He just entered Colorado.
He just entered Colorado.
Welcome to Colorado Pete. Watch out for the 10 lb horse poop.
Pete's Little Toe wrote:
[quote]Pete is out there running ~70 miles/day. Got any beef with that? The proof is out there with full Strava as they are able to post it, DeLorme tracker, some pics and video, open to anyone who wants to join him. They are following the Guinness requirements, which takes a lot of doc.
I think I remember them saying that the entire thing is being videotaped from the "chase" vehicle which is maintaining a maximum distance from him. Not sure if those tapes will be made public but will definitely be submitted to Guinness.
He's also wearing two Garmins at a time, swapping out at his 35-40 mile meal break, so even if one ends up with an error, the other should work as a backup.
I think we can thank you-know-who for showing how easy it is to cheat, for this team getting all their ducks in a row to definitively prove they are not.
My friend who is driving the RV and acting as chef/massage therapist, posted this daily routine on her facebook feed. For those of you wondering how Pete refuels...
Calories are important each day and because we are at 5900 feet in elevation I try and keep his calorie count at 10,000-12,000 calories. Most of those calories are in the form of calorie dense food, heavy on proteins and than currently a protein shake with each meal and before he goes to bed.
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Here is how the day usually unfolds.
2:55 am my alarm goes off and I take 5 minutes to stretch Pete's muscles.
Morning breakfast is always either rice or oatmeal along with toast, banana and a protein shake.
Pete is out the door by 3:30 and it takes me about an hour to clean the RV for the day and get everything packed away to move forward.
By 4:30 I am on the road and moving forward between 35-40 miles. Once I find a good location to pull the RV over (so far we have been lucky and found a spot at the right mileage). I cook a second breakfast. This is usually around 8:30-10:30 depending on the topography that he is running for the morning.
Second breakfast (what I call it) is more of a traditional breakfast with eggs, a bread and meat. If we are closer to the 10:30 time I will make him lunch foods. Again I make a protein shake with this meal and also he has more fruit and often extra breads.
His break in the morning is usually 30 minutes during which time he changes out his garmins. He currently wears 2 garmins to be sure that the mileage is always being tracked. If he is having any muscle issues we will address them with massage or stretching. If it is hot we ice his shins and calves. Pete spends some of his break time studying the road map and looking at what to expect for the next 30-34 miles. Elevation and road condition are very important. In order for Pete to use his energy in the best possible way. It helps him to know what is coming.
Once Pete starts out again. I take about 30 minutes to put things away, do the dishes and than head out to our next stop. On most day this is between 30-34 miles.
Finding a place to stop for the night requires careful thought. Again we have been super lucky to have big pull outs close to the mileage Pete wants for the day. If we are level and have enough space we can use the tip out on the RV and you would be amazed at how much more space the extra 2 feet provides.
I bought a new smaller massage table to use in the RV and with the tip out I can set it up and do table massage. If I can't set up the table we do massage on the bed. Each night we do about 30 minutes of massage and stretching.
Once I am stopped for the night and the RV is set up, dinner preparation begins. Dinner has to be a rebuilding meal. This is the meal that allows Pete's muscles to rebuild while he sleeps (or at least tries to sleep). Dinner always has a protein, carb and some veggies. If we have been close to a store than ice cream is Pete's treat for the night.
Once dinner, shower and massage are over Pete is down for the night. Lights out has been around 6:00 pm ... Pete on the other hand has struggled way more with sleep and often finds it hard to get to sleep and stay asleep. His body is sore and wakes up hungry during the night. I send him to bed with 3 protein bars, water, juice and lately animal crackers.
Wow, a few hours ago I thought he was struggling but see he was able to get another +70 day. Very impressive! Is that max speed correct? 19.48 mph?
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I am surprised by some of the photos of his food and the description above. I would think he wouldn't have room for all those fruits and vegetables since he needs to consume so many calories. Doesn't the fact that he wakes up hungry in the middle of the night mean he's not getting enough? I'm sure these folks know nutrition better than I do but it just seems like he could eat more calorically dense foods.
Go Pete Go! wrote:
Wow, a few hours ago I thought he was struggling but see he was able to get another +70 day. Very impressive! Is that max speed correct? 19.48 mph?
Strava shows about 8:30 min/mile pace to be his fastest for today. I think DeLorme isn't really meant to be looked at in such detail for speed or exact distance. It's more of a "I'm about here" kind of tracker.
Miles ~50-58 was about a 1000 foot climb, not surprising his pace would slow with plenty of walking.
Never having done anything like this I have a question. If Pete is having trouble sleeping, why the 3:30 a.m. start and 6:00 p.m. lights out at the end of the day? Is the temperature difference between day and night so important that it warrants running at a time that it interrupts the sleep cycle?
Sleep Needed wrote:
Never having done anything like this I have a question. If Pete is having trouble sleeping, why the 3:30 a.m. start and 6:00 p.m. lights out at the end of the day? Is the temperature difference between day and night so important that it warrants running at a time that it interrupts the sleep cycle?
It's not temps, not out there. Remember that he woke up the other morning in Utah to 3" of snow. And after winning 2 Badwaters you know he can handle heat.
As I think I posted earlier, one possibility is that if he's going to be running in the dark, he'd rather do it in the morning when he's fresh, and then get that boost when the sun comes up. It's probably safer too--less traffic, more sober traffic, and again, he's more fresh and able to react. But as you point out, he's not anywhere close to running out of daylight when he finishes, so he could easily sleep in a couple more hours.
The 3:30 start came after a 0 day. Maybe they decided what he was doing wasn't working, and this was part of the new plan, for whatever reason. Some people function better in the morning. When Jurek did his AT run last year, he was the opposite. He often slept in past sunrise, and ran late into the night. That apparently worked better for him, even though he was given up some sunlight hours which certainly is easier on the trail.
That's a long-winded "I don't know". Sleep still seems to be an issue so I don't know if it's really working for him. But maybe he was waking at 3am anyway, and couldn't get back to sleep, so they decided he might as well start running then.
Pete's Little Toe wrote:
Sleep Needed wrote:Never having done anything like this I have a question. If Pete is having trouble sleeping, why the 3:30 a.m. start and 6:00 p.m. lights out at the end of the day? Is the temperature difference between day and night so important that it warrants running at a time that it interrupts the sleep cycle?
It's not temps, not out there. Remember that he woke up the other morning in Utah to 3" of snow. And after winning 2 Badwaters you know he can handle heat.
As I think I posted earlier, one possibility is that if he's going to be running in the dark, he'd rather do it in the morning when he's fresh, and then get that boost when the sun comes up. It's probably safer too--less traffic, more sober traffic, and again, he's more fresh and able to react. But as you point out, he's not anywhere close to running out of daylight when he finishes, so he could easily sleep in a couple more hours.
The 3:30 start came after a 0 day. Maybe they decided what he was doing wasn't working, and this was part of the new plan, for whatever reason. Some people function better in the morning. When Jurek did his AT run last year, he was the opposite. He often slept in past sunrise, and ran late into the night. That apparently worked better for him, even though he was given up some sunlight hours which certainly is easier on the trail.
That's a long-winded "I don't know". Sleep still seems to be an issue so I don't know if it's really working for him. But maybe he was waking at 3am anyway, and couldn't get back to sleep, so they decided he might as well start running then.
I'm thinking that when you run 70 miles in a day, day after day, that you could fall asleep regardless of the time of day. I would also think that for an attempt like this that he would have conditioned himself to get up that early.
He wouldn't have conditioned himself to wake up at 3am as for the first week he woke at 6am, which was probably the initial plan. But plans change.
He may not be getting enough sleep because he's nervous about the attempt. Imagine the sleep you get before a morning race, every day.
Looks like he's bedded down for the night at Eagle Soaring RV Park several miles west of Steamboat Springs. Another 70.47 miles today. Dude is a metronome. Hopefully he can keep it going for another few weeks.
He has some ugly stretches ahead. Long straight lengths of flat boredom. That is a major challenge. He needs some kind of visual target ahead to run to. Maybe a barn, silo, or windmill, rather than just counting miles day after day?
the big challenge today is the elevation. He'll be approaching 11,000 in a few spots. I have to wonder if he is getting any O2 at night to help him sleep and recover.
MarathonMind wrote:
the big challenge today is the elevation. He'll be approaching 11,000 in a few spots. I have to wonder if he is getting any O2 at night to help him sleep and recover.
Does he really get that high? I hate that DeLorme map. You can see the contour lines to tell where there are big elevation changes, but the elevation numbers are so faint I can't read most of them and I have trouble telling where it goes up and where it goes down.
He's going over Rabbit Ear's pass, right? That's 9426. The highway itself gets up to 9520. Is there another higher spot?
Hi All,
I ran with Pete all day yesterday and a bit more this morning. Simply put, the dude is consistent. Not a lot of walking at all yesterday, just a steady pace regardless of terrain. Can definitely answer any specific questions if anyone has them.
Jon
looks like the max is 10,250' at Cameron Pass which he should hit sometime tomorrow. He's around 9000/8500 most of today.
I have trouble sleeping if I'm doing too much, too soon, too often. I really hope that is not the case here as the only cure is to back off.
Also, this whole thing is incredible. Really mind-blowing what he has been able to do through these climbs and elevations, day after day.
Jon Kuehler wrote:
I ran with Pete all day yesterday and a bit more this morning. Simply put, the dude is consistent. Not a lot of walking at all yesterday, just a steady pace regardless of terrain. Can definitely answer any specific questions if anyone has them.
Jon
Hi Jon, I saw on FB that you ran with him. A 70 mile day is pretty impressive!
How is he passing the time and getting through the tedium of running 13 hours/day?
Do you think he's at all regretting what he got himself into, since he's still only about 1/3 of the way done?
Any insight on the 0 day, and changes made since then?
Do you think he can stay on track and break the record? What's the biggest risk at this point, now that he's proven he can run 70 day after day and apparently hold up? Or are the days starting to wear on him?
Any insight on his strategy once he gets out of the mountains? With the flatter terrain, will he pick up the pace, run more miles/day, bank more rest, just hold on to ~70miles in ~13 hours, ??
How is the crew holding up? This is an endurance test for them as well.