tired. He probably has to jump on the RV soon.

The hills are adding time to his day. It looks like a 14 hour day today to get to 70 miles. He has been close to 14 hours several times. Over 14 hours three times, and over 15 hours twice. The next 2-3 days might to similar to today; 14 hours+.

Robert Young wrote:

googlemapsftw wrote:

PA slowing him down a bit? "Only" 46.4 miles so far averaging 4.86 MPH. Keep on grinding, Pete!

Yep, Pete is getting tired. He probably has to jump on the RV soon.

Hi Markus!

14 hour day wrote:

The hills are adding time to his day. It looks like a 14 hour day today to get to 70 miles. He has been close to 14 hours several times. Over 14 hours three times, and over 15 hours twice. The next 2-3 days might to similar to today; 14 hours+.

These little steps hills can be nasty. Especially the downhills with 2700 miles in these legs. At this point it doesn't matter if Pete needs a little longer every day to get his miles in.

Markus wrote:

At this point it doesn't matter if Pete needs a little longer every day to get his miles in.

This doesn't make any sense at all. You're personal experiences--failure to finish a really long run--does not relate in any way to another person's experiences. Otherwise, no marathoner would be able to run much faster than your 3:07 PR because it was to hard and their legs should be as tired as yours were.

According to his data this morning there was more than 3,800 feet elevation change in this morning's run.