24-hour relay records - state

Anyone know of any 24 hr races coming next yr. It sounds like a fun experience.

Our club plans on hosting a 24 hr relay in Evansville Indiana sometime this summer on a all weather track. Fee will be around $150 per team-shirt/food/security/lights/locker room

Six Div's

male/female/mixed open

male/female/mixed masters

10 runners max. per team. Start at noon on Sat. Can camp out on the infield of one of our local H.S.

If intrested e-mail at

msurunner@sbcglobal.net

Gordon

Sorry this took so long, but I couldn't find the trophy. Here's what it says:

Berlin (WI) Rec Department 1st Annual 24 Hour Relay, 1980, "280 Express" Thaine Jones (Captain), Epi Dimas, Tony Melchor, Paul Hess, Ed Janssen, Shannon McDonough, Curt Christiansen, Doub Krause, and Max Harn. 266 Miles Total.

1st annual- pretty optimistic! We never ran another one.

If any of you know where the rest of us are, let me know. Last I heard, Tony was in California, Shannon had joined the Marines, and Epi was teaching in Berlin.

That was 273.25 miles. The local area bank clocks registered 99-100 degrees over that 24-hour period.

Greg Galen

Thornridge '73

NIU '77

Bump - great thread, saw it linked from a current one.

Anyone know of 24-hour relays in the Northeast this summer?

Also, to those who have done them seriously, I'd be interested to hear mile/1500 and 5k PR compared to average mile pace for the relay. When guys say they averaged 5:0x for example, I have no idea what kind of speed/strength that takes.

In the fall of 1974, after cross country season and before the Christmas break, our squad at Harding University (then Harding College and part of the NAIA) ran 277 miles and change. I averaged 5:11 and was pretty much in the middle. The slowest of the 10 starters, who dropped out in the wee hours of the morning (and who we were pissed at) averaged 5:26. In retrospect his departure was good; he would've slowed us down considerably, but in our fatigue and irrational states we could only be pissed. I think our two fastest guys were 5:03 and 5:05. I believe the 277+ was an Arkansas state record at the time (duh) and we were told it was somewhere in the top 10 AT, but nobody has records of this stuff.

I remember we began at 12:00 noon. During the 24 hrs. I lost 10 lbs. After it I slept continuously for about 15 hours. Also came down with a serious IT band issue on the outside of the knee that lasted a couple months.

Good times.

Max we ran 262 miles, which I believe was a state record at the time.

I participated in a 24 hour relay on a Surry horse track around 1981-3(?). I lived in Plattsburgh so it had to be in the vicinity of P-burg. At the time it was the state record. Maybe we 'raced' against one another. My team won with 6 members still running, completing 273(or. 276) miles. Reply if you get a chance.??Steve Dishroon @GMAIL.COM.

This may be a dup reply. If you don't get my 1st, let me know, I'll redo. The gist of it was I may have been on the team that finished 1st in Sydney, N Y. Steve Dishroon (@GMAIL.COM).???