100 miler is the hardest thing ever

Banana Bread wrote:

How am I a poser? When did I ever claim to be Bekele, or anything like him? I'm just saying 100 miles is not hard under 24 hours if you have some running endurance. I've never picked oranges of a tree before but I literally know it's easy. I have no intention of doing it anytime soon. Does that mean I'm been unfair and avoiding the task because I couldn't really do it?

Banana Bread is a complete joke. He literally knows almonst nothing about running. Banana Bread would probably never even come close to going sub 24.

Examples of running who have barely broke 24 in 100s....(runners way above loser Banana Bread)

Michael Wardian (a 2:17 marathoner) ran UTMB in 30 hours

Banana Bread (a 4 hour marathoner) has never even ran a 100.

Sage Canaday (a 2:19 marathoner) ran UTMB in 26 hours

Banana Bread (a 4 hour marathoner) has never even ran a 100. frickin loser

Max King (a 2:14 marathoner) ran leadville 100 (a flat 100) in just under 20 hours

Banana Bread (a 4 hour marathoner) has never even ran a 100. frickin douche cry baby that makes false claims for everything

Get of Letsrun you frickin joke

Are we gonna pretend like feeding/nutrition is that hard too?

I'm sure it is for the elites who are actually at a high heartrate and working hard.

It's not hard to eat a clif bar as you walk uphill at 20min a mile. I've eaten snacks all day for like 20 hours some summers between doubles and playing starcraft 2. I could have easily gone another 4

Harambe wrote:

Are we gonna pretend like feeding/nutrition is that hard too?

I'm sure it is for the elites who are actually at a high heartrate and working hard.

It's not hard to eat a clif bar as you walk uphill at 20min a mile. I've eaten snacks all day for like 20 hours some summers between doubles and playing starcraft 2. I could have easily gone another 4

+1

Harambe wrote:

Are we gonna pretend like feeding/nutrition is that hard too?

I'm sure it is for the elites who are actually at a high heartrate and working hard.

It's not hard to eat a clif bar as you walk uphill at 20min a mile. I've eaten snacks all day for like 20 hours some summers between doubles and playing starcraft 2. I could have easily gone another 4

Walking 20 min up a hill isnt running 100 miles. Way to go faggott. You run even a 9 minutes mil after 100 miles and i will personally suck you off....fact is you cant

Harambe wrote:

Are we gonna pretend like feeding/nutrition is that hard too?

I'm sure it is for the elites who are actually at a high heartrate and working hard.

It's not hard to eat a clif bar as you walk uphill at 20min a mile. I've eaten snacks all day for like 20 hours some summers between doubles and playing starcraft 2. I could have easily gone another 4

That is the dumbest comparison ive ever heard. Youre weak

What’s the minimum training and how slow are the slowest 100 mile finishers? What’s the 100 mile equivalent of a 30 min 5k? Asking for a friend.

Squampy Nuts wrote:

That is the dumbest comparison ive ever heard. Youre weak

24h for 100mi is the edge of a walk. Assuming you are going slower uphill, you are walking. You burn ~100cal a mile. So you need to eat like 30 clif bars or 200 oreos. I've polished off a whole pack in a few hours dropping Haunted Hills with my boys so trust me, its just not that bad. It's just eating and walking, humans have done that for millennia.

100milerr wrote:

What’s the minimum training and how slow are the slowest 100 mile finishers? What’s the 100 mile equivalent of a 30 min 5k? Asking for a friend.

That isnt fast enough to finish a major 100. Probably 50 hours. If its flat...maybe 30 hours.

Harambe wrote:

Squampy Nuts wrote:

That is the dumbest comparison ive ever heard. Youre weak

24h for 100mi is the edge of a walk. Assuming you are going slower uphill, you are walking. You burn ~100cal a mile. So you need to eat like 30 clif bars or 200 oreos. I've polished off a whole pack in a few hours dropping Haunted Hills with my boys so trust me, its just not that bad. It's just eating and walking, humans have done that for millennia.

Unless you are running sub 2:20 in the marathon....you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. You sound like a mouth breathing moron.

Squampy Nuts wrote:

100milerr wrote:

What’s the minimum training and how slow are the slowest 100 mile finishers? What’s the 100 mile equivalent of a 30 min 5k? Asking for a friend.

That isnt fast enough to finish a major 100. Probably 50 hours. If its flat...maybe 30 hours.

What kind of pace are the slowest finishers going? The top finishers are doing 10 min miles. A 30 min 5k is just under 10 min mile pace. How much walking are these slow finishers doing?

Squampy Nuts wrote:

Unless you are running sub 2:20 in the marathon....you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. You sound like a mouth breathing moron.

What does running 5:15 pace have to do with running 15:00 pace?

Harambe wrote:

Squampy Nuts wrote:

Unless you are running sub 2:20 in the marathon....you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. You sound like a mouth breathing moron.

What does running 5:15 pace have to do with running 15:00 pace?

what does running a marathon have anything to do with running a 100? You dum dum. You think running a fast Marathon has anything to do with being able to run a 24-hour 100 then you have no idea what you're talking about. I think you're kind of a troll but I'll let you enjoy it I think you're just really really dumb person. You think you could run a really fast marathon and as soon as you finish realize that you have to run another 74 miles? Most of you guys are collapsing and making big fuss is about your 26 mile run for babies on flat roads. Marathoning is for the weak that's why there's like 20 thousand people that do every marathon in the country it's so freaking easy

Sand Dunes wrote:

The Tour De France is way harder than walking for a whole day.

And the RAAM makes the TDF look like childs play. TDF riders are on PEDs for starters, someone cleans your clothes, someone washes and takes care of your bike, a massage is given every evening after a IV for fluids is given, and nice catered meal is served.

versus

Riding 22-23 hours a day for 8 straight days to win the RAAM as Christoph Strasser just did. Even if this guy is on PEDs, it is an insane thing to do or to even comprehend.

100 Miles in 23hours and 59 minutes is 4.17mph or a 14:24 mile pace.

I’m not saying it sounds easy or fun, but the hardest thing ever? Obviously on difficult terrain this isn’t easy. But if normal people are doing it than it’s not that hard. You can’t be normal and run 2:15 in a marathon.

Almost 100 people break 24 hours at western states.

With 300 entries and a lottery system that doesn’t seem impossible. Actually makes it look below average.

Masterblaster13 wrote:

100 Miles in 23hours and 59 minutes is 4.17mph or a 14:24 mile pace.

I’m not saying it sounds easy or fun, but the hardest thing ever? Obviously on difficult terrain this isn’t easy. But if normal people are doing it than it’s not that hard. You can’t be normal and run 2:15 in a marathon.

You try keeping even a 15min mile pace for 100 miles and getback to us bud. It is fucking brutal and you will be running it. FOR THE LAST FUCKINGG TIME ULTRARUNNERS DONT GO OUT AND PURPOSEFULLY WALK WTF. WHAT A STEREOTYPE.

Dude calm down. There is no need to get so angry bro. We are all on letsrun to share our passion for running. We should be friends bro. We are all God's creatures. He loves us all evan you, so we should learn to love eachother. You need to get rid of all the hate. Your walking all day on pure hate bro.

This thread is hilarious.

Everyone commenting on ultras without having tried (at very least) a 50K on steep trails should shut up and leave.

Between ultra finishers (and marathon finishers) there are both fast runners and people just jogging along to finish the thing.

Finishing an ultra on steep terrain requires a different skill set and mindset from any other form of running. When you move downhill with your quads completely shot, keeping a fair pace for LRC standards is the very last of your priorities. The level of pain and persistence required to keep moving when all your body and your brain scream to stop with 30-40 miles to go is something you can't understand in 'theory' you have to try it. Add to that that you can die and resurrect from death multiple times during an ultra, running through the night and moving like in an hallucinated dreaming state.

How all of this have to do with a quick 5k or a road marathon?

Keep things in focus please.

Ok I'll admit 100 miles in the mountains will be tough. I was talking about running 100 miles on a relatively flat course, maybe some hills, or like a track. I'm sure I could someday run under 13 hours on the flat in ideal conditions when I'm at my peak if I decide to do ultras. I was never insulting anyone or degrading anyone.