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

And tomorrow he will end up 70+ miles from Spring Mills. His last night in PA.

Okay, I did a little math here with existing numbers. Please correct me, if I have incorrect information or you think I made wrong assumptions.

The facts for Frank Giannino’s Transcon run are: 46 days 8 hours 36 minutes , 3103 miles in 46.358 days according to John Wallace

http://www.usacrossers.com/

website (discontinued after 2012)

Since Frank Giannino’s route and daily mileage was never published we have to assume a couple of things.

San Francisco to Fort Collins, CO is between 1188 and 1251 miles according to google maps.

And another 1756 to 1848 miles to New York. These are modern Interstate distances.

Let’s say 1200 miles. With 60 miles per day it would have been 20 days for Frank Giannino. There are another 26.358 days left for, let say 1800 miles to New York. That would be 68.291 miles per day from Fort Collins to New York.

Frank’s actual total distance was 3103 miles not 3000 as in my example. So we add 3% to each distance.

1236 miles to Fort Collins, with 60 miles per day that would have been 20.6 days. There are 25.758 days left to New York. That would be 71.978 miles per day for 1854 miles to New York (We ignore the missing 3 miles to 3103 miles of Frank’s total mileage)

Giannino mentioned on his website (http://www.shoe-fitter.com/run-USA.html) :

“Frank's plan was to reach Fort Collins, CO at an average of 60 miles per day. After that, he planned to average 70 miles per day. The plan was to run 2.5 miles at 10-12 minutes per mile, walk a little, run 2.5 again and repeat the process through twenty miles; then break for breakfast for one hour; run/walk another twenty miles; break one hour for lunch; then run as many miles as possible into the nighttime hours. The first four days across California were rough. Frank's pace was slow. California roads were very busy. The family was not making enough sacrifices in an effort to reach seventy miles per day. Instead of foregoing showers and parking near the finish marker, the family would drive out of its way for a KOA, in order to be comfortable after the fifty or so miles they had covered. This pace was far below the 60 miles and ultimately 70 miles that would be needed daily. “

So it sounds like that Frank Giannino was more in the mid 50ies range in the mid of his 1980ies TransCon run.

With 55 miles per day it would have taken him 22.473 days to cover the 1236 miles to Fort Collins. That would leave him 23.885 days to New York. Which would be an average of 77.622 miles per day for 1854 miles to New York.

Frank Giannino only mentions 70 miles per day after Fort Collins: “Suffice it to say, things worked out in the end. The group tightened up the routine. They grabbed showers when available. Only Frank bathed at the end of the day in the motor home shower. Frank's mileage routine increased. After Fort Collins, the crew awoke at 3:00 AM; Frank ran 25 miles; broke for breakfast; twenty five more miles; lunch; then as many miles as possible by dark. They reached the 70-mile goal almost every day and finished in 46 days 8 hours 36 minutes. The Guinness Book of World Records still lists it as the fastest crossing of the United States on foot.”

Summary: With 60 mile days to Fort Collins, Frank Giannino would have needed to run 71.978 miles per day, with 55 mile days he would have needed an average of 77.622 miles to New York but he mentions only: “They reached the 70-mile goal almost every day”. It seems something is off here.

I really would like to see the daily distances.

Pete Kostelnick on the other hand had only one day with 77.6 miles (Day 23 , Oct 4th). As of yesterday Pete had averaged just 70.8 miles per day.

Again, please correct me, if I have incorrect information or you think I made wrong assumptions for my little math exercise.

Markus the jealous boy posts again. You failed to run across American. That is all we need to know about you.

Markus, I think your incorrect assumption is that Frank cheated.

Also, I'm not sure why you keep babbling about it in this thread. This is a place for discussion about Pete. Go troll somewhere else with your fantasy.

I've alerted the mods about your behavior, hopefully they clean up your nonsense.

About 47 miles for the day as of noon on Saturday. Curious if he is totally stoked about nearly being done, or if he will miss getting his 70 miles each day.

As much as he admires Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) I don't think Pete will turn around and run back to CA. His crew would dunk him in the Atlantic until the cold water brought him to his senses.

Keeping Pete on Page 1 of the forums.

Yiannis wrote:

Pete mentioned he runs 200 miles a week in training, a huge number.

Really? plus 1

Can we (or someone who lives near the route) contact him or his crew to determine his strategy to finish?

Does he play it safe and stick to the routine the last couple days to just safely finish and break the record?

Or does he risk putting in extra miles and missing sleep to finish as quickly as as he can?

Unlike most runs, he has a unique opportunity to share his strategy (as it evolves) with the public. This would help build interest in what he is doing.

But maybe he is more reserved and does not want all the attention. If so, congrats to him for that.

Rudov for President. wrote:

Yiannis wrote:

Pete mentioned he runs 200 miles a week in training, a huge number.

Really? plus 1

If he doesn't run a step for 9 week after he finishes he'll still have a 200 mile pre week average for the year.

Um..... wrote:

Howard Dean wrote:

Typical trash Hillary supporter makes a wild assumption out of left field that a completely innocuous comment means there are only two options when it was obvious that the poster was just curious about those two. Get a grip.

Typical white trash discriminator assumes someone anti-Trump is a Hillary supporter. Anyone with a brain is anti-Trump.

Isn't there something wildly more important you could be doing?

Back to Pete.

Competitor.com

"But before going cross-continent, Kostelnick’s focus for 2016 was to go after the Badwater record of 22:51:29 set by Valmir Nunes in 2007. He ran only one other race in seven months, consistently logged weeks of 150 to 200 miles and then executed a revised strategy that incorporated fewer stops with a less aggressive start."

Were these all at 7 to 8 minute pace?

Google maps says 150 miles (walking) from his current location in Berwick PA to NY City Hall via Fort Lee NJ. Does he do that in two days arriving late in the day on Monday, 42 days and some hours? Or keep to his regular ~70/day then arrive in the morning on Tuesday?

close to teh end wrote:

Google maps says 150 miles (walking) from his current location in Berwick PA to NY City Hall via Fort Lee NJ. Does he do that in two days arriving late in the day on Monday, 42 days and some hours? Or keep to his regular ~70/day then arrive in the morning on Tuesday?

This article on Trail Runner Mag mentions Pete was hoping for a Monday finish. It's a few days old, so not sure how dated Pete's projections are.

Things I'm reading on FB point to a Monday finish. They are trying to get Tom Hanks/Forrest Gump out for some of the NYC finish and that all talks about Monday. About 73 today so down to ~157 taken from the 230 left yesterday. I don't think they are going the very most direct route. If he sticks to 73 tomorrow that leaves 84. I don't see him cutting tomorrow short or taking his dinner/sleep break with 10-15 miles left.

Just posted on FB: Two More.

He posted on Strava "Monday starting sometime around midnight." So looks like the strategy is to get an early start and get it done with a big Monday.

He seemed to start about 1/2 hour earlier today that on days prior. On Monday he is likely to start really early because it will likely be a restless night of anticipation.

Ah, misread the prior post. He plans to start running on Monday at midnight. So, Monday looks like his plan for his longest day.