Stephane studied PK's run but he thought 100 miles was not so much for day 1 if he started at 2am (easier time to cross outside of San Francisco). On one of his 1000 K race a few years ago he ran 210 K on day 1.
4.16 he just started Day 7.
My opinion, you can't say what's wrong or right, i.e. 100 mile start. Each runner is unique and to beat a record that has stood for nearly a decade that beat a previous record that stood for 3.5 decades you need to try things. I do admire the willpower that the Frenchman has whether he ends up succeeding in a new record or not. Has shown a lot of grit in week 1.
I do want to know, though, why the lack of transparency in the actual running data? Not accusing of cheating, just want to know why less transparent than all others in the last decade? Is this record being submitted to Guinness and/ or FKT?
jbj wrote:
Stephane studied PK's run but he thought 100 miles was not so much for day 1 if he started at 2am (easier time to cross outside of San Francisco). On one of his 1000 K race a few years ago he ran 210 K on day 1.
But that was just a 7+ day affair.
In a Transcon you have to make sure that your crew gets enough rest as well. I'm personally are a big fan of averaging the impact of running in multiday running. I was never a fan of Kouros going out so hard for the first 2-3 days. Never made much sense to me and others got similar results in 6 day races with more even approaches. The SCMT has forced breaks in their 3100 mile race and it works really well. And the results in Laz's new race format: "Last man standing" show better results than in most 48 hour races these days.
Day 6 110.4 K in 15h45'
jbj wrote:
Obviously the Frenchman will have to fight everyday to keep the pace. He knew that before starting.
We hope that after the necessary warm-up he will feel better and he will spend less time each day on the road.
Ghost1 is that you? 🧐
transconfollower12321 wrote:
My opinion, you can't say what's wrong or right, i.e. 100 mile start. Each runner is unique and to beat a record that has stood for nearly a decade that beat a previous record that stood for 3.5 decades you need to try things. I do admire the willpower that the Frenchman has whether he ends up succeeding in a new record or not. Has shown a lot of grit in week 1.
I agree totally. Trying to do better than Pete Kostenick when you are 53, physically declining and much slowlier than him is a huge challenge in which you have more chances to fail than to success. Running across America is a long time dream for Stéphane (and for many Europeans as well) and it was not easy for him as a company CEO and father of 2 young children to get the free time for 6 weeks of holidays! if he gets the new record it will be "la cerise sur le gâteau" and if not he will have memories for the rest of his life!
transconfollower12321 wrote:
I do want to know, though, why the lack of transparency in the actual running data? Not accusing of cheating, just want to know why less transparent than all others in the last decade? Is this record being submitted to Guinness and/ or FKT?
You are right. Probably they thought that the tracker data was enough. They are now working for making Garmin data public. Coming soon.
Looks like they started driving at 18:47pm around mile 757 at 25km/h
Driving happened between mile 755 and mile 758. Now it's back to 6km/h.
Transcon expert wrote:
Looks like they started driving at 18:47pm around mile 757 at 25km/h
Looks like but they did not. If you think that the runner is cheating, please tell it clearly.
Day 7: 103.9k in about 18 hours. 783k/486.6 miles total.
35.9 miles ahead of Pete Kostelnick today, because this was his rest day. After that, Pete kept all his days within 12:40- 14:08 of running time which gave him the sufficient amount of recovery time for a 29 year old. Stephane is 53.
You're right. It's easier when you're younger. You run faster, you recover faster, but you have less experience. Sometimes it's an avantage.
Patrick Malandain ran across USA in 46 days at 59 years old. East to West, wind in the face all the time. But it's a slow runner who stay easier 18h per day on the road, mentally very strong and very patient.
May be this time Stéphane will not succeed for the record, but the first goal is to go to New-York. The record will be the cherry on the cake.
BreizhCaribou wrote:
You're right. It's easier when you're younger. You run faster, you recover faster, but you have less experience. Sometimes it's an avantage.
Patrick Malandain ran across USA in 46 days at 59 years old. East to West, wind in the face all the time. But it's a slow runner who stay easier 18h per day on the road, mentally very strong and very patient.
May be this time Stéphane will not succeed for the record, but the first goal is to go to New-York. The record will be the cherry on the cake.
Patrick is an exceptional runner. I had the pleasure to run with him across the US.
Stephane needs to find a balance between running time and rest. It looks like he is under time pressure according to jbj, which is not helpful at all.
Day 7 104 K (total 788 K)
Day 8 start 5.11 from Km 783
Garmin data now public from day 1 Sept.6. Please check.
Where is it available? Not seeing on Connect.
transconfollower12321 wrote:
Where is it available? Not seeing on Connect.
Try again, the team told me that data is now public on GarminConnect and if they told me it is. I can't check for you, I don't use GarminConnect.
Is the name on Garmin Connect different than Stephane Mathieu?