On second thought, maybe the hardest part is finding a support crew that'll follow you for 48 hours and provide you with food, drinks, gear, and a place to sleep.
I've never gone under 3 for the marathon, and I'd be willing to bet $100K that I could do it if I were allowed to attempt it in early November and had a support crew.
Get started on your qualifying now then....and be quiet until you do.
You have officially finished at least FOUR ultra running races of 100 continuous miles or longer, at least one of them between January 1, 2023, and the day you submit your 2024 application. Additionally, you must have been running 100-mile or longer ultras for three years
The bet was for near-ideal weather conditions. You couldn't pay me a million bucks to attempt Badwater in July.
The bet was for near-ideal weather conditions. You couldn't pay me a million bucks to attempt Badwater in July.
You sure about that? I mean to attempt is to literally show up up on the start line and start. You could drop out after one step and say "Nope. I can't do it." Collect your winnings and go home! :)
When a sub sub elite local hobby jogger tells you it's a brain dead take, that is saying something. 5 loops, don't you have some Geometry homework to do or something?
Stuck in the airport right now. Flight got delayed :(
Why not just run home? How hard could it be? Stop at every other 7-11. Easy peasy.
for barkley marathons yes, they do. for badwater they can drive alongside you - you can even have an ice bath/bed in your van if you want.
I'm going to extend that bet to the Barkley. Give me near-ideal weather, a fixed start time of my choice, aid stations every mile or less, and most importantly, a completely marked-out course with no routefinding/navigation challenges, and I'll bet $100K that I could finish it in under 60 hours.
But that would be not be the Barkley Marathons my clueless friend.
Get started on your qualifying now then....and be quiet until you do.
You have officially finished at least FOUR ultra running races of 100 continuous miles or longer, at least one of them between January 1, 2023, and the day you submit your 2024 application. Additionally, you must have been running 100-mile or longer ultras for three years
The bet was for near-ideal weather conditions. You couldn't pay me a million bucks to attempt Badwater in July.
But certainly, if it was so easy for you in October on hobby jogger marathon training you could do the qualifications easily and smoke Badwater well-trained.
It is hard to keep track of how far you moved the goal posts now. It went from an easy jog for anyone in shape to you could finish if you took a whole 60 hours in perfect weather. Based on your posted info, no it would not be easy for you. Even with a ridiculously long cut off. Yes, for $100k you might be able to extremely suffer enough and limp to a finish. Not certainly, but maybe. So what? So you can finish almost two days behind the winner in your new event?
Guaranteed you wouldn’t consider it any easy jog afterwards. This is just bluster from someone that has never tried to run that far before.
The event is made up of 100 miles of running and climbing through the mountains. The course is made up of five 20-mile loops, and participants only have 60 h...
Most marathoners that attempt a hundred miles (much less a trail hundred) will realize they are in over their head after about 4-5 hours, at which point, your legs will be toast. There is a reason 100's won't let you participate unless you can finish at least 50 miles in around 12 hours.
6 runners out on loop 4 including Jasmin Paris - let's gooo
Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis began loop four at 35:53:27. Jasmin is the second woman to begin a fourth loop at the #BM100. The first was Sue Johnston in 2001.