Guy must have the lowest T of all time
Guy must have the lowest T of all time
Yesterday he ran 30+ miles with out eating?!? Not a good idea unless he has the body fat to do but even if you do, not smart in the slightest.
Wow most lets run users are douche canoes wrote:
Wow, what a bunch of ass-hats. Yeah, anyone could do this...hahahahahah. yeah right. Try walking 30-40 miles everyday for 2 weeks. Then report back. No days off, no breaks.
Now, understand this person has been doing this for 6 months and has a goal to set a world record.
Just because that world record and goal is not "running" in your mind or at some certain pace, you dismiss it.
hahahahaha, what a bunch of losers to use an anonymous board to cut a stranger down for literally moving more miles than anyone on strava for the last 6 months!
Sorry, I value my mental health and my stand as an actual sane functioning person in society. To shuffle around aimlessly for hours every day is not a life worth living.
EZ10Miler wrote:
Wow most lets run users are douche canoes wrote:
Wow, what a bunch of ass-hats. Yeah, anyone could do this...hahahahahah. yeah right. Try walking 30-40 miles everyday for 2 weeks. Then report back. No days off, no breaks.
Now, understand this person has been doing this for 6 months and has a goal to set a world record.
Just because that world record and goal is not "running" in your mind or at some certain pace, you dismiss it.
hahahahaha, what a bunch of losers to use an anonymous board to cut a stranger down for literally moving more miles than anyone on strava for the last 6 months!
Sorry, I value my mental health and my stand as an actual sane functioning person in society. To shuffle around aimlessly for hours every day is not a life worth living.
Not a life worth living FOR YOU. If it makes a dude happy, there's far worse things he could be doing. Not sure why people have to crush a guy for doing what he loves
This thread keeps getting better. Yes to each their own for ones own happiness but if it is self-destructive should they be commended or encouraged? Running is generally healthy but at some point too much of anything becomes bad/toxic/unhealthy. In this case is what he is doing healthy and good for him? I am sure there are lots of opinions on this. Debate on....
Well put. My 2¢ is that it is awesome to see how much a body and take in terms of physical and mental endurance. So going for the goal of most miles covered by a human in a year is admirable feat but how he is doing it is wrong. By not taking rest days it pushes this goal into dangerous territory where one could and probably will hurt themselves physically and mentally possibly permanently.
Accomplished ultrarunner Serge Girard ran for one year.
27.011 k in 365 days (16787 miles) around 25 of the 27 countries part of the European Union.
This one sounds more like a scam.
Do it fine, but not a hero wrote:
I wish humans were the type that were amazed by people who give up their Saturdays year after year to mentor struggling kids or do carpentry work for poor seniors.
Most people would be amazed by something like this. But there is no strava equivalent for volunteering, so it isnt visible and social-media-shareable in the same way.
What if it was? Would that make a significant difference in the world? It really might. Turn volunteering into a game/competition and watch the world improve. The trick is making it as approachable as going out for a run whenever it fits into your schedule.
I completely agree. Unless some does this to raise $ or awareness it is very useless for society fir the most part.
Yes I agree with the scam too. If he really want to beat Serge he would just try to beat him not make up a number way over. It’s like almost 10 miles daily more. At his current paces a extra 2-3 hours a day. Not sure if he is saving something but his current mileage is no where needed to get to 20k miles in one year.
Loveflower wrote:
I completely agree. Unless some does this to raise $ or awareness it is very useless for society fir the most part.
Raising awareness is the biggest scam ever.
Best in the field: Lance Armstrong.
If he's running 35 miles a day, that's 7-9 hours of running a day. I'm going to have to call BS on that.
Yes and he wants to up it to 50 miles a day for a whole year. Making it 12+ hours of running every day. Not going to happen. Body will break down.
Firestrtr wrote:
Yes and he wants to up it to 50 miles a day for a whole year. Making it 12+ hours of running every day. Not going to happen. Body will break down.
Wrong, through CHRIST all things are possible.
How about it’s an amazing feat of athletic endurance to run over 26.2 for over 180 days consecutively. Not every run has to be a PR or FKT to have meaning. What motivates you may not motivate others. Run for performance. Run a streak. Run socially. Run because you love shoe tech. What does any running really matter? It gives life a purpose; without purpose we are pods in the Matrix.
Yes it’s is amazing feat to run a marathon every day but this guy is starting to look crazy/unhealthy/dangerous to himself. Not to mention his self identity when he stops because the streak will stop eventually. Then what?
You can see he is clearly injured or at least taking the ‘easier’ way out. He has been doing these 20-30 miles in small circles with less than 200 ft elevation gain. Not to count he is logging a trip for ice cream or chocolate milk for another .5 miles?!? To me small ‘runs’ like that just don’t count, period. Quality mileage is always better then junk or just more mileage.
Rocket2 wrote:
Sorry,
But I am just not impressed with people who just run further because they are not fast enough to be elite. Many are just attention seekers who get a thrill when some couch potato co worker says " what...you ran how far? I wouldn't even want to drive that far" if you get your kicks from this then you are pathetic. Way more impressive would be if you would challenge yourself to get the absolute most out of your ability at some reasonable distance. I have a friend who ran a 2:42 marathon, and was looking for praise from me because I was a good 10 minutes slower. He looked at me a bit perplexed when I told him his result was pathetic because anyone who can run 1:10 in the half, and 30:30 for 10k, should in my opinion be running well under 2:30. A 2:42 for him was just a fast training run. When I ran my PR in the marathon I couldn't walk 40 feet afterwards without having to stop. I think I got the most out of myself. That is what I expect of everyone who wants to call themselves a true runner and race, regardless of your ability. Longer is better is a cop out. You guys are just weaklings.
And your still friends? Wow. Simply, wow.
I am calling it first. He won’t make it to his or the WR for most yearly mileage. According to his ultrasignup page he is his 40s. Well past the prime of being able to do this. 20s and 30s no prob. 40s no way.
He's been harassing other people on the strava mileage leaderboards saying that their accounts should be shut down because their runs are fake, despite them having lower weekly mileage numbers than he does. Dude has clearly built a bit of an ego around his mega-miles. I find the whole thing intriguing for sure.