Not sure why my previous comment calling Markus jealous was deleted. But so it is.
Not sure why my previous comment calling Markus jealous was deleted. But so it is.
Markus thinks because he failed that everyone else must also fail.
Markus wrote:
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.
Agreed, he's been taking care of himself (as much as you can running 70+ miles/day, day in-day out) to get in this position. During the final push, his daily running time may increase and his sleep may decrease. The last 'night' might be just naps instead of his usual long sleep break.
14 hour day wrote:
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.
And here we have a someone who doesn't understand ultras trolling someone who understands multi-day ultras really well.
Got to love the Letsrun trolls. Or not.
No, Markus, you don't understand anything.
69.7 miles for the day, 5.04 MPH average. Ended the day near the top of a ridge, so will start Friday with a wee climb then a nice downhill to the crossing of a branch of the mighty Susquehanna.
A rainy Friday morning for Pete in PA, but he marches on. 17.7 in the can already today.
About 40.35 miles in before "lunch".
He is very consistent with the lunch miles. ±1 mile or so going way back.
Man, good thing he is close to the end. This has got to be getting rough with the hills and cold rain.
And hail at the end of day yesterday!
At the start of the day he tells the RV how far to go, and they find a place as close to that as they can where it's safe to pull off and wait. As long as he's feeling good enough, 40 seems to be what he's telling them. It's not like at 35 he can easily just say "I'm hungry, time for lunch" without making the RV go get them, and that would be the time when the RV is getting a meal ready and not so easily mobile.
Apparently, he wants to run with Tom Hanks as he finishes his run
72.1 for today.
He stopped in a church parking lot with includes a church cemetery. Kind of close to Halloween. But hopefully no eerie sounds at night while they sleep.
Google Street View
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8741206,-77.5357528,3a,75y,357.66h,90.54t/data=
!3m6!1e1!3m4!1se1gvowo6ybm_dO4UEikmZw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
So, about 235 left, right? Looks like sunny, cool, and a tailwind tomorrow. High winds could affect sleep tonight though.
Pete's Little Toe wrote:
So, about 235 left, right?
More than what he has been averaging per day, based on his expected finish on Monday. Worth watching what happens the next two days. Finish early on Tuesday with a marathon that day. Or run 80s the next two days with a low 70s on Monday and finish around his usual ending time.
I downloaded "Running America", a film on the 2008 transamerica run by Charlie Engle and Marshall Ulrich
https://www.diginextfilms.com/projects/running-america
Worth watching as Pete goes into his final days. Seeing the injuries crop up during their run reminded me there has been nothing but positive news I have seen from Pete's team other than when announcing the early rest day and the car incident. Is Pete doing this mostly pain free?
Lastly I just want to comment on the hate directed by some towards Markus Mueller. Have a look at his background
http://www.markusmuellerultrarunning.com/mmultrarunning_bio.html
He is perhaps the only one here who is actually qualified to offer an opinion on a long multiday run like Transamerica. I have two friends who ran Trans Australia with him in 2001, and they would be the only people I know who I would go to for advice for this type of run.
I have run plenty including 150 mile and 100 mile races, I have seen Pete run... but feel totally inadequate in making any comments or providing advice on Pete's run as others have. I hope they have run more than a few marathons before letting loose on the keyboard. In the mean time I'll watch what Markus has to say with interest.
We'll some of us.
Old Spice wrote:
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.
Yiannis wrote:
Lastly I just want to comment on the hate directed by some towards Markus Mueller. Have a look at his background
http://www.markusmuellerultrarunning.com/mmultrarunning_bio.htmlHe is perhaps the only one here who is actually qualified to offer an opinion on a long multiday run like Transamerica.
I disagree with you about this fool, Markus. He failed to complete a transamerica run, and thinks his personal experiences must be those of other runners. If he failed they must fail. If he had to cheat they must also cheat.
Markus disparages prior transamerica runner Frank Giannino because he thinks must have cheated and his results must be discarded. You must be of the same opinion.
So, you are no better than Markus. He is nothing more than a jealous runner, with a slow marathon PR of 3:07.