Sandra Vi going for record across America

^From the video: "...for The Northern, Official Route of Running Across America"

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^From the video: "...for The Northern, Official Route of Running Across America"

Safety first. They also said that Ann (Pete K's sister) planned his transcon route and that she improved the route this year. Pete said Ann and he worked hard to create a good and safe route.

If you go to 10:36 in this video, you'll see the "wipeout" mention in the video from later in the day he finished.

https://www.facebook.com/charlie.engle.12/videos/vb.100004217023716/713728622111032/

Ranwithboth wrote:

If you go to 10:36 in this video, you'll see the "wipeout" mention in the video from later in the day he finished.

https://www.facebook.com/charlie.engle.12/videos/vb.100004217023716/713728622111032/

I love watching that wipeout. :)

Scam, thanks for the analyses of my data, I'll have to look at it more later. For the most part, I spent very little to no time walking in the morning ~40 miles each day (although frequent stops for restroom of ~10 or ~40 seconds if you can read between the lines). Most crew stops were 1.5-2 miles and involved 15-30 seconds of slower running or fast walking to eat and drink. For the most part, I averaged 9:00-10:00 miles on flat ground while running. I would usually end the day walking or mix in some walking in the afternoon, sometimes up to 10 miles. Pennsylvania was probably the state with the most run/walk transitions with all the uneven hills. Had one day in western Nebraska that required walking an extensive amount with some pretty intense wind.

Wow. Thanks for posting that. The later video (posted earlier) mentions the 'event', but doesn't go into detail. But then, that live video of it happening, was sobering, and a little painful to watch, because at that moment, the viewer gets a little taste of the reality of the pain of the miles upon miles...at least i think that is what is going on (never run that far), with the wail in agony.

Pete, thanks for chiming in. After watching the women's transcons 'virtually' over the last few weeks, I'm just now catching up, looking back, on yours (which may have gotten lost or minimized back then from the noise of the fake transcon attempts). Did you ever do an AMA on reddit? So many (minor) questions I had watching this, that went unanswered...

My more immediate question was whether you had any race reports from the 24 hour and then Badwater (crazy close together)?

this is amazing, no? wrote:

Pete, thanks for chiming in. After watching the women's transcons 'virtually' over the last few weeks, I'm just now catching up, looking back, on yours (which may have gotten lost or minimized back then from the noise of the fake transcon attempts). Did you ever do an AMA on reddit? So many (minor) questions I had watching this, that went unanswered...

My more immediate question was whether you had any race reports from the 24 hour and then Badwater (crazy close together)?

Never did get around to a reddit, but did a number of podcasts. A couple of the best are on TalkUltra and Ginger Runner (YouTube).

I don't do too many race reports or any sort of blog but this year has been one to forget in that respect anyway. Ready for 2018.

Okay thanks. It is interesting how the body might respond putting it through these efforts. I'll try to find the podcasts, and best wishes for your future.

this is amazing, o? wrote:

Okay thanks. It is interesting how the body might respond putting it through these efforts. I'll try to find the podcasts, and best wishes for your future.

Thanks! Yeah, it's been a frustrating year, mostly because I logged more miles training in the first six months of this year than any other six month period (with exception to last fall) with over 4,000 miles in six months with nothing to show for it. But, learn, adjust, and move on. Anyway, enough about me.

Can someone give me another cliff notes version of what went on? It's my understanding that Vi has broken the record.

Here are my questions.

1) Were't two women trying to break the record? What happened to the other one?

Are there any concerns that either attempt wasn't or isn't legit?

If she broke the record, how come I can barely find a single article about her doing so? Wouldnt a lot of newspapers or website have written about it? Here is one of a couple of articles that I found:

http://www.vidaenelvalle.com/sports/article183342216.html

rojo wrote:

Can someone give me another cliff notes version of what went on? It's my understanding that Vi has broken the record.

Here are my questions.

1) Were't two women trying to break the record? What happened to the other one?

Are there any concerns that either attempt wasn't or isn't legit?

If she broke the record, how come I can barely find a single article about her doing so? Wouldnt a lot of newspapers or website have written about it? Here is one of a couple of articles that I found:

http://www.vidaenelvalle.com/sports/article183342216.html

Mimi Anderson dropped out around Indianapolis due to a prior knee problem. Mimi was considered the highly decorated superstar runner. Sandy was considered the unproven novice. There are two links below.

Mimi did seem to have anyone join her during her run and there are no real videos she posted of her running--just some really short mini vids. Sandy has tons of photos of random people joining her during her run.

Some stories are being written about Sandy's run. Our sport is our sport, there is little coverage of long runs like this--It didn't help that Sandy finished after 1 am for any media to show up.

Sandy Vi info:

Video of Sandy arrive home. Start at 15:04 to hear Sandy being interviewed.

Sandy's Coach--Dave Krupski.

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One of the main sponsors of the run--Chris Kostman.

Sandy's run stats:

Mimi Anderson Info:

GB's Fastest Runner?

Story of her dropping out.

rojo wrote:

If she broke the record, how come I can barely find a single article about her doing so?

You should contact Sandy and talk to her about the run. Interesting questions and topics.

- Doing absolutely nothing but eating and running for 54 straight days

- Running 50+ miles on 100 degree days

- Running 50+ miles on 30 degree days with rain

- Her first experience running on gravel roads was during the transcon--she had never run on gravel or trails before

- Dealing with truck diesel exhaust day after day

- Running a third time (leafing Steamboat Springs) in an attempt to escape a major snowstorm--she didn't make it and got stuck at 9400 feet due a road closure at Rabbit Ears pass--a random person joined up with them and ran with Sandy the next few days through snow-filled roads

- Running with kids who wanted to join her was something she enjoyed

- The help she got from Pete Kostelnick (the men's transcon record holder) and Pete's sister to navigate through the USA

rojo wrote:

Can someone give me another cliff notes version of what went on? It's my understanding that Vi has broken the record.

Here are my questions.

1) Were't two women trying to break the record? What happened to the other one?

Are there any concerns that either attempt wasn't or isn't legit?

If she broke the record, how come I can barely find a single article about her doing so? Wouldnt a lot of newspapers or website have written about it? Here is one of a couple of articles that I found:

http://www.vidaenelvalle.com/sports/article183342216.html

2. Both record attempts seem very legit to me. Although one runner seem to see some things in Mimi Andersons data which didn't look right to him. I had at no point that something weird was going on.

1. In my opinion, Mimi Anderson pushed to hard in the first week through the grueling hot Mojave Desert with an average above 60 miles. While Sandy tried to keep her running days around 14 hours ( including the lunch break) Mimi's day exceeded 15 hours almost every day (without the lunch break time ) starting after 3 weeks.

3. These kind of running "events" come and go unrecognized of the media. That's just how it is.

Markus wrote:

rojo wrote:

If she broke the record, how come I can barely find a single article about her doing so? Wouldnt a lot of newspapers or website have written about it? Here is one of a couple of articles that I found:

3. These kind of running "events" come and go unrecognized of the media. That's just how it is.

Edward Payson Weston--nicknamed The Pedestrian who is considered the father of endurance events--completed the first ever transcon in 1909; he was 70 years old. He walked from NYC to SF the long way (3,895 miles in 104 days), going north to Albany, then along the Great Lakes, and then from Chicago to SF. After that he walked from SF to LA (512 miles in 12 days). Then in 1910 he walked back to NYC from LA (3,483miles in 78 days). When he arrived in NYC after completing nearly he was greeted by over 100,000 people. The New York times had daily updates about his progress through both of his transcons.

The point of the above being that many years ago sports like walking were followed by the masses on a daily basis. And do not discount that walking was what Edward Payson Watson did, walking was the major sport of the day and much bigger than running because of the incredible distance they covered. If wonder why walking is an Olympic sport guys like Edward Payson Weston are the reason.

Well, Yankees founder CC Pyle organize of the 1928 and 29 Trans America Footraces had financial troubles and went bankrupt after the second Trans Con.

Latest after these events, nobody cares about long footraces.

Nice, informative article, but regarding "...who holds the senior trans-con record". Seriously? lol

latest article on her transcon WR

https://ultrarunning.com/headlines/ultrarunning-news/sandra-villines-north-american-transcontinental-world-record/