Sandra Vi going for record across America

AquaDyne wrote:

amazing gracie wrote:

Does she have about a week to go at this point?

The tenacity is amazing. I'm not sure if I should be inspired or depressed.

Yes, about a week. If she pushes hard she can finish Friday. She'll almost certainly finish Saturday.

I recall in one of Pete K's interviews how Pennsylvania was a mixed blessing. Colder weather and hills that would have been mentally crushing earlier in the run, but now they signal how close you are to the end.

It does look like Saturday is more likely than Friday. NYC City Hall will be closed--limited access since maybe the 9/11 twin towers event?

Sandy seems to run maybe 10% slower on cold-rainy days. Another storm days seems to be coming. Personally I can't image how Sandy can run over 50 miles on days when it is 30-40 ºF and rainy. The lady has an exceptional mental strength.

So far today 2 wrote:

It does look like Saturday is more likely than Friday. NYC City Hall will be closed--limited access since maybe the 9/11 twin towers event?

To finish in 6 days @ 400 miles

Daily x 5 Last day

60 100

61 95

62 90

63 85

64 80

65 75

To finish in 7 days @ 400 miles

Daily x 6 Last day

60 40

59 46

58 52

57 58

56 64

55 70

Thanks for all the updates and commentary guys and gals. It will be interesting to see how she fares going down the home stretch. I'm looking forward to seeing the successful completion of this epic adventure. Really amazing.

5-MILE SPLITS

Day # 49, October 29th

All times are Garmin Time in the Pacific Timezone.

Sandy is in the Eastern timezone.

Start Day & Time: September 11th, 6:01 AM

Time: Miles ~Split Time +/- 3 minutes

02:04 AM: 00 Elapsed time since start: 47:20:03 (days:hours:minutes)

03:28 AM: 05 ~84 min

04:41 AM: 10 ~73 min

05:55 AM: 15 ~74 min

06:01 AM: -- Start of Day 48 per elapsed time since start

07:08 AM: 20 ~73 min

08:22 AM: 25 ~74 min

Time: Miles ~Split Time +/- 3 minutes

02:04 AM: 00 Elapsed time since start: 47:20:03 (days:hours:minutes)

03:28 AM: 05 ~84 min

04:41 AM: 10 ~73 min

05:55 AM: 15 ~74 min

06:01 AM: -- Start of Day 48 per elapsed time since start

07:08 AM: 20 ~73 min

08:22 AM: 25 ~74 min

09:36 AM: 30 ~74 min

5-MILE SPLITS

Day # 49, October 29th

All times are Garmin Time in the Pacific Timezone.

Sandy is in the Eastern timezone.

Start Day & Time: September 11th, 6:01 AM

Time: Miles ~Split Time +/- 3 minutes

02:04 AM: 00 Elapsed time since start: 47:20:03 (days:hours:minutes)

03:28 AM: 05 ~84 min

04:41 AM: 10 ~73 min

05:55 AM: 15 ~74 min

06:01 AM: -- Start of Day 48 per elapsed time since start

07:08 AM: 20 ~73 min

08:22 AM: 25 ~74 min

09:36 AM: 30 ~74 min

10:30 AM: 34 Lunch Break Start

11:01 AM: -- Lunch Break End (31 minutes)

11:19 AM: 35 ~72 min

Regarding the difference in mileage between Sandy's Strava and my Strava, I was curious for a number of reasons. #1 is to help the team understand how many miles are left, as using 3,067 (my Garmin total per Garmin 225 model) less miles run so far obviously seems short, so using Google directions from current coordinates seems much more accurate. Also, though, I want to make sure everyone realizes the actual route Sandy is running is almost identical in total to mine, but also realize my sister and I have worked hard to make sure there aren't any large detours for Sandy when considering safety reasons. I mentioned it once before, but it seems that her Garmin Fenix model picks up better detail than the Garmin 225's I used, so that is my best guess at the 35-50 mile difference she seems to be tracking at. Or, maybe I'm just really good at taking near road bathroom breaks. ;) I'm sharing some quick analysis I did on route differences below, in case anyone is interested.

There were three material differences between Sandy's route and mine. I won't go into a few very minor differences (she ran about 2 more miles in the Chicago area for a safer route my sister and I recommended, while I had a couple more miles to run through my hometown of Boone, IA). She is on a slightly different route today through Kennerdell, PA, but I believe it only adds about .5 miles. There was a very unsafe bridge I had to go over near Knox, PA. There was a flash flood near Munson, PA that added a very small mileage for me, but again, not material at all. All miles below are per the Google maps directions I did my best to show the actual routes taken.

Detour #1, San Francisco City Hall to Niles Junction (Fremont), CA:

Reason for difference: I believe Sandy felt this was the safest route for her on day 1

Sandy miles: 55.3 (approx. Google directions:

https://tinyurl.com/yb3a3eoe

)

Pete miles: 47.3 (approx. Google directions:

https://tinyurl.com/y94memtb

)

Detour #2, CO-14 & Co Rd 34, CO to Gould, CO:

Reason for difference: Sandy had blizzard conditions, and route Pete took was on low use, narrow gravel roads

Sandy miles: 37.4 (approx. Google directions:

https://tinyurl.com/y9vrmdre

)

Pete miles: 30.4 (approx. Google directions:

https://tinyurl.com/ybe6lxn4

)

Detour #3, Kearney, NE to Blair, NE:

Reason for difference: Pete wanted to have lunch at his house in Lincoln, and perhaps run with some friends in the area

Sandy miles: 176 (approx. Google directions:

https://tinyurl.com/ybkx2356

)

Pete miles: 195 (approx. Google directions:

https://tinyurl.com/ybdbzk8u

)

Total difference: ~4 more miles for Pete (virtually the exact same)

Pete Kostelnick wrote:

Total difference: ~4 more miles for Pete (virtually the exact same)

It seems to me that your actual transcon miles were actually closer to 3100.

I looked at the new PA/NY route that showed is now shown on Sandy's Garmin and came up with the total PA/NJ/NY miles to go as:

Pete's 2016 route: 415-1/2

Pete's improved 2017 route: 409-1/2

Sandy's miles to PA border: 2693-1/2

Sandy's estimated total miles: 3103

I should mention that the 415-1/2 miles is based on using Google maps to measure the distance of the route you took. AquaDyne previously posted that your miles were PA 321 plus NJ/NY 85.8 which total to 406.8. Almost 9 miles are hiding somewhere, most likely in PA.

5-MILE SPLITS

Day # 49, October 29th

All times are Garmin Time in the Pacific Timezone.

Sandy is in the Eastern timezone.

Start Day & Time: September 11th, 6:01 AM

Time: Miles ~Split Time +/- 3 minutes

02:04 AM: 00 Elapsed time since start: 47:20:03 (days:hours:minutes)

03:28 AM: 05 ~84 min

04:41 AM: 10 ~73 min

05:55 AM: 15 ~74 min

06:01 AM: -- Start of Day 48 per elapsed time since start

07:08 AM: 20 ~73 min

08:22 AM: 25 ~74 min

09:36 AM: 30 ~74 min

10:30 AM: 34 Lunch Break Start

11:01 AM: -- Lunch Break End (31 minutes)

11:19 AM: 35 ~72 min

12:32 PM: 40 ~73 min

So far today 2 wrote:

I should mention that the 415-1/2 miles is based on using Google maps to measure the distance of the route you took. AquaDyne previously posted that your miles were PA 321 plus NJ/NY 85.8 which total to 406.8. Almost 9 miles are hiding somewhere, most likely in PA.

I can also add that rather than use Google maps there is a better way to plot the route. You can use a free only route plotting tool that uses Google maps. You can have the tool create a route (walking/running option) and adjust the route to fit your needs. The best part is that you can export the route to GPX and KML formats. The exported route will almost exactly follow roads and trails shown on Google maps--no corner cutting.

Route plotting tool.

So far today 2 wrote:

I should mention that the 415-1/2 miles is based on using Google maps to measure the distance of the route you took. AquaDyne previously posted that your miles were PA 321 plus NJ/NY 85.8 which total to 406.8. Almost 9 miles are hiding somewhere, most likely in PA.

I show 88.2 miles on my three Garmin 225 activities from the last day, basically all in NJ/NYC

And then 321.0 for the 9 logged activities (4.5 days) fully in PA, but then approximately 7.6 miles of my morning run on 10/19 were also in PA as I crossed over from Ohio

So I would have had 7.6 + 321.0 + 88.2 = 416.80 miles per Garmin 225 from the PA border to NY City Hall

So far today 2 wrote:

You can use a free ONLINE route plotting tool...

^Auto correct ....

So far today 2 wrote:

Pete Kostelnick wrote:

Total difference: ~4 more miles for Pete (virtually the exact same)

It seems to me that your actual transcon miles were actually closer to 3100.

I looked at the new PA/NY route that showed is now shown on Sandy's Garmin and came up with the total PA/NJ/NY miles to go as:

Pete's 2016 route: 415-1/2

Pete's improved 2017 route: 409-1/2

Sandy's miles to PA border: 2693-1/2

Sandy's estimated total miles: 3103

Just curious--what route is the "Pete's improved 2017 route" that shaves off 6 miles?

So far today 2 wrote:

So far today 2 wrote:

I should mention that the 415-1/2 miles is based on using Google maps to measure the distance of the route you took. AquaDyne previously posted that your miles were PA 321 plus NJ/NY 85.8 which total to 406.8. Almost 9 miles are hiding somewhere, most likely in PA.

I can also add that rather than use Google maps there is a better way to plot the route. You can use a free only route plotting tool that uses Google maps. You can have the tool create a route (walking/running option) and adjust the route to fit your needs. The best part is that you can export the route to GPX and KML formats. The exported route will almost exactly follow roads and trails shown on Google maps--no corner cutting.

Route plotting tool.

https://www.plotaroute.com

Thanks for sharing that link, I've never used it.

Pete Kostelnick wrote:

So far today 2 wrote:

I should mention that the 415-1/2 miles is based on using Google maps to measure the distance of the route you took. AquaDyne previously posted that your miles were PA 321 plus NJ/NY 85.8 which total to 406.8. Almost 9 miles are hiding somewhere, most likely in PA.

I show 88.2 miles on my three Garmin 225 activities from the last day, basically all in NJ/NYC

And then 321.0 for the 9 logged activities (4.5 days) fully in PA, but then approximately 7.6 miles of my morning run on 10/19 were also in PA as I crossed over from Ohio

So I would have had 7.6 + 321.0 + 88.2 = 416.80 miles per Garmin 225 from the PA border to NY City Hall

Okay ... so the numbers AquaDyne had were short by 7-8 miles. The reroute your sister and you came up with is saving a lot of miles for Sandy.

Pete Kostelnick wrote:

So far today 2 wrote:

It seems to me that your actual transcon miles were actually closer to 3100.

I looked at the new PA/NY route that showed is now shown on Sandy's Garmin and came up with the total PA/NJ/NY miles to go as:

Pete's 2016 route: 415-1/2

Pete's improved 2017 route: 409-1/2

Sandy's miles to PA border: 2693-1/2

Sandy's estimated total miles: 3103

Just curious--what route is the "Pete's improved 2017 route" that shaves off 6 miles?

Ah ... I just finished creating that route using the website I recommended. Here is a link to the route. It can be exported as a GPX or KLM file. This run provided with an excuse to learn how to make better use of the website. There are also route stats to view and a nice elevation profile with total ascent and descent.

So far today 2 wrote:

Pete Kostelnick wrote:

I show 88.2 miles on my three Garmin 225 activities from the last day, basically all in NJ/NYC

And then 321.0 for the 9 logged activities (4.5 days) fully in PA, but then approximately 7.6 miles of my morning run on 10/19 were also in PA as I crossed over from Ohio

So I would have had 7.6 + 321.0 + 88.2 = 416.80 miles per Garmin 225 from the PA border to NY City Hall

Okay ... so the numbers AquaDyne had were short by 7-8 miles. The reroute your sister and you came up with is saving a lot of miles for Sandy.

What reroute?

Pete Kostelnick wrote:

Thanks for sharing that link, I've never used it.

You can download that map to your GPS unit or as a file on your computer. I just downloaded it and placed it into Google Earth and asked to provide route markers. The route is plotted backwards to see the mile remaining to NYC.

You can also download the file. Create your own plotaroute profile. Import the file and edited it. The editing tools take a bit of getting used to. The one I used to create the route was Plot > Plot a Route with Waypoints. You can also ask the website tool to simplify the path to reduce the number of data points--good for adding to a GPS unit.