Sandy time wrote:
Sandy time wrote:Sandy stopped for the day at 6:55 pm Mountain Time.
At 7:10 pm Mountain time Sandy's Strava for the day was posted.
No photos yet. It looks like they are added after the data.
She covered 95.9 km (59.6 miles) in 14:01.
Overall she has run just over 930 miles. Her miles per day average is 54.7.
Mimi ended her run at 02:22 GMT. 8:22 pm Kansas time.
Sandy time wrote:
Sandy time wrote:Sandy stopped for the day at 6:55 pm Mountain Time.
At 7:10 pm Mountain time Sandy's Strava for the day was posted.
anyone can fake a gpx file in 15 minutes
why so long wrote:
Sandy time wrote:At 7:10 pm Mountain time Sandy's Strava for the day was posted.
anyone can fake a gpx file in 15 minutes
Mimi will beat that time, meaning exceed it. She has 3 minutes left to match that 15 minutes.
Sandy Time wrote:
Sandy time wrote:At 7:10 pm Mountain time Sandy's Strava for the day was posted.
No photos yet. It looks like they are added after the data.
She covered 95.9 km (59.6 miles) in 14:01.
Overall she has run just over 930 miles. Her miles per day average is 54.7.
17 photos were added to Sandy's run map for the day at 7:36 pm Mountain time.
Mimi Time wrote:
Mimi ended her run at 02:22 GMT. 8:22 pm Kansas time.
More than 20 minutes have passed and Mimi's Strava is not uploaded.
An observation: Mimi is stopped by a home. It could be that the family there is allowing her to stay in the drive. Maybe even share dinner. Pete K had a few similar adventures; dinners and a even at least one barbecue. Nothing wrong with being neighborly first. But she has a large team and one of them should upload the Strava.
Mimi time wrote:
why so long wrote:anyone can fake a gpx file in 15 minutes
Mimi will beat that time, meaning exceed it. She has 3 minutes left to match that 15 minutes.
all you need is 5 or 10 minutes max to fake the gpx file.
after that it doesnt matter how much longer you take.
Mimi time wrote:
Mimi Time wrote:Mimi ended her run at 02:22 GMT. 8:22 pm Kansas time.
More than 20 minutes have passed and Mimi's Strava is not uploaded.
An observation: Mimi is stopped by a home. It could be that the family there is allowing her to stay in the drive. Maybe even share dinner. Pete K had a few similar adventures; dinners and a even at least one barbecue. Nothing wrong with being neighborly first. But she has a large team and one of them should upload the Strava.
If you're waiting for the upload, you're going to have a long night.
why so long wrote:
Mimi time wrote:Mimi will beat that time, meaning exceed it. She has 3 minutes left to match that 15 minutes.
all you need is 5 or 10 minutes max to fake the gpx file.
after that it doesnt matter how much longer you take.
0/10, Mimi crew member. Mimi, now 40 minutes and tick, tick, tick, ... tock.
A Prediction For You wrote:
Mimi time wrote:More than 20 minutes have passed and Mimi's Strava is not uploaded.
An observation: Mimi is stopped by a home. It could be that the family there is allowing her to stay in the drive. Maybe even share dinner. Pete K had a few similar adventures; dinners and a even at least one barbecue. Nothing wrong with being neighborly first. But she has a large team and one of them should upload the Strava.
If you're waiting for the upload, you're going to have a long night.
It would be interesting to note when it is uploaded and how that time compares with UK time. Mimi might be relying on someone in the UK to do the uploading, and provide first eyes at the integrity.
Ronald Amundsen wrote:
"Ms Anderson, who is the only woman to have run across the Arctic, which she did in under six days, said she was really pleased with her achievement."
What kind of BS is that?
Across the Arctic in 6 days!
In another 30 years any marathoner will be able to cross the Arctic in a few hours.
Actually, it will take far longer, since they will be swimming the whole way.
A Gore wrote:
Ronald Amundsen wrote:"Ms Anderson, who is the only woman to have run across the Arctic, which she did in under six days, said she was really pleased with her achievement."
What kind of BS is that?
Across the Arctic in 6 days!
In another 30 years any marathoner will be able to cross the Arctic in a few hours.
Mimi Time wrote:
Mimi ended her run at 02:22 GMT. 8:22 pm Kansas time.
Mimi posted her Strava about one hour after her run finished. 4x Sandy's time.
She had another pair of runs very close to the same distance she has covered in prior runs. Add 93.3 km to her total distance; 58.0 miles.
What happened to the marvelous Brits? Slumber time???
What happened to the bitching Yanks? Slumber time???
Brand Awareness wrote:
Marvelous Mimi is truly incredible!
She ran 22 hours a day for a week straight WITH a stress fracture and set a new treadmill record of over 400 miles.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-kent-11613114I agree with those who say her history speaks for itself. She puts Rob Young to shame!
So she averaged 57.5 miles a day for a week, and she only got 2 hrs sleep per day, and that was in a controlled environment with zero elevation gain, correct? That seemed to take a lot out of her. Therefore, I still don't understand how she is able to crank out 55+ miles per day for weeks-on-end, with external environmental factors and elevation gain.
I'm not accusing of cheating. I'm sincerely wondering how these gals do it.
This is amazing, no?
Just a Humble Brit wrote:
Here's another gem:
"In 2007 I took part in a 352 mile non-stop self sufficiency race in the Arctic (www.6633ultra.com) it’s the only event of it’s kind where the race goes through the Arctic Circle and takes competitors along the 120 miles of the Frozen Mackenzie River. The temperature at one point plummeted to a staggering minus 75 and the winds were blowing both me and my sled all over the place. 90% of the race was spent on my own, but I never felt scared, I remember feeling totally at peace with myself and my surroundings. I won the race outright, finishing 24 hours before the next person setting a course record that is yet to be broken."
http://www.marvellousmimi.com/about-mimi-anderson/I didn't know people could run in minus 75 degree weather! 352 miles non-stop! And doing it is as a gran...absolutely mental! LEGEND!
Guys, really I'm trying to understand what we are witnessing here, because it is blowing me away. So for instance, in this feat, Mimi covered 350 miles in less than six days, averaging 58 miles per day, for not quite a week, but it was in the arctic, all self-sufficiency. She is pulling a sled through the snow and wind!
This is amazing, no?
Again, I'm not accusing one of cheating. Really, I'm trying to understand, what sometimes appears paradoxical if not confusing. For instance look at her next amazing feat, which she considers much tougher than the arctic race, in fact, she considers it her toughest race to date: the John O’Groats to Lands End.
In the 2008 JOGLE, Mimi 'only' covered 840 mies in 12.7 days, covering 66 miles a day for a time span of less than two weeks. She was ~46 yrs old at the time. Look what she said it did to her: "Towards the end my body was swollen up to above my waist, my feet were 2.5 sizes larger than they had been at the start and the tops of my hands looked as though they had tennis balls under the skin."
I emphasized 'only' because that is the confusing part. She was 8 yrs younger, and covered 66 miles/day for less than two weeks, and it really knackered her. She now is going 55+ miles a day for weeks-on-end.
C'mon guys, this is amazing, no?
I'm over on URC now so thanks to the guys there for being good on their word.
With all these seemingly incredible achievements I'd be really interested in verifiablity. It's my impression that a lot of these FKT claims from many folks were (until very recently) quite easy to fake (particularly if you had the time and cash)
I personally think it's a good thing that increased transparency and accountability seems to be coming into such a "wild west" type of situation
I've posted over on URC asking what proof Mimi has provided for some of her other big achievements
I'm interested to find out..,
Okay, I'll stop for now. Looking at what she suffered in some of her paradoxical feats does leave me a little confused, but I don't have long multi-day experience, which is why I'm reaching out to some of you that do, for any input and explanation. After reading all of that, I can understand some of her fellow countrymen's bias going into this latest venture.
How does she do it? I know the pat answer is "by putting one foot in front of the other". But c'mon, man...
"this is amazing, no?"